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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  News  Media  Information:  (202)  418-  0500  445  12th  STREET,  S.  W.  Fax-  On-  Demand:  (202)  418-  2830  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov 
 ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 DA  01-  619  March  7,  2001 


 AUCTION  FOR  FM  BROADCAST  CONSTRUCTION  PERMITS  POSTPONED  UNTIL  DECEMBER  5,  2001 
 Broadcast  Auction  37  FM  Rescheduled  from  May  9,  2001 
 Freeze  on  FM  Minor  Change  Applications  Lifted 
 Report  No.  AUC-  00-  37-  G  (Auction  No.  37) 
 By  this  Public  Notice,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  and  the  Mass  Media  Bureau 
 (collectively  referred  to  as  the  “Bureaus”)  announce  that  the  upcoming  auction  of  vacant  non-reserved 
 band  allotments  in  the  FM  broadcast  service,  scheduled  to  begin  on  May  9,  2001,  is 
 postponed  until  December  5,  2001,  for  reasons  of  administrative  convenience.  Except  for  the 
 dates  listed  below,  the  information  provided  in  previous  public  notices  remains  unchanged.  1  The 
 new  schedule  is  as  follows: 


 Start  Date  for  Submission  of  FCC  Form  175  September  24,  2001 
 FCC  Form  175  Filing  Deadline  October  5,  2001 
 Upfront  Payments  November  5,  2001 
 Mock  Auction  December  3,  2001 
 Auction  Begins  December  5,  2001 
 As  a  result  of  the  action  taken  herein,  the  FM  Minor  Change  Application  Freeze,  announced  on 
 January  19,  2001,  2  and  scheduled  to  be  effective  from  March  7,  2001  to  March  19,  2001,  is  no 


 1  See,  e.  g.,  “Auction  Notice  and  Filing  Requirements  for  FM  Broadcast  Construction  Permits;  Auction 
 Rescheduled  from  February  21,  2001  to  May  9,  2001;  Minimum  Opening  Bids  and  Other  Procedural  Issues,” 
 Public  Notice,  DA  01-  119  (released  January  19,  2001)  (“  Auction  37  Announcing  Public  Notice”). 


 2  See  “FM  Minor  Change  Application  Freeze”  Public  Notice,  DA  01-  118  (released  January  19,  2001)  (“  FM  Minor 
 Change  Freeze  Public  Notice”). 
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 longer  necessary,  and  is  hereby  lifted.  The  temporary  freeze  on  minor  change  applications  was 
 designed  to  ensure  that  conflicts  do  not  occur  between  minor  change  and  preferred  auction  site 
 proposals,  a  result  that  could  add  uncertainty  and  delay  to  the  auction  process.  This  freeze  also 
 applied  to  reserved  band  minor  change  applications  because  conflicts  between  such  applications 
 and  preferred  site  coordinates  are  also  possible. 


 For  further  information  concerning  this  proceeding,  contact  Kathy  Garland,  Auctions  and 
 Industry  Analysis  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  at  (717)  338-  2888;  Kenneth 
 Burnley,  Legal  Branch,  Auctions  and  Industry  Analysis  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications 
 Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  0660;  or  Lisa  Scanlan,  Audio  Services  Division,  Mass  Media  Bureau  at 
 (202)  418-  2700. 
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