Federal Communications Commission	DA 26-XXX


DA 26-445
Released:  May 11, 2026

AUCTION 114 FREEZE ANNOUNCED FOR CERTAIN FM APPLICATIONS AND RULEMAKING FILINGS

AU Docket No. 26-105

The Media Bureau announces a freeze, effective immediately, on the following filings (collectively, Filings):
· Applications proposing to modify any of the vacant non-reserved band FM allotments scheduled for Auction 114 (Auction 114 FM Allotments); 
· Petitions and counterproposals that propose a change in channel, class, community, or reference coordinates for any of the vacant non-reserved band FM allotments scheduled for Auction 114; and 
· Applications, petitions and counterproposals that fail to fully protect any Auction 114 FM Allotment. 
Auction 114 FM Allotments are listed in Attachment A of the Auction 114 Comment Public Notice. Auction of FM Broadcast Construction Permits Scheduled for February 2, 2027; Comment Sought on Competitive Bidding Procedures for Auction 114, Public Notice, DA 26-444 (OEA/MB May 11, 2026) (Auction 114 Comment Public Notice).  Bidders are also cautioned that currently pending petitions for rulemaking and open rulemaking proceedings may affect the 132 FM construction permits scheduled for Auction 114.    
  All Filings submitted after the release of this Public Notice will be dismissed. 47 CFR § 1.401(e).  
  This freeze will automatically terminate the day after the filing deadline for post-Auction 114 long form applications.  This temporary freeze is designed to promote a more certain and speedy auction process.  
In Auction 114, the Office of Economics and Analytics and the Media Bureau will make available through competitive bidding procedures 132 vacant non-reserved band allotments in the FM broadcast service. Auction 114 Comment Public Notice, supra note 1, at paras. 1-2, Attachment A.
  FM minor change applications, which can now be filed on a first-come first-served basis, must protect the reference coordinates of each of these allotments.  
For additional information, contact James Bradshaw or Rudy Bonacci, Audio Division, Media Bureau at (202) 418-2700.  
This action is taken by the Acting Chief, Media Bureau, pursuant to authority delegated by sections 0.61 and 0.283 of the Commission’s rules. 47 CFR §§ 0.61 and 0.283.

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