FM Broadcast Construction Permit Auction to Start July 23

The FCC scheduled the upcoming auction for FM broadcast construction permits, Auction 98, to start July 23, the Media Bureau and Wireless Bureau said in a public notice Tuesday in docket 15-3. Auction 98 will offer 131 construction permits in the FM broadcast service, the bureaus said. The construction permits to be auctioned are 113 new FM allotments and 18 construction permits that were offered but not sold or were defaulted upon in previous auctions, the bureaus said.