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[Report No. AUC–05–81–D (Auction No. 81);
DA 05–1048]
Low Power Television Auction No. 81
Scheduled for September 14, 2005,
Auction Inventory Revised, Applicants
Proposing ‘‘Non-Commercial
Educational Broadcast Station’’ Must
Respond by May 13, 2005
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau and Media
Bureau set forth a revised list of
construction permits for certain low
power television (‘‘LPTV’’), television
translator and Class A television
broadcast stations available for auction
in Auction No. 81.
DATE: Applicants seeking designation as
a noncommercial educational (‘‘NCE’’)
station applicant must submit specified
information to the Commission no later
than May 13, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
auction questions: Lynne Milne,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,
Auctions and Spectrum Access Division
at (202) 418–0660. For questions on
auction inventory or NCE status: Shaun
Maher or Hossein Hasemzadeh, Media
Bureau, Video Division at (202) 418–
1600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Low Power Television
Auction No. 81 Scheduled for
September 14, 2005, Auction Inventory
Revised, Application Proposing ‘‘NonCommercial Educational Broadcast
Station’’ Must Respond By May 13, 2005
Public Notice (‘‘LPTV Revised Inventory
Public Notice’’), released on April 13,
2005. The complete text of the LPTV
Revised Inventory Public Notice,
including attachments that describe the
changes to the Auction No. 81
inventory, and related Commission
documents, is available for public
inspection and copying from 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday or
from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Friday at
the FCC Reference Information Center,
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room
CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. The
LPTV Revised Inventory Public Notice
and related Commission documents
may also be purchased from the
Commission’s duplicating contractor,
Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (‘‘BCPI’’),
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room
CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554,
telephone (202) 488–5300, facsimile
(202) 488–5563, or you may contact
PO 00000
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BCPI at its Web site: https://
www.BCPIWEB.com. When ordering
documents from BCPI, please provide
the appropriate FCC document number
(for example, DA 05–1048). The LPTV
Revised Inventory Public Notice and
related documents are also available on
the Internet at the Commission’s Web
site: https://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/81/.
I. Bidders Claiming Status Under 47
U.S.C. 309(j)(2) Exemption for
‘‘Noncommercial Educational
Broadcast Stations’’ Must Respond by
May 13, 2005
1. Applications for construction
permits for noncommercial educational
broadcast stations (‘‘NCE stations’’) are
exempt from competitive bidding by 47
U.S.C. 309(j)(2)(C). For purposes of
Auction No. 81, this exemption applies
to a proposal for a new LPTV, television
translator or Class A television
broadcast station that is owned and
operated by a municipality and which
transmits only noncommercial programs
for educational purposes. See 47 U.S.C.
397(6)(B). In the NCE Second Report
and Order, 68 FR 26220–26222, May 15,
2003, the Commission held that LPTV
and television translator facilities
qualify as NCE stations under 47 U.S.C.
397(6)(B), only if they are owned and
operated by municipalities and transmit
only NCE programs. Applications for
such NCE stations are exempt from
auction.
2. In the same order, the Commission
also stated that proposals for NCE
stations may be submitted for nonreserved spectrum in a filing window,
subject to being returned as
unacceptable for filing if there is any
mutually exclusive application for a
commercial station. Accordingly, the
Commission will provide applicants in
Auction No. 81 with an opportunity to
designate their status as an NCE station
applicant under the definition set forth
in 47 U.S.C. 397(6)(B). Applicants must
understand that if they make such a
claim and one or more of the NCE
applicant’s engineering proposals is
determined to be mutually exclusive
with one or more engineering proposals
filed by an applicant for a commercial
station, the NCE station engineering
proposal(s) will be returned as
unacceptable for filing.
3. To claim status as an NCE
applicant, an applicant for Auction No.
81 must submit an amendment to its
short-form application (FCC Form 175)
in the form of a written statement filed
in an e-mail sent to auction81@fcc.gov
or by facsimile to Kathryn Garland at
(717) 338–2850. The written statement
must declare the applicant’s claim that
it qualifies as a municipality under the
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definition set forth in 47 U.S.C.
397(6)(B). Specifically, the applicant
must state that it is: (1) Proposing to
construct and operate a noncommercial
educational station; (2) it is a
municipality, and (3) it intends to
transmit only noncommercial programs
for educational purposes. Applicants
seeking designation as an NCE station
applicant must submit this specified
information to the Commission no later
than May 13, 2005.
II. Dismissal of Engineering Proposals
for Failure To Submit FRN
4. The LPTV Revised Inventory Public
Notice lists the engineering proposals
that will no longer be included in
Auction No. 81 as a result of the
applicant’s failure to submit the
requested FCC Registration Number
(FRN). The engineering proposals listed
in Attachment B were dismissed on
April 13, 2005 for failure to submit an
FRN pursuant to authority delegated in
47 CFR 0.283 and 0.331. A listing of the
dismissed engineering proposals is
provided in Attachment B to the LPTV
Revised Inventory Public Notice.
III. Revised Inventory
5. The LPTV Revised Inventory Public
Notice corrects and replaces the list of
available construction permits released
as Attachment A to the Auction No. 81
Comment Public Notice, 70 FR 11975,
March 10, 2005. Due to the dismissal of
some engineering proposals for failure
to submit an FRN, some engineering
proposals became a singleton, an
engineering proposal that is not
mutually-exclusive with any other
engineering proposal, and were
removed from the auction inventory.
The removal of engineering proposals in
some cases resulted in the removal of
entire mutually exclusive (MX) groups
from the auction inventory. Upon
reexamination, we also removed from
the auction inventory some MX groups
which consisted of ‘‘daisy chain’’
engineering proposals. In addition, we
removed from the auction inventory
some engineering proposals previously
identified as singletons.
6. Participation in Auction No. 81 will
be limited to those applicants and
mutually-exclusive (MX) engineering
proposals that are identified in the
revised Attachment A. Qualified
applicants will be eligible to bid only on
those construction permits for which
the applicant’s engineering proposal is
specified in the particular MX group as
identified in the revised Attachment A
to the LPTV Revised Inventory Public
Notice.
IV. Retention of MX Group 56 in
Auction
7. In response to the Auction No. 81
Comment Public Notice, a licensee
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requested that MX group 56 be removed
from the auction. For the reasons
explained in the LPTV Revised
Inventory Public Notice, the
Commission declines to remove MX
group 56 from Auction No. 81.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gary Michaels,
Deputy Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access
Division, WTB.
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[Report No. AUC-05-81-D (Auction No. 81); DA 05-1048]
Low Power Television Auction No. 81 Scheduled for September 14,
2005, Auction Inventory Revised, Applicants Proposing ``Non-Commercial
Educational Broadcast Station'' Must Respond by May 13, 2005
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Media Bureau set
forth a revised list of construction permits for certain low power
television (``LPTV''), television translator and Class A television
broadcast stations available for auction in Auction No. 81.
DATE: Applicants seeking designation as a noncommercial educational
(``NCE'') station applicant must submit specified information to the
Commission no later than May 13, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For auction questions: Lynne Milne,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Auctions and Spectrum Access
Division at (202) 418-0660. For questions on auction inventory or NCE
status: Shaun Maher or Hossein Hasemzadeh, Media Bureau, Video Division
at (202) 418-1600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Low Power
Television Auction No. 81 Scheduled for September 14, 2005, Auction
Inventory Revised, Application Proposing ``Non-Commercial Educational
Broadcast Station'' Must Respond By May 13, 2005 Public Notice (``LPTV
Revised Inventory Public Notice''), released on April 13, 2005. The
complete text of the LPTV Revised Inventory Public Notice, including
attachments that describe the changes to the Auction No. 81 inventory,
and related Commission documents, is available for public inspection
and copying from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday or from 8
a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Friday at the FCC Reference Information Center,
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554.
The LPTV Revised Inventory Public Notice and related Commission
documents may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (``BCPI''), Portals II, 445
12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (202)
488-5300, facsimile (202) 488-5563, or you may contact BCPI at its Web
site: https://www.BCPIWEB.com. When ordering documents from BCPI, please
provide the appropriate FCC document number (for example, DA 05-1048).
The LPTV Revised Inventory Public Notice and related documents are also
available on the Internet at the Commission's Web site: https://
wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/81/.
I. Bidders Claiming Status Under 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(2) Exemption for
``Noncommercial Educational Broadcast Stations'' Must Respond by May
13, 2005
1. Applications for construction permits for noncommercial
educational broadcast stations (``NCE stations'') are exempt from
competitive bidding by 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(2)(C). For purposes of Auction
No. 81, this exemption applies to a proposal for a new LPTV, television
translator or Class A television broadcast station that is owned and
operated by a municipality and which transmits only noncommercial
programs for educational purposes. See 47 U.S.C. 397(6)(B). In the NCE
Second Report and Order, 68 FR 26220-26222, May 15, 2003, the
Commission held that LPTV and television translator facilities qualify
as NCE stations under 47 U.S.C. 397(6)(B), only if they are owned and
operated by municipalities and transmit only NCE programs. Applications
for such NCE stations are exempt from auction.
2. In the same order, the Commission also stated that proposals for
NCE stations may be submitted for non-reserved spectrum in a filing
window, subject to being returned as unacceptable for filing if there
is any mutually exclusive application for a commercial station.
Accordingly, the Commission will provide applicants in Auction No. 81
with an opportunity to designate their status as an NCE station
applicant under the definition set forth in 47 U.S.C. 397(6)(B).
Applicants must understand that if they make such a claim and one or
more of the NCE applicant's engineering proposals is determined to be
mutually exclusive with one or more engineering proposals filed by an
applicant for a commercial station, the NCE station engineering
proposal(s) will be returned as unacceptable for filing.
3. To claim status as an NCE applicant, an applicant for Auction
No. 81 must submit an amendment to its short-form application (FCC Form
175) in the form of a written statement filed in an e-mail sent to
auction81@fcc.gov or by facsimile to Kathryn Garland at (717) 338-2850.
The written statement must declare the applicant's claim that it
qualifies as a municipality under the
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definition set forth in 47 U.S.C. 397(6)(B). Specifically, the
applicant must state that it is: (1) Proposing to construct and operate
a noncommercial educational station; (2) it is a municipality, and (3)
it intends to transmit only noncommercial programs for educational
purposes. Applicants seeking designation as an NCE station applicant
must submit this specified information to the Commission no later than
May 13, 2005.
II. Dismissal of Engineering Proposals for Failure To Submit FRN
4. The LPTV Revised Inventory Public Notice lists the engineering
proposals that will no longer be included in Auction No. 81 as a result
of the applicant's failure to submit the requested FCC Registration
Number (FRN). The engineering proposals listed in Attachment B were
dismissed on April 13, 2005 for failure to submit an FRN pursuant to
authority delegated in 47 CFR 0.283 and 0.331. A listing of the
dismissed engineering proposals is provided in Attachment B to the LPTV
Revised Inventory Public Notice.
III. Revised Inventory
5. The LPTV Revised Inventory Public Notice corrects and replaces
the list of available construction permits released as Attachment A to
the Auction No. 81 Comment Public Notice, 70 FR 11975, March 10, 2005.
Due to the dismissal of some engineering proposals for failure to
submit an FRN, some engineering proposals became a singleton, an
engineering proposal that is not mutually-exclusive with any other
engineering proposal, and were removed from the auction inventory. The
removal of engineering proposals in some cases resulted in the removal
of entire mutually exclusive (MX) groups from the auction inventory.
Upon reexamination, we also removed from the auction inventory some MX
groups which consisted of ``daisy chain'' engineering proposals. In
addition, we removed from the auction inventory some engineering
proposals previously identified as singletons.
6. Participation in Auction No. 81 will be limited to those
applicants and mutually-exclusive (MX) engineering proposals that are
identified in the revised Attachment A. Qualified applicants will be
eligible to bid only on those construction permits for which the
applicant's engineering proposal is specified in the particular MX
group as identified in the revised Attachment A to the LPTV Revised
Inventory Public Notice.
IV. Retention of MX Group 56 in Auction
7. In response to the Auction No. 81 Comment Public Notice, a
licensee requested that MX group 56 be removed from the auction. For
the reasons explained in the LPTV Revised Inventory Public Notice, the
Commission declines to remove MX group 56 from Auction No. 81.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gary Michaels,
Deputy Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access Division, WTB.
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