PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1919 M STREET N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 News media information 202/418-0500. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION Report No. CL-97-32 February 14, 1997 The following Phase 2 applications for unserved area have been accepted for filing. This does not mean the applications are ready for grant and, on further review, additional information may be requested or the applications may later be found defective. The applications listed below were filed after January 1, 1995 and mutually exclusive applications are processed using the procedures in rule Section 22.131(b)(3). Final action will be not be taken on any of these applications earlier than 31 days following the date of this notice. Received Callsign Market File Number Name of Applicant 1/22/97 KNKA734 290B,715B 01474-CL-P2-97 Century Cellunet of LaCrosse Limited 713B,429B Partnership 1/29/97 KNKN879 305B,397B1 01574-CL-P2-97 USCOC of Illinois RSA #4, Inc. 397B2 1/29/97 KNKN439 394A 01575-CL-P2-97 USCOC of Illinois RSA #1, Inc. 2/3/97 KNKQ331 316B 01601-CL-P2-97 Bristol Bay Cellular Partnership 2/3/97 KNKN218 348A,677A 01602-CL-P2-97 American Rural Cellular, Inc. 2/3/97 KNKN346 106A,499A 01610-CL-P2-97 Jackson Cellular Telephone Company, 501A,502A Inc. 2/5/97 KNKA819 183A 01609-CL-P2-97 GTE Mobilnet of Asheville, Inc. 2/5/97 KNKN346 401B 01611-CL-P2-97 Southern Illinois RSA Partnership 2/5/97 KNKN346 19B,210B 01612-CL-P2-97 US West NewVector Group, Inc. ____________________________________________________ The following applications for major modifications to cellular systems have been accepted for filing. Some of the applications may have de minimis extensions into an adjacent MSA/RSA market. Received Callsign Market File Number Name of Applicant 1/30/97 KNKQ365 318B 01595-CL-MP-97 Mohave Cellular Limited Partnership 2/3/97 KNKA330 43A 01600-CL-MP-97 Virginia Metronet, Inc. The above application is a major environmental action pursuant to Sec. 1.1307(a)(6) of the Rules. Interested persons will have thirty (30) days from the date of this notice to submit Petitions/Comments on the above applications. Oppositions may be filed within ten (10) days, replies may be filed within five (5) days. No further pleadings will be accepted. The following Phase 2 unserved area applications have been granted on the date of this Public Notice unless otherwise noted. File Number Callsign Market Name of Applicant 00352-CL-P2-97 KNKN272 641A,267A GCC License Corporation 00737-CL-P2-97 KNKN631 566A,183A Blue Ridge Cellular Telephone Company The following applications for major modifications of cellular systems have been granted on the date of this Public Notice unless otherwise noted. File Number Callsign Market Name of Applicant 07529-CL-MP-92 KNKN444 535A National Cellular Limited Partnership On July 15, 1992 National Cellular Limited Partnership filed the above application. A Petiton to Deny was filed by South Dakota 7 Corporation but was subsequently withdrawn. The request for withdrawal of the pleadings and affidavits have been reviewed and are hereby approved pursuant to Section 22.129 of the Commission's Rules. 00681-CL-MP-97 KNKQ353 334A CenterCom Arkansas L.P. 01130-CL-MP-97 KNKN919 685B Virginia RSA 5 Limited Partnership 01136-CL-MP-97 KNKN919 685B Virginia RSA 5 Limited Partnership 01156-CL-MP-97 KNKN306 393A USCOC of Idaho RSA #5, Inc. These authorizations do not convey to the licensee the right to receive protection from the capture of subscriber traffic, co-channel interference or first-adjacent-channel interference in any area outside of the authorized Cellular Geographic Service Area (CGSA) of the system. Moreover, any facility authorized herein with a service area boundary (SAB) extending into the CGSA of any other operating cellular system on the same channel block, regardless of when such other cellular system was/is authorized, is subject to the following condition: In the event that the licensee of the other cellular system requests that the SAB of the facilities authorized herein be removed from its CGSA, the licensee herein must reduce transmitting power or antenna height (or both) as necessary to remove the SAB from the CGSA, unless written consent from the licensee of the other cellular system, allowing the SAB extension, is obtained. The following application was dismissed by a letter from the Applicant. File Number Callsign Market Dismissed Name of Applicant 00773-CL-P2-97 KNKN631 650A 1/28/97 Blue Ridge Cellular Telephone Company All of the above applications will be available for public inspection in Room 628, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., during the normal cellular reference room hours. Copies of these documents may be obtained from: International Transcription Service, Inc. 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 140 Washington, DC 20037 Phone: 202-857-3800 - FCC -