[Ccarc] Radio station construction permit sold on e-bay

[Tom Murray]

On eBay, would you bid $14,900 for a new non-commercial FM in North Platte, Nebraska?
Somebody
just did – and won it. We’ve seen licensed commercial stations for sale
on eBay, but this is the first construction permit I can recall – much
less one in the non-commercial band - and it drew a total of 16 bids.
The bidding started at $10,000 back on July 21 and closed at $14,900,
as “Loidalvarez2008" swooped in at the last moment to make his/her only
bid. The FCC database lists the current permittee for Facility ID
number 174842 as RV Ministries Inc. Obviously any transfer of a license
must be approved by the Commission, so this particular eBay auction
process isn’t done yet. The facility will be a Class A at 90.1, with
6-kw at 16 meters above average terrain. This isn’t a typical case of a
construction permit that somebody’s held onto for years and now risks
losing because the three-year clock’s ticking: RV Ministries got the
permit on February 19 of this year and it won’t expire until February
19, 2011. 
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