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Lpfm auction/awards isn't happening anytime soon?

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gr229

We regret the disruption, but during the Federal Government-wide shutdown, the FCC is limited to performing duties that are immediately necessary for the safety of life or the protection of property. FCC online systems will not be available until further notice.

I guess the auction isn't gonna happen on 10/14/2013
Now what?


http://www.fcc.gov/shutdown-page.html
 
Even if Congress pulled their heads out of their collective asses tomorrow, there could be a delay of several months before they even think of restarting the LPFM process.
 
Just to be clear, there wouldn't have been a LPFM auction on the 14th even if there hadn't been a government shutdown.. For two reasons:

- Because the LPFM service is non-commercial, auctions are not used to determine who gets a permit in the case of mutually-exclusive applications. A point system is used.
- There aren't any LPFM applications on file to be evaluated. What was planned for the 15th was a filing window.

I'm sure the window will be delayed. My guess is that the Commission staff will need a few hours to catch up to a few pieces of urgent business. (licenses-to-cover for CPs slated to expire during the shutdown; STAs for stations that suffered antenna/transmitter damage during the shutdown; etc..) And a few days to catch up with the backlog of routine modifications, licenses-to-cover that *aren't* urgent, etc... It may take some time to restart some IT services that were shutdown & verify they're working properly.

My guess as to a timeline (and this is only a guess)...

Assuming the legislation necessary to restart the government passed both houses & was signed on Monday... I would imagine the FCC staff would return to full strength on Tuesday. I might expect it to take the rest of the week to catch up to pending business. Early the following week they could gear up for the LPFM filing window. And I might expect the filing window itself to open two weeks late.

That's strictly speculation.
 
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