Summary

February 15, 2011 - February 17, 2011
Rounds:
14
Bidding Days:
3
Qualified Bidders:
3
Winning Bidders:
1 Bidder won 2 Permits
Gross Bids:
$4,048,000
Net Bids:
$2,631,200
Winning Bidders
3/1/2011
 
Qualified Bidders
2/4/2011
 
Applications to Participate
1/12/2011
 
Procedures
11/1/2010
 
Comment Sought
9/8/2010
 
 
3/1/2011
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 11-312)
Auction of VHF Commercial Television Station Construction Permits Closes; Winning Bidder Announced for Auction 90
Attachment A: pdf
Attachment B: pdf
2/4/2011
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 11-136)
Auction of VHF Commercial Television Station Construction Permits; Three Bidders Qualified to Participate in Auction 90
Attachment A: pdf
Attachment B: pdf
Attachment C: pdf
1/12/2011
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 11-7)
Auction of VHF Commercial Television Station Construction Permits; Status of Short-Form Applications to Participate in Auction 90
Attachment A: pdf
Attachment B: pdf

Fact Sheet

Date:

Auction 90 began on 2/15/2011 and closed on 2/17/2011.

(See Auction 90 Procedures Public Notice DA 10-2008 (pdf))
Licenses:

Channel DTV 4 – Atlantic City, NJ (“MM-DTV012-4”)
Channel DTV 5 – Seaford, DE (“MM-DTV013-5”)

Spectrum:

Two vacant allotments (6 MHz) See Public Notice DA 10-2008 and 47 CFR § 73.622

Bandwidth:

6 MHz per construction permit

Winning Bidders:
1 Bidder won 2 Permits
Rounds:
14
Qualified Bidders:
3
Licenses Won:
2
Total Licenses:
2
Net Bids:
$2,631,200
Gross Bids:
$4,048,000

Event Date
Comments Due
Reply Comments Due
Auction Tutorial Available (via Internet)
Form 175 (Short Form) Application Filing Window Opens
12/8/2010; 12:00 noon ET
Form 175 (Short Form) Application Filing Deadline
12/15/2010; prior to 6:00 p.m. ET
Upfront Payments Deadline
1/21/2011; 6:00 p.m. ET
Mock Auction
2/11/2011
Auction Start
2/15/2011
Auction Closed
2/17/2011
     
A New Entrant Bidding Credit will be available for this auction. See 47 C.F.R. § 73.5007(a). Eligibility and application requirements for the New Entrant Bidding Credit are specified in Public Notice DA 10-2008 (pdf) and Section 73.5007 of the Commission’s Rules. Applicants that qualify for the New Entrant Bidding Credit are eligible for a bidding credit that represents the amount by which a bidder’s winning bid is discounted. The size of a New Entrant Bidding Credit depends on the number of ownership interests in other media of mass communications that are attributable to the applicant and its attributable interest holders:
  • A 35 percent bidding credit will be 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, as defined in 47 C.F.R. § 73.5008;
  • A 25 percent bidding credit will be 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, as defined in 47 C.F.R. § 73.5008;
  • No bidding credit will be given if any of the commonly owned mass media facilities serve the same area as the broadcast station proposed in the auction, as defined in 47 C.F.R. § 73.5007(b), 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.
Applicants 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 application filing deadline - December 15, 2010; 6:00 p.m. ET. Events occurring after the short-form application filing deadline, such as the acquisition of attributable interests in media of mass communications, may cause diminishment or loss of the bidding credit.
   
Releases P
 
Auction of VHF Commercial Television Station Construction Permits Closes; Winning Bidder Announced for Auction 90
Attachment A: pdf
Attachment B: pdf
 
2/4/2011
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 11-136)
Auction of VHF Commercial Television Station Construction Permits; Three Bidders Qualified to Participate in Auction 90
The Wireless Telecommunications and Media Bureaus identify three applicants found qualified to bid in the upcoming auction of construction permits for two VHF commercial television stations.
Attachment A: pdf
Attachment B: pdf
Attachment C: pdf
 
1/12/2011
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 11-7)
Auction of VHF Commercial Television Station Construction Permits; Status of Short-Form Applications to Participate in Auction 90
Attachment A: pdf
Attachment B: pdf
 
Auction of VHF Commercial Television Station Construction Permits Scheduled for February 15, 2011; Notice and Filing Requirements, Minimum Opening Bids, Upfront Payments, and Other Procedures for Auction 90
Attachment A: xls - pdf
 
9/8/2010
PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 10-1351)
Auction of VHF Commercial Television Station Construction Permits Scheduled for February 15, 2011; Comment Sought on Competitive Bidding Procedures for Auction 90
The Wireless Telecommunications and Media Bureaus announce an auction of two digital VHF commercial television station construction permits scheduled to commence on February 15, 2011.
Attachment A: pdf - xls
Copies of comments and reply comments filed in response to this public notice may be found by using the search function of ECFS under proceeding 10-147 or through the FCC Reference Information Center, which is located in Room CY-A257 at the Commission's Headquarters.
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