Incomplete Auction 98 Applications Face June 29 Deadline

The FCC Wireless and Media bureaus received 87 complete short-form applications for a July 23 auction of 131 FM construction permits. The bureaus also received 24 incomplete applications and one application that has been rejected, they said in a public notice Wednesday. Applicants with complete applications will become qualified bidders in Auction 98 if the FCC receives their upfront payment by June 29. Applicants with incomplete applications will receive letters about the errors therein and will have until June 29 to submit corrected applications and their upfront fees, the PN said. One Ministries Inc. was rejected for a permit for a noncommercial educational station that is mutually exclusive with an application for a commercial broadcast station, the PN said. That means One Ministries can't participate in Auction 98, the PN said.