DAILY DIGESTVol. 13, No. 140 July 28, 1994 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (over) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ******************** ADDENDUM: The following item, released July 26, was not listed on Digest 138: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ******************** ADDENDA: The following items, released July 27, were not listed on Digest 139: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON CABLE TELEVISION RATE REGULATION (over) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 . -FCC-