PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1919 M STREET N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 News media information 202/418-0500 Recorded listing of releases and texts 202/418-2222. MASS MEDIA BUREAU PREPARED TO ISSUE MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE BTA AUTHORIZATIONS Report No. D-865 July 19, 1996 By the Mass Media Bureau: On June 28, 1996, the Mass Media Bureau issued a public notice identifying the Basic Trading Area (BTA) authorizations for Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) which the Bureau was prepared to issue. This public notice identifies additional BTA authorizations which are ready to be issued and provides details regarding final payments. The applicants identified in the attached list must submit the balance due on the specified BTA authorization(s) by July 26, 1996, unless the applicant is a small business making installment payments. Eligible small business applicants must bring the total amount on deposit with the Commission (including upfront payments and the initial ten percent down payment) up to twenty percent (20%) of its net winning bid(s) by July 26, 1996. The Mass Media Bureau will issue BTA authorization(s) to the applicants within ten business days following notification of receipt of full payment, or in the case of small businesses, within ten business days following notification of receipt of the required additional ten percent payment. An applicant who submitted a long-form application for an MDS station license within its BTA will receive its BTA authorization concurrent with the grant of its MDS conditional station license(s) within its BTA. See 47 C.F.R.  21.955, 21.958, 21.960(b). A small business applicant must pay the remainder of the amount due on its BTA authorization(s) in quarterly installment payments. It will receive an installment payment plan schedule listing payment amounts and due dates shortly after receiving the BTA authorization and executing a document evidencing the payment obligation. See 47 C.F.R.  21.960(b). All payments must be made in U.S. dollars, must be in the form of a wire transfer or cashier's check, and must be made payable to the "Federal Communications Commission" or "FCC." No personal checks or other forms of payment will be accepted. Payments must be accompanied by a completed FCC Remittance Advice Form (FCC Form 159), and proper completion of this form is critical to ensuring correct credit of applicant payments. On the FCC Form 159, applicants must use the same FCC account number associated with their FCC Form 175. Applicants must specify each BTA authorization as a separate item on the FCC Form 159 (use continuation sheet FCC 159-C if necessary) and must include the BTA Market Number designation for each authorization in Block 18 of FCC Form 159. Cashier's checks must be drawn on a financial institution whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Payments by cashier's check must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, July 26, 1996. Cashier's checks and accompanying FCC Form 159s must be addressed to: Mellon Bank Attention: Auction No. 6 P.O. Box 358850 Pittsburgh, PA 15251-5850 If delivering an auction payment in person or by courier, the cashier's check and FCC Form 159 must be delivered to: Mellon Bank Attention: Wholesale Lockbox Shift Supervisor 27th Floor (153-2713) 3 Mellon Bank Center 525 William Penn Way Pittsburgh, PA 15259-0001 (Note: Please indicate on the inside envelope "Lockbox No. 358850.") Wire transfer payments must be received by 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, July 26, 1996. Applicants making payments by wire transfer should allow sufficient time for the wire transfer to be initiated and for the transmission to be completed prior to the deadline. To submit funds by wire transfer, applicants will need the following information: ABA Routing Number: 043000261 Receiving Bank: Mellon Pittsburgh BNF: FCC/AC-9116106 OBI Field: (Skip one space between each information item) "AUCTIONPAY" FCC ACCOUNT NO. (same as FCC Form 159, Block 1) PAYMENT TYPE CODE (same as FCC Form 159, Block 14: "AMMD") FCC CODE (same as FCC Form 159, Block 17: "6") PAYOR NAME (same as FCC Form 159, Block 3) LOCKBOX NO. 358850 Applicants making payments by wire transfer must send via facsimile a completed FCC Form 159 to Mellon Bank at (412) 236-5702 at least one hour prior to placing the order for the wire transfer (but on the same business day). Additional instructions for making auction payments are contained in the FCC Forms and Instructions section of the Bidder Information Package for this auction (pages 83-85). Questions concerning the calculation and submission of final payments should be directed to Regina Dorsey or William Koch of the Billings and Collections Branch, at (202) 418-1995. Applicants who do not submit the required payment by the specified deadline will be considered in default and are subject to additional payments under 47 C.F.R.  21.959. Specifically, an entity in default will be assessed a payment equal to the difference between its winning bid and the winning bid the next time the authorization is offered by the Commission. An additional payment equal to three percent (3%) of the lesser of the subsequent winning bid or the defaulting bidder's winning bid will also be assessed. Following a default, the Commission will determine whether the authorization in question will be offered to the next highest bidder (in descending order) or re-auctioned. For further information, please contact Charles Dziedzic at (202) 418-1600, Sharon Bertelsen at (202) 418-7057 or Nazifa Naim at (202) 418-7059. - FCC -