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
General Information
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
- Key Dates
- Construction Permits Offered
- Permissible Operations
- License Period and Construction Requirements
- New Entrant Bidding Credit
- Due Diligence
- Licensing Rules
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Auction 90 will include two digital very high frequency (“VHF”) commercial digital television station construction permits. A list of the construction permits and their descriptions is provided in Attachment A to the Procedures Public Notice, DA 10-2008 (pdf).
A winning bidder will be awarded a construction permit, rather than a “license.” Each construction permit for the construction of a new VHF commercial digital television station specifies a period of three years within which construction must be completed and a license application filed. See 47 C.F.R. § 73.3598. Broadcast station licenses are issued for eight year terms. See 47 C.F.R. § 73.1020(a).
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.
For more information, refer to Due Diligence in the Auction 90 Procedures Public Notice (DA 10-2008 (pdf)), released November 1, 2010.
Releases P
Auction of VHF Commercial Television Station Construction Permits Closes; Winning Bidder Announced for Auction 90
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.
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
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
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.
Auction 90 Full Information Round Results Files
Round 14
90_014_all_files.zip
90_014_all_files.zip
Round 13
90_013_all_files.zip
90_013_all_files.zip
Round 12
90_012_all_files.zip
90_012_all_files.zip
Round 11
90_011_all_files.zip
90_011_all_files.zip
Round 10
90_010_all_files.zip
90_010_all_files.zip
Round 9
90_009_all_files.zip
90_009_all_files.zip
Round 8
90_008_all_files.zip
90_008_all_files.zip
Round 7
90_007_all_files.zip
90_007_all_files.zip
Round 6
90_006_all_files.zip
90_006_all_files.zip
Round 5
90_005_all_files.zip
90_005_all_files.zip
Round 4
90_004_all_files.zip
90_004_all_files.zip
Round 3
90_003_all_files.zip
90_003_all_files.zip
Round 2
90_002_all_files.zip
90_002_all_files.zip
Round 1
90_001_all_files.zip
90_001_all_files.zip
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