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-96-37 March 15, 1996 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 2/16/96 KNKA349 68A,481A 02204-CL-P2-96 Flint Cellular Telephone Company 2/20/96 KNKN744 383A 02172-CL-P2-96 Palmer Wireless Holdings, Inc. 2/22/96 KNKN311 715A 02205-CL-P2-96 Westel-Milwaukee Company, Inc. 2/26/96 KNKN209 338A,341A 02262-CL-P2-96 Mammoth Cellular, Inc. 3/1/96 KNKA301 74B 02224-CL-P2-96 Fresno MSA Limited Partnership 3/4/96 KNKA401 150B 02236-CL-P2-96 Fresno MSA Limited Partnership 3/4/96 KNKA401 150B 02237-CL-P2-96 Fresno MSA Limited Partnership 3/7/96 KNKN346 339B 02272-CL-P2-96 California RSA No. 4 L.P. 3/7/96 KNKA301 74B 02273-CL-P2-96 Fresno MSA Limited 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 3/1/96 KNKQ320 473B 02233-CL-MP-96 Pacific Telecom Cellular of Michigan, Inc. 3/1/96 KNKN777 380A 02234-CL-MP-96 Palmer Wireless Holdings, Inc. 3/1/96 KNKQ320 473B 02235-CL-MP-96 Pacific Telecom Cellular of Michigan, Inc. 3/4/96 KNKQ280 384A 02244-CL-MP-96 Georgia RSA #11, Inc. 3/4/96 KNKN576 670B 02245-CL-MP-96 Texas RSA 19 Limited Partnership 3/6/96 KNKA379 104B 02268-CL-MP-96 Virginia Cellular 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 applications for unserved area have been granted on the date of this Public Notice unless otherwise noted. File Number Callsign Market Name of Applicant 00329-CL-P2-96 KNKR207 24B AWZ Cellular Corporation 01492-CL-P2-96 KNKQ350 106A Centennial Cellular Tri-State Operating Partnership 01501-CL-P2-96 KNKN439 416A,715A USCOC of Illinois RSA #1, Inc. 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 05725-CL-MP-95 KNKN694 507B Missouri RSA 4 Partnership On October 23, 1995, the Commission placed the above application of Missouri RSA 4 Partnership(Missouri 4) on public notice. Missouri 4 and Missouri RSA No. 7 entered into a settlement on October 9, 1995. The parties filed a Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Agreement and Related Relief on October 12, 1995. The motion and declarations of both parties have been reviewed and are hereby approved pursuant to Section 22.129 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. Section 22.129. Accordingly, the Commission finds that the application is in the public interest and application was granted October 23, 1995. 05667-CL-MP-95 KNKN696 669B Texas RSA 18 Limited Partnership 06048-CL-MP-95 KNKN728 663B ENMR Telephone Cooperative Inc. 07478-CL-MP-95 KNKN931 314B ALLTEL Southeast Alabama Rural Cellular L.P. On September 29, 1995, the Commission placed the above application, ALLTEL Southeast Alabama on public notice. A Petition to Deny was filed by InterCel Licenses, Inc.(InterCel) on October 30, 1995. InterCel requested to withdraw its Petition to Dismiss on January 19, 1996. InterCel's Withdrawal and Declarations of both parties have been reviewed and are hereby approved pursuant to Section 22.129 of the Commission's rules., 47 C.F.R Section 22.129. The Commission has reviewed the Petition to Deny and finds that it raises no substantial or material questions of fact under 47 U.S.C. Section 309. Accordingly, the Commission grants the withdrawal request, finds that the application is in the public interest and has granted this application. 00264-CL-MP-96 KNKA350 59A RCTC Wholesale Corporation 00857-CL-MP-96 KNKQ259 585B Ohio RSA #1 Limited Partnership 01169-CL-MP-96 KNKN457 660A Lone Star Cellular, Inc. 01176-CL-MP-96 KNKQ408 315A(2) Arctic Slope Telecommunications and Cellular, Inc. 01526-CL-MP-96 KNKN577 406B Indiana RSA #4 Limited Partnership 01606-CL-MP-96 KNKA708 152A Atlantic Cellular Telephone Corp. 01636-CL-MP-96 KNKA217 17B Atlanta-Athens MSA Limited Partnership 01683-CL-MP-96 KNKQ316 317A Alaska-3 Cellular Corp. 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. All of the above applications will be available for public inspection in Room 5608, 2025 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 -