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-97-14 December 13, 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. ReceivedCallsignMarketFile NumberName of Applicant 11/21/96KNKN374426A00857-CL-P2-97Great Lakes of Iowa 11/29/96KNKN680383A00933-CL-P2-97Mobile Communications Systems 11/27/96KNKN554354A00934-CL-P2-97WWC Holding Co., Inc. 11/27/96KNKN858473A00935-CL-P2-97RFB Cellular, Inc. 11/27/96KNKN834473A00936-CL-P2-97RFB Cellular, Inc. 12/2/96KNKN359693B00984-CL-P2-97Seattle SMSA Limited Partnership 12/2/96KNKN527276B, 581B00985-CL-P2-97North Dakota RSA No. 3 Limited 582BPartnership 12/4/96KNKP990486A00986-CL-P2-97WWC Holding Co., Inc. 12/5/96KNKN412555B00987-CL-P2-97New Mexico RSA 3 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. ReceivedCallsignMarketFile NumberName of Applicant 12/4/96KNKA694284A00958-CL-MP-97Vanguard Binghamton, Inc. 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 APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWAL OF RADIO STATION LICENSE HAVE BEEN GRANTED Market File No. Station Name of Applicant 0100B105199-CL-MR-96KNKA380Century Cellunet of North Louisiana Cellular Limited Partnership 0129A105221-CL-MR-96KNKA656South Bend Metronet, Inc. 0188A105250-CL-MR-96KNKA574Amarillo CellTelCo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following Phase 2 unserved area applications have been granted on the date of this Public Notice unless otherwise noted. File NumberCallsignMarketName of Applicant 03613-CL-P2-96KNKQ332340ASLO Cellular, Inc. On June 4, 1996, SLO Cellurlar, Inc. filed the above application. A Petition to Dismiss or Deny was filed by Kern County Cellular Holdings, Inc. ("KCCHI") on July 22, 1996. A Request to Dismiss Petition to Dismiss or Deny was filed by KCCHI on November 21, 1996 with a Letter Agreement and other documents attached requesting settlement of this matter in accordance with Section 22.129 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  22.129. The Letter Agreement and declarations 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 to Dismiss or Deny and finds that it raises no substantial or material questions of fact under 47 U.S.C.  309. Accordingly, the Commission dismisses the Petition to Dismiss or Deny, finds that the application is in the public interest and has granted the application effective December 13, 1996. 05160-CL-P2-96KNKN361719B,721BWyoming 2 - Sheridan Limited Partnership 722B 05161-CL-P2-96KNKN426191A, 696ARSA #698 Cellular, Inc 698A 00222-CL-P2-96KNKR20826B2Tristar Cellular 00270-CL-P2-97KNKN997400BIllinois SMSA Limited Partnership 00272-CL-P2-97KNKA542669B, 281BTexas/Illinois Cellular Limited Paratnership The following applications for major modifications of cellular systems have been granted on the date of this Public Notice unless otherwise noted. File NumberCallsignMarketName of Applicant 04846-CL-MP-96KNKN902361BGTE Mobilnet of Tampa Incorporated 00353-CL-MP-97KNKQ332340ASLO Cellular Inc. 00369-CL-MP-97KNKN848701AWest Virginia Cellular Telephone 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. The following application appeared on Public Notice Report No. CL-97-11 dated November 22, 1996 in error as dismissed. This application is still pending. 00142-CL-P-461-B-97KNKR299461BColumbia Cellular, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following application was dismissed by a letter from the Commission. File NumberCallsignMarketDismissedName of Applicant 03686-CL-P2-96KNKN751714A12/9/96Wisconsin RSA #7, Inc. 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 -