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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  News  Media  Information:  (202)  418-  0500 
 445  Twelfth  Street,  S.  W.  Fax  on  Demand:  (202)  418-  2830  Washington,  DC  20554  Internet:  www.  fcc.  gov 
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 DA  01-  1561  Released:  July  2,  2001 


 AUCTION  NO.  81 
 SETTLEMENT  PERIOD  EXTENDED  TO 
 AUGUST  23,  2001 


 On  May  25,  2001,  the  Mass  Media  Bureau  and  Wireless  Telecommunications 
 Bureau  (Bureaus)  released  a  Public  Notice  1  providing  a  list  of  all  proposals  received 
 during  the  Auction  No.  81  low  power  television,  television  translator  and  Class  A 
 Television  limited  auction  filing  window  that  were  deemed  to  be  mutually  exclusive 
 (MX)  with  other  proposals  submitted  in  the  filing  window.  The  Bureaus  also  announced 
 a  60-  day  settlement  period  ending  July  24,  2001,  for  parties  with  proposals  in  the  MX 
 groups  to  enter  into  settlement  agreements  or  otherwise  resolve  their  mutual  exclusivities 
 by  means  of  engineering  solutions. 


 The  Bureaus  have  received  a  number  of  identical  pleadings  from  applicants  and 
 their  consulting  engineers  asking  that  the  settlement  window  either  be  extended  an 
 additional  30  days  to  August  23,  2001,  or  an  additional  60  days  to  September  22,  2001.  2 
 The  requesting  parties  state  that,  given  the  large  number  of  MX  groups,  and  the 
 complexity  of  many  of  the  MX  groups,  it  is  not  possible  to  identify  possible  settlement 
 solutions  within  the  time  period. 


 We  find  that  the  requesting  parties  have  justified  a  brief  extension  of  the  Auction 
 No.  81  settlement  window  period.  We  therefore  extend  the  settlement  window  30  days  to 
 August  23,  2001.  However,  in  order  to  ensure  the  timely  initiation  and  completion  of  the 


 1  “Low  Power  Television  Auction  No.  81  -  Mutually  Exclusive  Proposals  Subject  to  Auction,” 
 Public  Notice,  DA  01-  1289,  released  May  25,  2001. 
 2  The  following  parties  requested  an  extension  of  30  days:  Byron  W.  St.  Clair,  Smith  and  Fisher, 
 Donald  G.  Everist,  and  Venture  Technologies  Group,  LLC.  The  following  parties  requested  an  extension  of 
 60  days:  International  Executive  Consultants,  Inc.,  and  Tiger  Eye  Broadcasting  Corporation. 
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 auction  process  in  this  case,  we  deny  the  requests  to  further  extend  the  settlement  period. 
 No  further  extensions  will  be  considered. 


 For  additional  information  or  questions  on  this  matter,  please  contact  Shaun 
 Maher  of  the  Video  Services  Division,  Mass  Media  Bureau  at  202-  418-  1600. 
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