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-97-71 July 18, 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. ReceivedCallsignMarketFile NumberName of Applicant 6/23/97KNKA40597B03208-CL-P2-97Fresno MSA Limited Partnership 6/23/97KNKN346339B03209-CL-P2-97California RSA No. 4 Limited Partnership 6/24/97KNKA40597B03207-CL-P2-97Fresno MSA Limited Partnership 7/1/97KNKN572491A03205-CL-P2-97Minnesota Southern Cellular Telephone Company 7/1/97KNKA491127B03210-CL-P2-97GTE Mobilnet of the South, Inc. 7/2/97 KNKN674444A1,209A103206-CL-P2-97United States Cellular Operating Company 7/7/97KNKQ348391A03212-CL-P2-97AT&T Wireless Services of Idaho, Inc. 7/8/97KNKN375486A03240-CL-P2-97Bunyan Cellular 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. ReceivedCallsignMarketFile NumberName of Applicant 6/6/97KNKN456669A02885-CL-MP-97Texas # 20 Rural Cellular, Inc. ___________________________________________________ The following special temporary authority has been accepted for filing. ReceivedCallsignMarketFile NumberName of Applicant 6/20/97KNKN739705A03019-CL-ST-97Easterbrooke Cellular Corporation 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. Copies of Petitions/Comments should be submitted to Licensing & Technical Analysis Branch, 2100 M St., N.W., Room 8042, Washington, D.C. 20554 The following Phase 2 unserved area applications have been granted on the date of this Public Notice unless otherwise noted. File NumberCallsignMarketName of Applicant 02066-CL-P2-96KNKN572490A,491AMinnesota Southern Cellular Telephone 425ACompany On April 1, 1996, Triad Minnesota, L.P. ("Triad"), filed a petition to deny the application of Minnesota Southern Cellular Telephone Company ("MSCTC"). MSCTC filed an opposition to this petition on April 15, 1996. On March 13, 1997, Triad notified the Commission that it had reached a settlement agreement with MSCTC, and requested approval for the withdrawal of it's petition. On March 18, 1997, MSCTC filed an affidavit outlining the settlement agreement with Triad. The Division has reviewed the request to withdraw the and related affidavits, and finds that they comport with the requirements of Section 22.129 of the Commission's rules 47 C.F.R.  22.129. Accordingly, the Triad petition to deny is dismissed. 01695-CL-P2-97KNKN261317BPacific Telecom Cellular of Alaska, Inc. 02374-CL-P2-97KNKA504141A,485ADuluth/Superior Cellular, Inc. 02446-CL-P2-97KNKN456135B1,610B1US West NewVector Group, Inc. 02447-CL-P2-97KNKN23820B1,694B1US West NewVector Group, Inc. 02466-CL-P2-97KNKN653522B1Eastern Missouri Cellular Limited Partnership 02469-CL-P2-97KNKN347243BPlatte River Cellular of Colorado Limited Partnership 02471-CL-P2-97KNKN327349AN.E. Colorado Cellular, Inc. 02472-CL-P2-97KNKN557575AVanguard Cellular System of South Carolina Inc. 02473-CL-P2-97KNKA792103A1SBMS Cellular Telecommunications Bloomington, Inc. 02516-CL-P2-97KNKA20526B1US West NewVector Group, Inc. 02529-CL-P2-97KNKN996399B,11B1Illinois SMSA Limited Partnership 02543-CL-P2-97KNKN464656ATriad Texas, L.P. 02544-CL-P2-97KNKN370547B,676BCellular Inc. Network Corporation 02545-CL-P2-97KNKN373415A1Canton Cellular Telephone Company 02562-CL-P2-97KNKQ392191APueblo Cellular Communications, Inc. 02563-CL-P2-97KNKN518356A,438AMercury Cellular of Kansas, Inc. 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 02715-CL-MP-97KNKA21811BEastern Missouri Cellular Limited The Bureau has made a finding that the proposed tower of the above application would not have a significant impact upon the environment. __________________________________________________ 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 NumberCallsignMarketDismissedName of Applicant 02379-CL-MP-97KNKA2003B7/3/97Ameritech Mobile Phone of Chicago, Inc. ___________________________________________________ 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. 1231 20th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202-857-3800 - FCC -