The Incentive Auction the Numbers” “By Reverse Auction $10.05 billion Revenues to winning broadcast stations 84 MHz Cleared by the reverse auction process 175 Winning stations $304 million Largest individual station payout $194 million Largest non-commercial station payout 30 Band changing winners (moved to low- or high-VHF) 36 Winning stations receiving more than $100 million 11 Non-commercial stations winning more than $100 million Forward Auction $19.8 billion Gross revenues (2nd largest in FCC auction history) $19.3 billion Revenues net of requested bidding credits $7.3 billion Auction proceeds for federal deficit reduction 70 MHz Largest amount of licensed low-band spectrum ever made available at auction 14 MHz Spectrum available for wireless mics and unlicensed use 2,776 License blocks sold (out of total of 2,912 offered) $1.31 Average price/MHz-pop sold in Top 40 PEAs $.93 Average price/MHz-pop sold nationwide 50 Winning bidders 23 Winning bidders seeking bidding credits 15 Winning bidders seeking small business bidding credits
The Incentive Auction “By the Numbers” Reverse Auction $10.05 billion Revenues to winning broadcast stations 84 MHz Cleared by the reverse auction process 175 Winning stations $304 million Largest individual station payout $194 million Largest non-commercial station payout 30 Band changing winners (moved to low- or high-VHF) 36 Winning stations receiving more than $100 million 11 Non-commercial stations winning more than $100 million Forward Auction $19.8 billion Gross revenues (2nd largest in FCC auction history) $19.3 billion Revenues net of requested bidding credits $7.3 billion Auction proceeds for federal deficit reduction 70 MHz Largest amount of licensed low-band spectrum ever made available at auction 14 MHz Spectrum available for wireless mics and unlicensed use 2,776 License blocks sold (out of total of 2,912 offered) $1.31 Average price/MHz-pop sold in Top 40 PEAs $.93 Average price/MHz-pop sold nationwide 50 Winning bidders 23 Winning bidders seeking bidding credits 15 Winning bidders seeking small business bidding credits