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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 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.  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 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.