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Auction 81 began on 9/14/2005 and closed on 9/26/2005.
Round 43. (See PN DA 05-2543)
113 construction permits for LPTV, television translator and Class A television broadcast stations.
Specified frequencies from 54 MHz to 806 MHz (television channels 2-69)
6 MHz per license
39 Bidders won 90 Permits
43
44
90
23
113
$834,600
$997,100
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- A 35 percent bidding credit was given to a winning bidder if it, and/or any individual or entity with an attributable interest in the winning bidder, has no attributable interest in any other media of mass communications;
- A 25 percent bidding credit was given to a winning bidder if it, and/or any individual or entity with an attributable interest in the winning bidder, has an attributable interest in no more than three mass media facilities;
- No bidding credit was given if any of the commonly owned mass media facilities serve the same area as the proposed broadcast station, or if the winning bidder, and/or any individual or entity with an attributable interest in the winning bidder, has attributable interests in more than three mass media facilities;
For more information, refer to Due Diligence in the Auction No. 81 Procedures Public Notice, DA 05-1337, released May 20, 2005.