PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 12th Street, S.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 News Media Information: (202) 418-0500 Fax-On-Demand: (202) 418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov DA 99-1664 August 19, 1999 FCC Reminds Applicants of Short Form Filing Deadline and Electronic Access to Filing System for Auction 25, "Closed Broadcast Auction" The FCC reminds applicants that the Form 175 applications for Auction 25, the Closed Broadcast Auction, must be submitted by 5:30 p.m. ET on August 20, 1999. Applications may only be filed electronically. No paper or fax copies of FCC Form 175 will be accepted. To submit the FCC Form 175 application, you must first connect to the FCC Network via a toll-free phone number, using Dial-Up Networking as described in Attachment E Accessing the FCC network using Windows 95/98, in Public Notice DA 99-1346, released July 9, 1999. The FCC has added an additional toll-free phone number for accessing the Form 175 application system. Applicants are advised that they may use either of the following numbers. If one of the lines is busy, applicants should try the other number for system access. 800-378-7435 877-844-2788 Each telephone number allows 48 users on line at one time, so applicants are urged to submit the forms well in advance of the 5:30 filing deadline. If an applicant waits until the last minute they may have difficulty in accessing the system and having a form filed by the deadline. After you connect to the FCC Network using one of the toll-free numbers, start your Netscape Web browser and enter http://wtbwww04.fcc.gov or http://wtbwww34.fcc.gov in the browser's Location field and then click the 175 Submit button. Once you have completed the application, you must press the 175 submit button on the Submit page to successfully submit the form to the FCC. Confirmation of FCC receipt of the form will be provided by the system, along with an FCC-assigned account number. Applicants should not consider their form submitted until they receive the FCC-assigned account number.