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-96-49 May 24, 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 5/6/96 KNKN339 392A 03261-CL-P2-96 USCOC of Idaho RSA #5, Inc. 5/6/96 KNKN706 381A 03262-CL-P2-96 Georgia RSA #11, Inc. 5/6/96 KNKA301 74B 03355-CL-P2-96 Fresno MSA Limited Partnership 5/8/96 KNKN346 339B 03354-CL-P2-96 California RSA No. 4 Limited Partnership 5/9/96 KNKN387 348B 03310-CL-P2-96 Union Telephone Company 5/13/96 KNKA808 198A,486A 03339-CL-P2-96 St. Cloud Cellular, Inc. 5/13/96 KNKA521 179A,436A 03340-CL-P2-96 AirTouch Cellular of Kansas 5/13/96 KNKN477 401A 03341-CL-P2-96 HLD Cellular Corporation 5/13/96 KNKA351 2A 03343-CL-P2-96 Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Company 5/14/96 KNKN227 171B,337B 03364-CL-P2-96 Modoc RSA Limited Partnership 5/14/96 KNKN458 665A 03365-CL-P2-96 GCC License Corporation ____________________________________________________ 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 5/6/96 KNKA516 171A 03259-CL-MP-96 Reno Cellular Telephone Company The above application is a major environmental action pursuant to Sec. 1.1307(a)(6) of the Rules. 5/8/96 KNKN642 423B 03344-CL-MP-96 ETC/LLS Joint Venture 5/9/96 KNKQ215 709A 03281-CL-MP-96 C.I.S. Operating Company-3, Inc. 5/13/96 KNKN630 601A 03342-CL-MP-96 United States Cellular Telephone Company (Greater Tulsa) _________________________________________________________ The following non-wireline and wireline cellular systems have filed the initial license to cover the construction permit. This listing provides notification only. Received Callsign Market File Number Name of Applicant 5/14/96 KNKR244 233A 03315-CL-ML-96 Sunrise Cellular Partners, LLC 5/15/96 KNKR208 26B(2) 03386-CL-ML-96 Tristar Cellular _________________________________________________________ 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 02467-CL-P2-96 KNKN453 351A Colorado High Country Cellular Limited Partnership 02485-CL-P2-96 KNKA301 74B Fresno MSA Limited Partnership 02498-CL-P2-96 KNKA301 74B Fresno MSA Limited Partnership 02500-CL-P2-96 KNKN515 655A Triad Texas L.P. 02608-CL-P2-96 KNKA773 110A West Virginia Cellular Telephone Corp. 02611-CL-P2-96 KNKA712 163A Mc Cellular Corporation, Inc. 02614-CL-P2-96 KNKQ323 686B,705B Hardy Cellular Telephone Company 02661-CL-P2-96 KNKA240 48A Toledo Cellular Telephone Company 02695-CL-P2-96 KNKN457 160A Lone Star Cellular, Inc. 02696-CL-P2-96 KNKN408 348A,350A Steamboat Spring Cellular General Partnership 02697-CL-P2-96 KNKN454 163A,518A Missouri #15 Rural Cellular, Inc. 02698-CL-P2-96 KNKA337 24A,510A CMT Partners 02699-CL-P2-96 KNKN433 163A,239A Auburn Television Group Inc. 517A 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 02702-CL-MP-96 KNKN672 610A USCOC of Oregon RSA #5, Inc. 02749-CL-MP-96 KNKA254 3A Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Inc. 02750-CL-MP-96 KNKN569 400A Cellular Properties, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07147-CL-MP-95 KNKN434 442A Liberty Cellular, Inc. On September 11, 1995, the Commission placed the major modification application of Liberty Cellular, Inc. (Liberty) on public notice. On October 11, 1995, KAMO Cellular Corp. (now GCC License Corp. (GCC)) filed a petition to deny the major modification application. On April 8, 1996, GCC requested the withdrawal of its application pursuant to an agreement between GCC and Liberty. The Commission has reviewed the Petition to Deny and related pleadings and finds that they raise no substantial or material questions of fact under 47 U.S.C.  309. The withdrawal, the agreement and the declarations of both parties have been reviewed according to Section 22.129 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  22.129. Accordingly, the Commission approves the agreement and associated withdrawal of pleadings, finds that the application of Liberty is in the public interest and has granted the application. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05109-CL-MP-95 KNKN745 603A Triad Oklahoma L. P. On May 18, 1995, Triad Oklahoma, L.P. (Triad) filed the above major modification application requesting a waiver of Section 22.949 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  22.949. The Commission placed the application on public notice on July 21, 1995. Sunrise Cellular Partners filed a Petition to Deny the application on August 21, 1995. The parties filed a Joint Motion for Approval of Agreement (Joint Motion) and declarations on August 25, 1995. The parties supplemented the agreement on December 13, 1995 and December 15, 1995. The Joint Motion and the 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.  22.129. Additionally, the Commission has reviewed Triad's waiver request pursuant to Section 22.119 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  22.119 and finds that the underlying pupose of Section 22.949 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  22.949, would not be served and that a grant of the requested waiver is in the public interest. Accordingly, the Commission finds that the application is in the public interest and has granted the application. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10364-CL-P-611-A-89 KNKQ393 611A Central Oregon Cellular On August 17, 1993, the Common Carrier Bureau granted the application of Marco Communications Corp. (Marco), Marco Communications Corp., DA 93-1033, 8 FCC Rcd 6289 (1993). On September 30, 1993, Catherine L. Waddill (Waddill) filed a Petition for Reconsideration of the license grant. Central Oregon Cellular, Inc. (Central Oregon) (formerly Marco) predecessor requested to withdraw the Petition for Reconsideration on March 2, 1994 pursuant to a Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement (Joint Motion). Central Oregon and Waddill filed an Amendment to Settlement Agreement on April 24, 1996. The withdrawal request, the Joint Motion and related agreements, and the 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.  22.129. The Commission has reviewed the Petition for Reconsideration and finds that it raises no substantial or material questions of fact under 47 U.S.C.  405. Accordingly, the Commission grants the withdrawal request and approves the Joint Motion. The following applications for developmental authority have been granted. File Number Callsign Market Name of Applicant 02732-CL-DV-96 KNKA200 3B Ameritech Mobile Phone Service of Chicago, 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 02466-CL-P2-96 KNKA568287A, 5/21/96 B-CS Cellular Telephone Company, Inc 667A ______________________________________________________ CORRECTIONS: The following application appeared on Public Notice Report No. CL-96-47 dated May 10, 1996 as a major modification. It is corrected to Phase II application. 03072-CL-P2-96 KNKN771475B, Century Cellunet of Michigan RSA #4, Inc. 477B 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 -