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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.   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,  and scheduled to be effective from March 7, 2001 to March 19, 2001, is no 
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.
   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").
  See "FM Minor Change Application Freeze" Public Notice, DA 01-118 (released January 19, 2001) ("FM Minor 
Change Freeze Public Notice").