PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 16-89 January 27, 2016 FORWARD AUCTION APPLICATION FILING WINDOW OPENS TODAY AT NOON AFTER ONE-DAY WEATHER DELAY FCC FORM 175 DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 10, 2016 AU Docket No. 14-252 GN Docket No. 12-268 WT Docket No. 12-269 The filing window for the FCC Form 175, the application to participate in the forward auction phase of the broadcast incentive auction, will open today, after a one-day delay due to severe weather in the Washington, DC area.1 In addition, the closing of the filing window will be extended for one day from its originally scheduled date. Specifically, the FCC Form 175 filing window will open at 12:00 noon Eastern Time on January 27, 2016, and close at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 10, 2016. Applications must be filed prior to the closing of the filing window. All other procedures, terms and requirements as set out in the Auction 1000 Application Procedures Public Notice remain unchanged.2 The revised application filing window dates are as follows: FCC Form 175 Filing Window Opens ..............................January 27, 2016; 12:00 noon ET FCC Form 175 Filing Window Deadline..........................February 10, 2016; 6:00 p.m. ET For general auction questions, contact Linda Sanderson, Linda.Sanderson@fcc.gov, (717) 338- 2868. For forward auction legal questions, contact Leslie Barnes, Leslie.Barnes@fcc.gov, (202) 418- 0660, or Valerie Barrish, Valerie.Barrish@fcc.gov, (202) 418-0660. Press contact: Charles Meisch, Charles.Meisch@fcc.gov, (202) 418-2943. Additional information for potential Broadcast Incentive Auction participants is available at the Auction 1000 web page (www.fcc.gov/auctions/1000). –FCC– 1 Federal offices in the Washington, DC area were closed for two and a half business days on the afternoon of January 22, 2016, and the days of January 25-26, 2016, due to a severe snow storm. 2 See Application Procedures for Broadcast Incentive Auction Scheduled to Begin on March 29, 2016; Technical Formulas for Competitive Bidding, Public Notice, 30 FCC Rcd 11034 (WTB 2015); Updates and Other Supplemental Information, Public Notice, DA 15-1428 (WTB rel. Dec. 21, 2015). The FCC Form 175 will be available when the filing window opens.