Summary

March 15, 2006 - March 20, 2006
Rounds:
23
Bidding Days:
4
Qualified Bidders:
25
Winning Bidders:
8 Bidders won 10 Permits
Licenses Held by FCC:
1
Gross Bids:
$26,717,000
Net Bids:
$23,367,850
Spreadsheets Files
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Fact Sheet

Date:

Auction 64 began on 3/15/2006 and closed on 3/20/2006.
See PN DA 05-2423

Licenses:

11 Full Power Television Station Construction Permits

Spectrum:

Various vacant allotments (54 – 806 MHz)
See Public Notice DA 05-2987 and 47 CFR 73.606 and 73.622

Bandwidth:

6 MHz per construction permit

Winning Bidders:
8 Bidders won 10 Permits
Rounds:
23
Qualified Bidders:
25
Licenses Won:
10
Licenses Held by FCC:
1
Total Licenses:
11
Net Bids:
$23,367,850
Gross Bids:
$26,717,000

 

General information and associated licensing parameters are provided below. Public Notices provide specific information regarding this auction. This fact sheet includes:

EventDate
Pre-Auction Seminar
Form 175 (Short Form) Application Filing Window Opens
1/11/2006; 12:00 noon ET
Form 175 (Short Form) Application Filing Deadline
1/20/2006; 6:00 pm ET
Upfront Payments Deadline
2/17/2006; 6:00 pm ET
Mock Auction
3/13/2006
Auction Start
3/15/2006
Auction Closed
3/20/2006

A winning bidder is awarded a construction permit, rather than a “license.” A winning bidder is required, within a specified time period, to construct its facility and file an application for a “license to cover construction permits” to obtain a license for the constructed facility. (See 47 C.F.R. § 73.3598) Licenses are issued for an eight-year term.

Bidders intending to divest a media interest or make any other ownership changes, such as resignation of positional interests, in order to avoid attribution for purposes of qualifying for the New Entrant Bidding Credit must have consummated such divestment transactions or have completed such ownership changes by no later than the short-form filing deadline (see “Key Dates”).

Upon submission of its long-form application (FCC Form 301), the winning bidders for the television construction permits will have to provide interference protection to qualified Class A television stations.

Potential bidders for the television construction permits are also reminded that full service television stations are in the process of converting from analog to digital operation and that stations may have pending applications to construct and operate digital television facilities, construction permits and/or licenses for such digital facilities. Bidders should investigate the impact such applications, permits and licenses may have on their ability to operate the facilities proposed in this auction.

For more information, refer to Due Diligence in the Auction No. 64 Procedures Public Notice DA 05-2987, released November 23, 2005.

Releases P

3/23/2006
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 06-648)
Auction of Full Power Television Construction Permits Closes; Winning Bidders Announced for Auction No. 64
The WTB announces the close of Auction No. 64 along with the list of winning bidders and other closing procedures.

3/3/2006
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 06-490)
Auction of Full Power Television Construction Permits; 25 Bidders Qualified to Participate in Auction No. 64
The Media Bureau and the WTB identify 25 applicants found to be qualified to bid in the upcoming auction for 11 full power television station construction permits ("Auction No. 64")

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Auction Seminar

This seminar was held on January 11, 2006. You may view the presentations below.

Presentations

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Kathryn Garland, Deputy Division Chief, Auctions & Spectrum Access Division (ASAD)
pdf - ppt

Pre-Auction Process
Lisa Stover, Auctions Marketing Specialist, ASAD
pdf - ppt

Due Diligence
Shaleim Henry, Attorney Advisor, Video Division

Legal, Technical, Auction Rules and Payment Procedures

Electronic Filing of Form 175 and Overview of Auction Rules
Lisa Stover, Auctions Marketing Specialist, ASAD
Lynne Milne, Attorney, ASAD
ppt

Wire Transfer & Payment Process
Gail Glasser, Financial Management Specialist, Auctions Accounting Group
pdf - ppt

Auction Bidding Procedures

Overview of Auction Process & FCC Auction System
Debbie Smith, Auctions Analyst
pdf - ppt

Post Auction Process

Payment and Filing Requirements
Lisa Stover, Auctions Marketing Specialist, ASAD
Hossein Hashemzadeh, Associate Chief, Video Division
ppt

Education