I saw this on a UK broadcast group - it came from someone in the
business so it could be genuine but it does look like a strange thing to
put on ebay.

Take a look at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=30790471 96


This is not a radio station, but only a construction permit,and frankly is
virtually worthless unless you have a qualified broadcast engineer do some
research on it with the FCC first - there could be a reason why it hasn't been
acted upon already (i.e.: construction permit was granted, but never built,
then another radio station on an adjacent frequency requested an increase in
signal power, which was approved by the FCC; they get precedence since they're
already on the air, and the contstruction permit can no longer be acted upon
without modification because to build something on that site, and operating at
that frequency would now interfere with the incumbent station's new signal
pattern).

If the construction permit has been inactive for quite awhile, you could
probably apply for a CP on the same exact frequency on the same exact site and
petition the FCC to void the existing one. They'd be more inclined to rescind
the old one if there hasn't been any move to actually BUILD something there,
providing you could give some documentation that would provide some evidence
that you actually intended to use said CP & not just sit on it.

Either way, you'd still have to pay all the filing fees to the FCC even if you
won the auction, so you're looking at (IIRC) around $5k minimum for a radio CP
application - yo can go to: http://www.fcc.gov to find a listing of various
fees for applications & renewals, etc.

The worst part is, you don't even know if winning the auction, plus filing &
paying said fees, would guarantee you a permit... there could be someone
protesting the permit as we speak (for example, another interested party that
has filed a protest agsint this permit issuance; saying that THEY should get
the permit granted because they're a minority bradcaster who wants to build
something right away, and the current holder is not and has also not acted on
the permit, etc, etc).

This **** can get messy... trust me.

Neil Henderson
Progressive Rock...
http://www.saqqararecords.com