FOR RECORD ONLY
//$Coldwater Cablevision, Inc., Coldwater, MI, Letter, DA 94-1543//$
$/76.922 Rates for Cable Programming Servie tiers/$
$/a la carte orders/$

                             December 19, 1994


Gardner F. Gillespie
Hogan & Hartson                                                  DA 94-1543
Columbia Square                                Released:  December 20, 1994
555 Thirteenth St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-1109

                                        File Number: LOI-93-9

Dear Mr. Gillespie:

     On November 17, 1993, the Commission requested information from Coldwater
Cablevision, Inc. ("CCI") concerning, among other things, a la carte services offered by CCI 
in the City of Coldwater, Michigan.  Letter from Roy J. Stewart, Chief, Mass Media Bureau,
FCC, to Ed D. Geiman, Manager, Coldwater Cablevision, LOI-93-9 (November 17, 1993). 
The inquiry was prompted by a letter from the City of Coldwater that questioned CCI's
practice of moving channels from rate-regulated cable programming service tiers to packages
of a la carte channels.

     In a letter to the Cable Services Bureau, dated September 27, 1994, the City of
Coldwater sought to withdraw its Form 329 rate complaint filed against CCI.  The City
stated in that letter that it had completed its review of CCI's rate justification and had
resolved the issue of whether CCI's a la carte service offerings are rate-regulated.  In an
Order released December 12, 1994, the Cable Services Bureau granted the City's request to
withdraw its complaint against CCI.  Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 94-1440 (Cable
Services Bureau, December 12, 1994).  In addition to granting the City's request, the Order
terminated the Bureau's review of the rate justification proceeding initiated by the complaint. 
There is now neither a valid rate complaint nor a pending rate case in the Bureau respecting
CCI in the City of Coldwater.  Moreover, the City has requested, by letter dated September
27, 1994, that the Commission discontinue its investigation into the issues set forth in the
Letter of Inquiry referenced above.  Under all these circumstances, we believe that the public
interest is not served by our continuing the inquiry of CCI initiated by Letter of Inquiry 93-
9.  Accordingly, we hereby terminate that inquiry.

                              Sincerely,



                              Meredith J. Jones
                              Chief, Cable Services Bureau
cc: John Pestle
    Ed D. Geiman
    William R. Stewart