§ 1.2201   Purpose.

   The provisions of § § 1.2200 through 1.2209 implement section 6403 of the
   Spectrum Act, which requires the Commission to conduct a reverse auction to
   determine the amount of compensation that each broadcast television licensee
   would accept in return for voluntarily relinquishing some or all of its
   broadcast  television  spectrum usage rights in order to make spectrum
   available for assignment through a system of competitive bidding under
   subparagraph (G) of section 309(j)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
   added by section 6402 of the Spectrum Act.

   return arrow Back to Top