===== PUBLIC NOTICE FCC FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ===== 1919 M STREET N.W. WASHINGTON, DC 20554 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- News media information 202/418-0500. Recorded listing of releases and texts 202/418-2222. Report No. DS-1778 October 15, 1997 THE COMMISSION, by its International Bureau, took the following actions pursuant to delegated authority. The effective dates of the actions are the dates specified below: SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES: --------------------------------- Page 1 Report No. DS-1778: SATELLITE EARTH STATIONS October 15, 1997 Page 2 REGISTRATION OF ALL DOMESTIC RECEIVE-ONLY EARTH STATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS LISTED ON THIS PAGE. INTERNATIONAL RECEIVE-ONLY EARTH STATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS LISTED ON EACH INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZATION. 2000 - The hours of operations of this station are not limited. 2200 - These facilities shall be used for the reception of only such programming material that the grantee has been authorized to receive and use by the owner of the programming material. 2464 - The grantee is authorized to add, delete or change channels of program material without further application or notification to the Commission, provided: (a) the carriage of such program material is authorized pursuant to the Commission's rules, regulations and policies governing the terrestrial system(s) used to distribute this material to the end subscribers, and (b) that such earth station operations are consistent with the technical parameters specified in the registration. 2465 - This provision relates to potential interference from terrestrial microwave stations. Operation of the receive- only earth station shall be in accordance with the frequency coordination exhibit accompanying the application. 2510 - Waiver of Section 25.203(e) of the Commission's Rules and Regulations is granted for the beam intersections listed in the application(s) for this facility. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, THE REGISTRATION OF ALL DOMESTIC RECEIVE-ONLY EARTH STATIONS USING ANTENNAS SMALLER THAN 4.5 METERS IN DIAMETER IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING PROVISION. 2456 - No protection beyond that afforded in "Deregulation of Domestic Receive-Only Satellite Earth Stations" will be provided for TVRO earth stations. Due to 2 degree orbital spacing, "the potential levels of interference caused by satellite transmissions are already defined and the actual level of any protection desired by an applicant from inter- satellite interference for small receiving earth station antennas will be achieved by the choice of receiving antenna performance selected by parties installing new receive-only earth stations." FCC 86-133 36552. Report No. DS-1778: SATELLITE EARTH STATIONS October 15, 1997 Page 3 1248-DSE-R-91 E3138 GE AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR RENEWAL OF EARTH STATION LICENSE SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: PALMETTO, DADE, FLORIDA TERM: 05/29/1991 TO 05/29/2001 The above described license appeared on Report No. DS-1756, dated 7/30/97, as surrendered. This was an error. The earth station was assigned to MasTec Teleport, Inc., on March 8, 1996, and subsequently consummated. Therefore, the earth station belongs to MasTec and, not to GE American Communications, Inc. 1807-DSE-R-97 E870276 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS APPLICATION HAS BEEN DISMISSED PER COMMISSION ACTION. 1628-DSE-MP/L-97 E8731 ALASCOM INC. APPLICATION HAS BEEN DISMISSED PER COMMISSION ACTION. 1825-DSE-R-97 E873875 SCRIPPS HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR RENEWAL OF EARTH STATION LICENSE SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: TEMPORARY FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: VARIOUS, , TERM: 10/16/1997 TO 10/16/2007 1802-DSE-R-97 E880001 PETROLEUM COMMUNICATIONS INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR RENEWAL OF EARTH STATION LICENSE SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: E. CAMERON, (220A), GULF OF MEXICO TERM: 12/04/1997 TO 12/04/2007 1801-DSE-R-97 E880076 PETROLEUM COMMUNICATIONS INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR RENEWAL OF EARTH STATION LICENSE SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: SOUTH PASS (37), , GULF OF MEXICO TERM: 12/24/1997 TO 12/24/2007 1558-DSE-TC-97 E880839 KHBS ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR CONSENT TO TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF CORPORATION HOLDING EARTH STATION AUTHORIZATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: VARIOUS, , FROM: ARGYLE TELEVISION PARTNERS, L.P. TO: THE HEARST CORPORATION 1548-DSE-TC-97 (2) E920231 -X CONTACT COMMUNICATIONS INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR CONSENT TO TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF CORPORATION HOLDING EARTH STATION AUTHORIZATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: 1979 Marcus Avenue, LAKE SUCCESS, NASSAU, NEW YORK FROM: PRONET INC. TO: METROCALL, INC. 1823-DSE-R-97 E930477 ALASCOM INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR RENEWAL OF EARTH STATION LICENSE SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: TEMPORARY FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: VARIOUS, , TERM: 11/12/1997 TO 11/12/2007 Report No. DS-1778: SATELLITE EARTH STATIONS October 15, 1997 Page 4 1824-DSE-R-97 E930477 ALASCOM INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR RENEWAL OF EARTH STATION LICENSE SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: TEMPORARY FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: VARIOUS, , TERM: 11/26/1997 TO 11/26/2007 1806-DSE-R-97 E940194 KEYSTONE COMMUNICATIONS, L.P. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR RENEWAL OF EARTH STATION LICENSE SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: TEMPORARY FIXED EARTH STATION SERVICE: INTERNATIONAL FIXED SATELLITE LOCATION: VARIOUS, , TERM: 10/04/1997 TO 10/04/2007 1732-DSE-MP/L-97 E950504 ADS ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: BLANKET EARTH STATIONS LOCATION: VSAT, CONUS (1.2meter), (10,000 units), VSAT station associated with HUB station call sign E950503. "MOD" for ku-band to add remote units. This mod increase The number of authorized 1.2 meter VSAT terminals from 5,000 to 10,000 units. 1452-DSE-MP/L-97 E960098 DIGITAL COMM LINK, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION SERVICE: INTERNATIONAL FIXED SATELLITE LOCATION: 10450 STATE ROAD 84, DAVIE, BROWARD, FLORIDA 1050-DSE-P/L-97 E970316 SPEER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE NEW EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: TEMPORARY FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: VARIOUS, , TERM: 10/10/1997 TO 10/10/2007 1403-DSE-P/L-97 E970397 DIVERSIFIED COMMUNICATIONS, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE NEW EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION SERVICE: INTERNATIONAL FIXED SATELLITE LOCATION: 2030 M STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, , DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TERM: 10/10/1997 TO 10/10/2007 1512-DSE-P/L-97 E970414 CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING ACADEMY, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE NEW EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: 3107 EUBANK N.E. SUITE #2, ALBUQUERQUE, BERNALILLO, NEW MEXICO TERM: 10/10/1997 TO 10/10/2007 1543-DSE-P/L-97 E970417 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE NEW EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY, LAS VEGAS, SAN MIGUEL, NEW MEXICO TERM: 10/10/1997 TO 10/10/2007 Report No. DS-1778: SATELLITE EARTH STATIONS October 15, 1997 Page 5 1545-DSE-P/L-97 E970418 ATLANTIC SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE NEW EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: 240 PEGASUS AVENUE, NORTHVALE, BERGEN, NEW JERSEY TERM: 10/10/1997 TO 10/10/2007 1559-DSE-P/L-97 E970421 WESTERN INSPIRATIONAL BROADCASTERS, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE NEW EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: 6363 HIGHWAY 50 EAST, CARSON CITY, CARSON, NEVADA TERM: 10/10/1997 TO 10/10/2007 1570-DSE-P/L-97 E970424 GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE NEW EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: 260 FOURTEENTH ST., N.W., ATLANTA, , GEORGIA TERM: 10/10/1997 TO 10/10/2007 756-DSE-P/L-97 E970428 GE AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/03/1997 FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE NEW EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: VERNON VALLEY, SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY TERM: 10/03/1997 TO 10/03/2007 "CORRECTION" THIS STATION WAS SPLIT-UP AS NEW FOR EXTENDED FREQUENCY BANDS(17.3- 17.8 GHz/12.2-12.7 GHz). The Public Notice of October 8, 1997, Report No. DS-1776, showed this application (756-DSE-MP/L-97) as DISMISSED. Such showing was inadvertent. That Notice is CORRECTED, hereby, to read, as shown above. THIS STATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH CALL SIGN (E9494). 1601-DSE-P/L-97 E970429 FRANCIS TUTTLE VO-TECH SCHOOL APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE NEW EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: 15001 COLUMBIA DRIVE, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA TERM: 10/10/1997 TO 10/10/2007 1608-DSE-P/L-97 E970430 MOBILE SATELLITE CONNECTIONS-JOINT VENTURE APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE NEW EARTH STATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: TEMPORARY FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, , TERM: 10/10/1997 TO 10/10/2007 1826-DSE-AL-97 WF64 SATELLITE SIGNALS UNLIMITED, INC. APPLICATION GRANTED ON 10/10/1997 FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF EARTH STATION AUTHORIZATION SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION LOCATION: 2051 ELMWOOD AVE., BUFFALO, ERIE, NEW YORK FROM: SATELLITE SIGNALS UNLIMITED, INC. TO: BUFFALO MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISES CO. INC. - FCC -