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-97-40 March 7, 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 2/21/97 KNKR205 19B 01749-CL-P2-97 Suburban Cellular, LLC 2/24/97 KNKN355 388B,527B 01777-CL-P2-97 Montana 5- Mineral Limited Partnership 2/24/97 KNKN634 692A 01778-CL-P2-97 Washington/Baltimore Cellular Limited Partnership 2/25/97 KNKN721 464A,224A 01790-CL-P2-97 Maine RSA #1, Inc. 2/26/97 KNKN261 317B 01796-CL-P2-97 Pacific Telecom Cellular of Alaska, Inc. 2/26/97 KNKA811 295A,665A 01797-CL-P2-97 Midland Cellular License Corporation 2/26/97 KNKR318 315A3 01800-CL-P2-97 OTZ Telecommunications, Inc. 2/2797 KNKN204 315B 01806-CL-P2-97 Alaska RSA No. 1 General Partnership 2/27/97 KNKA562 297B,524B 01807-CL-P2-97 Cellular Inc. Network Corporation 2/27/97 KNKN327 349A 01808-CL-P2-97 N.E. Colorado Cellular, Inc. 2/27/97 KNKN204 315B 01809-CL-P2-97 Alaska RSA No. 1 General Partnership ____________________________________________________ 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 2/26/97 KNKA224 29B 01798-CL-MP-97 Louisiana CGSA, Inc. The above application is a major environmental action pursuant to Sec. 1.1307(a)(6) of the Rules. 2/28/97 KNKA370 118B 01799-CL-MP-97 Reading SMSA Limited Partnership 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 01236-CL-P2-97 KNKN530 419B Iowa 8 - Monona Limited Partnership 01237-CL-P2-97 KNKN355 527B Montana 5 - Mineral Limited Partnership 01300-CL-P2-97 KNKN401 392B Cellular Inc. Network Corporation 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 Commission. File Number Callsign Market Dismissed Name of Applicant 01022-CL-P2-97 KNKN449 185A, 3/3/97 USCOC of Indiana RSA #7, Inc. 409A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRECTIONS: In Public Notice Report No. CL-97-35 Released 2/19/97, Smith Bagley, Inc. (Smith) was announced as the sole surviving applicant and tentative selectee for market 553A in the New Mexico 1 - San Juan RSA and market 555A in the New Mexico 3 - Catron RSA. In that Public Notice Smith's File Nos. were erroneously reported as 10170-CL-P1-94 and 10171-CL-P1-94, respectively. The File Nos. should be 07629-CL-P1-95 for market 553A and 07639-CL-P1-95 for market 555A. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Correct Public Notice Report No. DA 97-402 dated February 24, 1997 to show correct call sign for Desert Telecommunications Limited Partnership to be KNKR313. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -