The FCC delayed the start of an auction of 112...
The FCC delayed the start of an auction of 112 FM construction permits by about a month to April 23, according to a public notice from the Media and Wireless bureaus. During the time it will take applications for Auction…
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94 -- Jan. 28-Feb. 6 -- it won’t consider minor-change requests from stations on that band, another agency notice said (http://xrl.us/bn27jd). Such “freezes are standard operating procedure” and avoid “the creation of any conflicts (unforeseeable or otherwise) with auction proposals that could muck up the auction process,” said the blog of the Fletcher Heald law firm, which has radio station clients (http://xrl.us/bn27jm). The delay in the auction’s start “will avoid conflicts with this widely-attended industry convention and widely-observed religious holidays,” said the bureaus’ notice Wednesday. That may “foster auction participation and an efficient auction process,” it said (http://xrl.us/bn27h8). NAB’s show in Las Vegas is April 6-11 (http://xrl.us/bn27i5), and Fletcher Heald sought more time because of other FCC deadlines and holidays like Passover (CD Oct 12 p15).