DAILY DIGESTDAILY DIGESTVol. 13, No. 106
The following items were adopted at the Commission
meeting on June 9 and released later that day:
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FCC MODIFIES FREEZE ON ITFS APPLICATIONS;
ADDITIONAL PROPOSALS PUT FORTH FOR
COMMENT - MM DOCKET 93-24 (Report DC-2609,
Action in Docket Case)
Modified freeze on filing of major change
applications for ITFS.
Action by the Commission June 9 by Order and
Further NPRM (FCC 94-148).
News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202)
418-0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Paul R. Gordon at
(202) 632-6357 [Internet file name: nrmm4032.txt]
FCC TRANSFERS MMDS FROM COMMON CARRIER
BUREAU TO MASS MEDIA BUREAU (Report MM-833,
Mass Media Action)
In order to consolidate processing of requests for
licenses that may be used to provide wireless cable service,
transferred responsibility for MDS and MMDS from the
Common Carrier Bureau to the Mass Media Bureau.
Action by the Commission June 9 by Order (FCC
94-146).
News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202)
418-0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Janet S. Amaya at
(202) 632-7191 [Internet file name: nrmm4034.txt]
FCC AMENDS ITFS RULES TO PERMIT CHANNEL
LOADING AND THE CONTINUED USE OF CHANNEL
MAPPING - MM DOCKET 93-106 (Report DC-2610,
Action in Docket Case)
Action by the Commission June 9 by R&O (FCC
94-147).
News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202)
418-0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Anne Lucey at (202)
632-6357 [Internet file name: nrmm4033.txt]
June 10, 1994
FCC SEEKS COMMENT ON REQUIRING CMRS
PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS;
EXAMINES LEC PROVISION OF INTERCONNECTION
TO CMRS PROVIDERS; BEGINS INQUIRY INTO
INTERCONNECTION OBLIGATIONS OF CMRS
PROVIDERS - CC DOCKET 94-54 (Report DC-2612,
Action in Docket Case)
Action by the Commission June 9 by NPRM and
NOI (FCC 94-145).
News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202)
418-0500; Common Carrier Bureau contact: Judy Argentieri
at (202) 632-6917 [Internet file name: nrcc4029.txt]
FCC FINDS NO SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT OF SPORTS
PROGRAMMING FROM FREE TO PAY TELEVISION;
CITES COLLEGE FOOTBALL CONCERN - PP DOCKET
93-21 (Report DC-2611, Action in Docket Case)
Action by the Commission June 9 by Final Report
(FCC 94-149).
News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202)
418-0500; Office of Plans and Policy contact: Jonathan Levy
at (202) 418-2048 [Internet file name: nrmc4077.txt]
FCC ADOPTS MODIFICATIONS TO PCS BAND PLAN;
CREATES SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS FOR CONSUMERS
AND BUSINESSES - GEN DOCKET 90-314 (Report DC-
2613, Action in Docket Case)
Action by the Commission June 9 by MO&O
(FCC 94-144).
News Media contact: Susan Lewis Sallet at (202)
418-0500; Office of Plans and Policy contacts: Robert
Pepper and Donald Gips at (202) 418-2030 [Internet file
name: nrmc4076.txt]
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The following items were released on June 10:
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SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF FCC INSPECTOR
GENERAL RELEASED; OIG contact: Debbie Blue at
(202) 418-0470; Office of Public Affairs contact: Sandralyn
D. Bailey at (202) 418-0500 [Internet file name:
nrmc4075.txt]
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PUBLIC NOTICES
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TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG -
June 9
MANUFACTURING AND IMPORTATION CUT-OFF
DATE FOR PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND
PERIPHERALS; contact: Marianne Bosley or Ruby Moore
at (301) 725-1585, ext. 244 and 239, respectively.
Report 15825 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
Report 15826 - ITFS APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR
FILING
Report 21903 - BROADCAST ACTIONS
Report 991 - CABLE TV SERVICE REGISTRATIONS;
SPECIAL RELIEF AND SHOW CAUSE PETITIONS
Report I-6984 - ON OCTOBER 21, 1993, MOTOROLA
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., FILED A
PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULING
CONCERNING PARTICIPATION BY COMSAT IN A
NEW SATELLITE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE PERSONAL
LAND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES BEING
DEVELOPED BY INMARSAT; Comments June 23 replies
July 1 (This item was inadvertently listed on Digest 105.)
Report 2018 - PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF
ACTIONS IN RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS
Report 1747 - PRIVATE RADIO BUREAU - WEEK OF
MAY 30 THROUGH JUNE 3
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OLIVIA AND SAUK RAPIDS, MN. Effective July 25,
amended FM Table to substitute Channel 269C2 for Channel
269A at Sauk Rapids; modified license of WHMH(FM)
accordingly; substituted Channel 261A for Channel 269A at
Olivia; modified license of KOLV accordingly. (MM
Docket 94-5, by R&O [DA 94-565] adopted June 1 by the
Acting Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division,
Mass Media Bureau)
BUHL, MN. Effective July 25, amended FM Table to allot
Channel 223C2 and reserve it for noncommercial use. (MM
Docket 93-309, by R&O [DA 94-548] adopted May 25 by
the Acting Chief, Allocations Branch)
COMMERCE, OK. AND NEOSHO, MO. Proposed
amending FM Table by either (1) substituting Channel 282A
for Channel 259A at Commerce and alloting Channel 259A
to Neosho; or (2) Deleting Channel 259A from Commerce
and alloting it to Neosho; comments due August 1, replies
August 16. (MM Docket 94-49, by NPRM [DA 94-547]
adopted May 25 by the Acting Chief, Allocations Branch)
EAGLE RIVER, WI. Effective July 25, amended TV Table
to allot Channel 34 to Eagle River. (MM Docket 94-7, by
R&O [DA 94-549] adopted May 25 by the Acting Chief,
Allocations Branch)
CORRECTION to Letter sent to Rebecca L. Dorch in re:
KDAY, Independence, CA on May 17 (DA 94-510)
AT&T. Authorized to modify CP and license for Telstar
402 satellite. (By O&A [DA 94-589] adopted May 27 by
the Chief, Domestic Facilities Division, Common Carrier
Bureau)
AMATEUR SERVICE. Amended rules to relax restrictions
in the scope of permissible communications in the Amateur
service. (PR Docket 92-136, by MO&O [FCC 94-111]
adopted May 9 by the Commission)
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ADDENDUM: The following items, released June 9, were
not listed on Digest 106:
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FCC AUCTION SEMINAR ATTENDED BY HUNDREDS;
News Media contacts: Audrey Spivack and Susan Lewis
Sallet at (202) 418-0500; Auction contractor hotline:
Tradewinds International Inc. at (202) 637-FCC1 or (202)
637-FCC2 (fax);. Consumers and general auction hotline
contact: (202) 418-1400; Videotapes of the narrowband PCS
and IVDS seminars are available from Telespan International
at (301) 731-5355. [Internet file name: nrmc4078.txt]
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AT&T. Allowed to become effective Transmittal 6898
increasing rates and charges applicable to customers ordering
service after May 19, 1994. (By Order [DA 94-613] adopted
June 9 by the Chief, Tariff Division, Common Carrier
Bureau)