FCC Plans March Auction for New FM Stations - 147 New FM Licenses for Sale

Interested in a new FM radio station? Now might be your chance. The Federal Communications Commission announced an upcoming auction, Auction No. 91, offering licenses for 147 new FM channels in various communities across the country.

The auction will begin on March 29. The public notice merely lists the channels to be auctioned and the proposed minimum bid in the auction to be associated with each channel, and asks for comments on the procedures that will apply in conducting the auction. Expect that applications to participate in the auction will probably be due sometime in or around January 2011.