DAILY DIGESTVol. 13, No. 140                                     July 28, 1994 

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UNITED STATES SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING ON GLOBAL INFORMATION
INFRASTRUCTURE WITH RUSSIA
     A U.S. delegation led by Vonya McCann, U.S.
Coordinator for International Communications and
Information Policy, accompanied by FCC Chairman Reed
Hundt and Larry Irving, Assistant Secretary for
Communications and Information, Department of
Commerce, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
Russian Minister of Post and Telecommunications Vladimir
Bulgak and Chairman of the Presidential Committee of the
Russian Federation for Informatization Policy Arkady
Golubkov in Moscow last week. 
     News Media contact: Susan Lewis Sallet or
Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0500;  Office of 
International Communications at (202) 418-0420. [Internet
file name: nrmc4107.txt]

FCC TO PARTICIPATE IN AFCOM '94,  THE THIRD 
U.S.-AFRICA TELECOM CONFERENCE, TO BE HELD
IN ARLINGTON, VA, SEPTEMBER 7-9
     Representatives from the FCC will attend AFCOM
'94;  The Third U.S.-Africa Telecom and Broadcasting 
Conference to be held in Arlington, VA, September 7-9.
     Contact: AFCOM Headquarters at (703) 691-3570
or fax at (703) 691-3572. [Internet file name: nrmc4106.txt]

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TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG -
NON-D0MINANT CARRIERS: July 27

TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG: 
July 27

PUBLIC INFORMATION COLLECTION
REQUIREMENT SUBMITTED TO OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB) REVIEW  -
Contact: Judy Boley at (202) 418-0214


COMMENTS SOUGHT ON ALASCOM, INC. ACCOUNT 
REDUCTIONS - CC DOCKET NO. 83-1376, RM-4436 - 
AAD 94-75 - Comments are due September 2; replies
September 16 - Contact: Kenneth M. Ackerman at (202)
634-1861 [DA 94-758] 

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED
TELEVISION SERVICE - Schedule of Meetings

FILING PROCEDURES WHEN SUBMITTING
MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS- Contact: Regina Dorsey at
(202) 632-0241

CORRECTION OF PHONE NUMBER IN PUBLIC 
NOTICE ON CLARIFICATION ON FEE FILING
PROCEDURES FOR PRIVATE RADIO SERVICE
[Internet file name: pnpr4003.txt]  

Report 15859 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS

Report 15861 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS

Report 21938 -  BROADCAST ACTIONS

Report 21939 - BROADCAST ACTIONS

Report 21940 - BROADCAST ACTIONS

Report I-7011 - OVERSEAS SECTION 214
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING 

Report 88 - CERTIFICATION/NOTIFICATION ACTIONS

Report 88 - TYPE ACCEPTANCE/NOTIFICATION
ACTIONS

Report 2024 - PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION 
AND CLARIFICATION  OF ACTIONS IN 
RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS 





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AMERICAN RADIO SYSTEMS LICENSE CORP. 
Admonished American Radio Systems License Corp.,
licensee of station WRKO, Boston, MA, for violation of the
Commission's contest rules, which state that  a licensee 
shall conduct contests  substantially as announced or 
advertised. (By Letter [DA 94-817] adopted July 13 by the
Chief, Complaints and Investigations Branch, Enforcement
Division, Mass Media Bureau)

RIDGECREST AND LENWOOD, CA. Effective 
September 12,  substituted  Channel 285B1 for Channel 
285A at Ridgecrest and modified the  license KLOA-FM 
accordingly; substituted Channel 283A for Channel 285A at 
Lenwood and modified the  permit for   KIQQ-FM 
accordingly.  Terminated proceeding. (MM Docket 93-72
by R&O [DA  94-815] adopted July 21 by the Acting Chief,
Allocations Branch, Mass Media Bureau)

FALMOUTH AND MASHPEE, MA. Proposed reallotment
of Channel 266A from Falmouth to Mashpee and
modification of license WFAL(FM) accordingly. Comments
are due September 19; replies October 4. (MM Docket 94-
85 by NPRM [DA 94-792] adopted July 14 by the Acting
Chief, Allocations Branch)


ALLTEL TELEPHONE COMPANIES.  Granted waiver
filed by Alltel Telephone Companies requesting permission
to use an amortization method that is different from the one
prescribed for individual items of furniture and certain other
tools and equipment in the Commission's Reconsideration
Order in CC Docket 87-135. (By MO&O [DA 94-818]
adopted July 22 by the Chief, Accounting and Audits
Division, Common Carrier Bureau)

STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT. Added a new
section 0.25(a) to its rules to delegate authority to the
General Counsel to act as the "designated agency ethics
official." (By Order [FCC 94-193] adopted July 20 by the
Commission)













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ADDENDUM: The following item, released July 26, was 
not listed on Digest 138:

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TUESDAY EVENING NARROWBAND PCS AUCTION
STANDINGS
     Bidding in the nation's first ever spectrum auctions
stopped for the day at the end of round 14, at about 7:30 
p. m. Tuesday, July 26, 1994. The bidding began at 
Monday at 10 a. m. 
      News Media contact: Audrey Spivack or Susan 
Lewis Sallet at (202) 745-0850 (or 0857 or 0858);  FCC
Press Office at (202) 418-0500. 

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ADDENDA: The following items, released July 27, were
not listed on Digest 139:

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WEDNESDAY EVENING NARROWBAND PCS
AUCTION STANDINGS
     Bidding in the nation's first ever spectrum auctions
stopped for the day at the end of round 23, at about 9:00 
p. m. Wednesday, July 27, 1994. The bidding began 
Monday at 10 a. m.
     News Media contact: Audrey Spivack or Susan
Lewis Sallet at (202) 745-0850;  FCC Press Office at (202)
418-0500. 

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON CABLE TELEVISION 
RATE REGULATION









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SAMMONS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Granted request
for stay filed by Sammons Communications, Inc. of the
local rate order adopted April 18, 1994 by its franchising
authority, the City of Glendale, California. (By Order [DA
94-825] adopted July 26 by the Chief, Cable Services
Bureau)

ERRATUM to Order (DA 94-706) released June 24 in the 
 matter of 1994 Annual Access Tariff Filings - CC Docket 
94-65 - National Exchange Carrier Association Universal 
Service Fund and Lifeline Assistance Rates - Transmittal
No. 612 

ERRATUM to MO&O Suspending Rates (DA 94-707) in
the matter of 1994 Annual Access Tariff Filings - CC
Docket 94-65 - Nevada Bell, Pacific Bell, Rochester 
Telephone Corporation, and Vista Telephone Companies -
Transmittal Nos. 196, 1701, 222, and 30 respectively . 








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