{"abstract":"In this document the Commission adopts rules to implement the broadcast television spectrum incentive auction. Our central objective in designing this incentive auction is to harness the economics of demand for spectrum in order to allow market forces to determine its highest and best use, which will benefit consumers of telecommunications services.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2014/08/15/2014-18423.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":0,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":2,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":15,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":27,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":73,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":74,"title":47}],"citation":"79 FR 48442","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective October 14, 2014 except for amendments to Sec. Sec. 1.2105(a)(2)(xii) and (c)(6); 1.2204(a), (c), (d)(3), and (d)(5); 1.2205(c) and (d); 1.2209; 2.1033(c)(19)(iii); 15.713(b)(2)(iv); 15.713(h)(10); 27.14(k) and (t)(6); 27.17(c); 27.19(b) and (c); 73.3700(b)(1)(i) through (v), (b)(2)(i) and (ii), (b)(3), (b)(4)(i) and (ii), and (b)(5); 73.3700(c); 73.3700(d); 73.3700(e)(2) through (6); 73.3700(f); 73.3700(g); 73.3700(h)(4) and (6); 74.602(h)(5)(ii) and (iii); and 74.802(b)(2), which contain new or modified information collection requirements that are not effective until approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for those sections.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["GN Docket No. 12-268","FCC 14-50"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2014-18423","effective_on":"2014-10-14","end_page":48545,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2014/08/15/2014-18423.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/08/15/2014-18423/expanding-the-economic-and-innovation-opportunities-of-spectrum-through-incentive-auctions","images":{"ER15AU14.004":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER15AU14.004/ER15AU14.004_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER15AU14.004/ER15AU14.004_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER15AU14.004/ER15AU14.004_original_size.png"}},"images_metadata":{"ER15AU14.004":{"large":{"identifier":"ER15AU14.004","content_type":"image/png","size":92406,"width":823,"sha":"9c5801ec937da69a40de92f2ea94b675","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER15AU14.004/ER15AU14.004_large.png","height":1108},"medium":{"identifier":"ER15AU14.004","content_type":"image/png","size":43099,"width":524,"sha":"7924a4d55b917b0c6e9ee37b6dc0387a","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER15AU14.004/ER15AU14.004_medium.png","height":705},"original_size":{"identifier":"ER15AU14.004","content_type":"image/png","size":207184,"width":3962,"sha":"ba37e77c419cf85f2eb4569fac70b30e","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER15AU14.004/ER15AU14.004_original_size.png","height":5333}}},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2014-18423?publication_date=2014-08-15","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2014-08-15/2014-18423/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":104,"page_views":{"count":1080,"last_updated":"2026-08-26 20:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-08-15/pdf/2014-18423.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-18423.pdf?1408020543","publication_date":"2014-08-15","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2014/08/15/2014-18423.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2014-09-04T06:00:13Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":48442,"subtype":null,"title":"Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions","toc_doc":"Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Communications common carriers","Radio","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Telecommunications"],"type":"Rule","volume":79}