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N.B. The Prohibited Communications Rule vis-a-vis Forward Auction Assignment Phase Has Concluded Announcement of 2017-03-30 13:06:10

Bidding in the assignment phase of the forward auction has concluded. This marks the end of the final phase of the broadcast incentive auction.

The FCC will release the Incentive Auction Closing and Channel Reassignment Public Notice in a few weeks. This public notice will announce the results of the reverse and forward auctions and will provide important information, reminders, and details regarding post-auction procedures and the obligations of successful bidders in the reverse and forward auctions. On the same day, each forward auction applicant that became a qualified bidder will receive an email with a link to the location of the public notice on the Commission's website. A few days later, forward auction bidders will receive a package that includes the form needed to make payments for winning bids and an envelope for returning the RSA SecurID® tokens used to access the auction system.

The day after release of the Incentive Auction Closing and Channel Reassignment Public Notice, the Commission will make available complete forward auction round-by-round results, including bidder identities. These results will be available to bidders and to the public in the Public Reporting System.

Post-Auction Information and Educational Materials

Before the end of the day tomorrow, a document specifying the formats of the reverse and forward auction results files that will be publicly available after release of the Incentive Auction Closing and Channel Reassignment Public Notice will be available under the Data section of both the Auction 1001 and the Auction 1002 websites. In addition, an online tutorial on the immediate post-auction process for the forward auction will be available under the Education section of the Auction 1002 website.

We suggest that bidders also review the Post-Auction Process section of the Application Procedures Public Notice (DA 15-1183), released October 15, 2015.

Assignment Phase Results and Access to the Auction System

Bidder access to the auction system for the assignment phase will be available until 5:00 PM Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Bidders that wish to download their results files for the forward auction assignment phase should do so before that time.

The Auction Bidder Line will be available until 5:30 PM Eastern Time today. If you have further questions after that time, please call the Auction Hotline at 717-338-2868.

Prohibited Communications Rule

We remind all forward auction applicants that they remain subject to the Commission's rules prohibiting certain communications relating to the incentive auction until either: with respect to communications with broadcasters, the completion of the incentive auction as announced by the Incentive Auction Closing and Channel Reassignment Public Notice; or, with respect to other forward auction applicants and related parties, until the winning bid down payment deadline. All forward auction applicants remain subject to the prohibition regardless of developments during the auction process and regardless of whether they qualified to bid or became winning bidders.

http://auctiondata.fcc.gov/public/projects/1000/reports/assignment_announcements