FCC Auction 112, For TV Construction Permits, Announced

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the late Friday release of a Public Notice, the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) and the Media Bureau seek comment on the procedures to be used for Auction 112, an auction of construction permits for full-power television stations.


The FCC expects the bidding for Auction 112 to begin in June 2022.

Auction 112 will offer 27 construction permits for FPTV stations.

The permits that will be available in Auction 112 are listed here.

The permits that will be available in Auction 112 are for channel allotments contained in
the Table of Television Allotments and assigned at the indicated communities for which there currently is not a licensee. Each permit awarded will be for one of the allotted-but-unlicensed channels currently contained in the TV Table.

The biggest market in Auction 112 is Syracuse, N.Y. There’s also CPs in Eureka-Arcata, Calif.; Fairbanks, Alaska; Yuma and Flagstaff, Ariz.; and Jackson, Wyo.

The Comment Date is December 13, while the Reply Comment Date is December 23.

To review the entire Public Notice, please click here.