===== PUBLIC NOTICE FCC FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ===== 1919 M STREET N.W. WASHINGTON, DC 20554 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- News media information 202/418-0500. Recorded listing of releases and texts 202/418-2222. Report No. DS-1706 February 5, 1997 THE COMMISSION, by its International Bureau, took the following actions pursuant to delegated authority. The effective dates of the actions are the dates specified below: SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES: --------------------------------- Page 1 Report No. DS-1706: SATELLITE EARTH STATIONS February 5, 1997 Page 2 REGISTRATION OF ALL DOMESTIC RECEIVE-ONLY EARTH STATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS LISTED ON THIS PAGE. INTERNATIONAL RECEIVE-ONLY EARTH STATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS LISTED ON EACH INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZATION. 2000 - The hours of operations of this station are not limited. 2200 - These facilities shall be used for the reception of only such programming material that the grantee has been authorized to receive and use by the owner of the programming material. 2464 - The grantee is authorized to add, delete or change channels of program material without further application or notification to the Commission, provided: (a) the carriage of such program material is authorized pursuant to the Commission's rules, regulations and policies governing the terrestrial system(s) used to distribute this material to the end subscribers, and (b) that such earth station operations are consistent with the technical parameters specified in the registration. 2465 - This provision relates to potential interference from terrestrial microwave stations. Operation of the receive- only earth station shall be in accordance with the frequency coordination exhibit accompanying the application. 2510 - Waiver of Section 25.203(e) of the Commission's Rules and Regulations is granted for the beam intersections listed in the application(s) for this facility. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, THE REGISTRATION OF ALL DOMESTIC RECEIVE-ONLY EARTH STATIONS USING ANTENNAS SMALLER THAN 4.5 METERS IN DIAMETER IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING PROVISION. 2456 - No protection beyond that afforded in "Deregulation of Domestic Receive-Only Satellite Earth Stations" will be provided for TVRO earth stations. Due to 2 degree orbital spacing, "the potential levels of interference caused by satellite transmissions are already defined and the actual level of any protection desired by an applicant from inter- satellite interference for small receiving earth station antennas will be achieved by the choice of receiving antenna performance selected by parties installing new receive-only earth stations." FCC 86-133 36552. Report No. DS-1706: SATELLITE EARTH STATIONS February 5, 1997 Page 3 241-DSE-MP/L-97 E2199 ALASCOM INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/28/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: SELAWIK, , ALASKA 249-DSE-MP/L-97 E2249 ALASCOM, INC./UNITED UTILITIES, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/28/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: GAMBELL, , ALASKA 248-DSE-MP/L-97 E2253 ALASCOM INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/28/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: KING COVE, KING COVE, ALASKA 240-DSE-MP/L-97 E2275 ALASCOM INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/28/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: AKUTAN, AKUTAN, ALASKA 239-DSE-MP/L-97 E2302 ALASCOM INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/28/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: SHISMAREF, , ALASKA 440-DSE-R-97 E2597 ALASCOM INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/28/1997 FOR RENEWAL OF EARTH STATION LICENSE SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: TEMPORARY FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: VARIOUS, , TERM: 02/24/1997 TO 02/24/1998 466-DSE-R-97 E7616 LDDS CORPORATION APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/31/1997 FOR RENEWAL OF EARTH STATION LICENSE SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: TEMPORARY FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: VARIOUS, , TERM: 02/02/1997 TO 02/02/1998 457-DSE-R-97 E8730 AT&T CORP. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/29/1997 FOR RENEWAL OF EARTH STATION LICENSE SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: TEMPORARY FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: VARIOUS, , TERM: 01/24/1997 TO 01/24/1998 238-DSE-MP/L-97 E880109 ALASCOM INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/28/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: TELLER, , ALASKA 173-DSE-MP/L-97 E900004 GE AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/28/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: CONUS,AK,HI,VI,PR, (50 units), Report No. DS-1706: SATELLITE EARTH STATIONS February 5, 1997 Page 4 172-DSE-MP/L-97 E900005 GE AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/28/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: CONUS,AK,HI,VI,PR, (50 units), 459-DSE-R-97 E900038 AMOCO CORPORATION APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/29/1997 FOR RENEWAL OF EARTH STATION LICENSE SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: TEMPORARY FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: VARIOUS, , TERM: 01/19/1997 TO 01/19/1998 164-DSE-MP/L-97 E900500 COMBINED COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/31/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: 332 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVE., CHICAGO, COOK, ILLINOIS HUB station associated with VSAT stations, call signs E900501, E900502, E900572. "MOD" to relocate the HUB STATION (E900500) from Los Angeles, CA to the studios of its radio station WGCI-FM in Chicago, IL. 481-DSE-R-97 E950112 SHOP AT HOME, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/31/1997 FOR RENEWAL OF EARTH STATION LICENSE SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: TEMPORARY FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: VARIOUS, , TERM: 02/10/1997 TO 02/10/1998 1101-DSE-TC-96 (2) E950343 -X TSR PAGING INC. APPLICATION HAS BEEN DISMISSED PER APPLICANTS REQUEST. 131-DSE-MP/L-97 E960184 LEARNSAT SYSTEMS, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/31/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION SERVICE: INTERNATIONAL FIXED SATELLITE LOCATION: VARIOUS, , 257-DSE-P/L-97 E970076 MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION DEPT 2865/642 APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/31/1997 FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE NEW EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: 400 INTERNATIONAL PARKWAY, RICHARDSON, , TEXAS TERM: 01/31/1997 TO 01/31/2007 280-DSE-P/L-97 E970081 IMAGIMATION, INCORPORATED APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/31/1997 FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE NEW EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: TEMPORARY FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: VARIOUS, , TERM: 01/31/1997 TO 01/31/2007 288-DSE-P/L-97 E970086 FOUNDATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/31/1997 FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE NEW EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION SERVICE: INTERNATIONAL FIXED SATELLITE LOCATION: 7439 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, ROGERS, , ARKANSAS TERM: 01/31/1997 TO 01/31/2007 Report No. DS-1706: SATELLITE EARTH STATIONS February 5, 1997 Page 5 76-DSE-MP/L-97 KA389 ORIONNET, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/31/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: INTERNATIONAL FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: 262 GLEN HEAD ROAD, GLEN HEAD, NASSAU, NEW YORK 247-DSE-MP/L-97 KE36 ALASCOM INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/28/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: ILIAMNA, , ALASKA 242-DSE-MP/L-97 KR71 ALASCOM INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/28/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: POINT LAY, , ALASKA - FCC -