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                                                     DA 00-2802
                                   Released:  December 13, 2000
                                                               
                                
        AM Auction No. 32 Mutually Exclusive Applicants 
                                
       Settlement Period and Section 307(b) Filing Period
                  Extended to February 28, 2001
                                
                                
Report No. AUC 00-32 - F   (Auction No. 32)
     
     On October 27, 2000, the Mass Media Bureau and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
(collectively the "Bureaus") released a Public Notice, DA 00-2416, listing all AM applications received
during the AM auction filing window that are mutually exclusive with other applications filed in the
window.  The Public Notice established a December 29, 2000 deadline for the filing of settlement
agreements and technical solutions for application groups involving at least one major modification
proposal.  It also established a December 29, 2000 deadline for each applicant to file a Section 307(b)
submission where competing applicants propose to serve different communities.   

     Numerous applicants have requested that the Bureaus extend the December 29, 2000 deadline so
that they could fully pursue settlement opportunities and technical solutions and prepare complete
Section 307(b) submissions.  The Bureaus find that an extension of  these filing periods would serve the
public interest.  Therefore, by this Public Notice, we extend the deadline for the filing of settlement
agreements, engineering proposals to resolve the  mutual exclusivity, and Section 307(b) submissions, to
February 28, 2001.  All other filing requirements remain unchanged.

     For further information, contact Edward DeLahunt or Lisa Scanlan of the Audio Services
Division at (202) 418-2700.