DAILY DIGESTVol. 13, No. 221 November 23, 1994
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DISMISSAL OF LA STAR CELLULAR APPLICATION
FOR NEW ORLEANS AFFIRMED - CC DOCKET 90-257
(Report DC-2686, Action in Docket Case)
The Commission has reaffirmed its dismissal of the
application of La Star Cellular Telephone Company to
construct a cellular telephone system on the wireline block
to serve New Orleans, LA.
Action by the Commission November 18 by
MO&O (FCC 94-299).
News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202)
418-0500. [Internet file name: nrwl4026.txt]
CELLULAR APPLICATIONS OF ELLIS THOMPSON
CORP. SET FOR HEARING - CC DOCKET 94-136
(Report DC-2685, Action in Docket Case)
The Commission has designated for hearing the
application of Ellis Thompson Corporation to construct and
operate a cellular telephone system to service Atlantic City,
NJ.
Action by the Commission November 18 by
MO&O and HDO (FCC 94-298).
News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202)
418-0500. [Internet file name: nrwl4025.txt]
AMATEUR RADIO CALL SIGNS
FCC FILINGS [Internet file name: nrmc4007.txt]
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APPLICATION OF EX PARTE RULES TO
PROCEEDING INVOLVING "FORMAL PETITION FOR
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE" AGAINST TAMPA BAY
TELEVISION, INC., STATION WFTS(TV), TAMPA,
FLORIDA
TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG:
November 22
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED
TELEVISION SERVICE -Schedule of Meetings
EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY
COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED
PROCEEDINGS - Contact: Barbara Lowe at (202) 632-
4178
Report 1184 - CABLE TELEVISION RELAY SERVICE
(CARS) APPLICATIONS RE: APPLICATIONS
ACCEPTED FOR FILING
Report 16049 - FOREIGN PROGRAMMING
APPLICATIONS AND ACTIONS
Report 16050 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
Report PMS-95-08 - COMMON CARRIER PUBLIC
MOBILE RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION RE:
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING
Report PMS-95-08-A - COMMON CARRIER PUBLIC
MOBILE RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION
Report D-775 - COMMON CARRIER BUREAU
DOMESTIC FACILITIES APPLICATIONS RE:
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING
Report D-775-A - COMMON CARRIER BUREAU
DOMESTIC FACILITIES APPLICATION
Report DS-1479 - SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES INFORMATION RE: SATELLITE RADIO
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING
Report DS-1480 - DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE
SERVICE
Report I-7070 - OVERSEAS COMMON CARRIER
SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS ACTIONS TAKEN
Report I-7071 - INTERNATIONAL AND SATELLITE
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING
(over)
Report IS-0051 - INTERNATIONAL FIXED SATELLITE
SERVICE: INTELSAT
Report 1110 - PRIVATE RADIO BUREAU PART 21
RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS: November 9 thru 16
Report CL-95-17 - COMMON CARRIER PUBLIC
CELLULAR RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION - BELL
ATLANTIC CORPORATION AND NYNEX
CORPORATION SEEK FCC CONSENT FOR PROPOSED
MERGER
ERRATUM to Report 16042 dated November 16 -
BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
ERRATUM to DA 94-1220, ALLTEL TELEPHONE
SYSTEMS FILES ITS INITIAL COST ALLOCATIONS
MANUAL - PUBLIC COMMENT INVITED, released
November 14 - Contact: Alicia Dunnigan at (202) 418-0807
(DA 94-1280)
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ALFRED, NY, ET AL. As a result of the lifting of a
previous freeze on the filing of applications for new FM
stations, the window filing period for twenty (20)
communities and channels will open on January 6, 1995;
and will close on February 6. (By Order [DA 94-1270]
adopted November 14 by the Acting Chief, Allocations
Branch, Mass Media Bureau)
U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Granted, with
conditions, petition filed by U S West Communications, Inc.
for authority to make permanent price cap index reduction.
(By Order [DA 94-1297] adopted November 21 by the
Chief, Common Carrier Bureau)
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ADDENDA: The following items, released November 22,
were not listed on Digest 220:
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FCC AND INDUSTRY TO SPEED PROCESSING OF 800
MHZ LICENSES
The Commission announced today that, pursuant to
an agreement with industry, it will be able to process
Specialized Mobile Radio licenses with fewer Commission
resources and in about one-third the time.
Office of General Counsel contact: Larry Schaffner
at (202) 418-1720; News Media contact: Susan Lewis Sallet
at (202) 418-0500. [Internet file name: nrmc4141.txt] FX
ID # 2942
FCC PERMITS CHANNELLING OF POLITICAL
ADVERTISEMENTS CONTAINING GRAPHIC
ABORTION IMAGERY - MM DOCKET 92-254 (Report
DC-2684, Action in Docket Case)
The Commission has rules that stations may
reschedule or "channel" political advertisements containing
graphic abortion imagery to time periods when children are
less likely to be in the audience.
Action by the Commission September 28 by
MO&O (FCC 94-249).
News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202)
418-0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Marsha J. MacBride
and Ray White at (202) 632-7586. [Internet file name:
nrmm 4073.txt] FX ID # 2124
SNET AUTHORIZED TO EXPAND VIDEO DIALTONE
TRIAL (Report CC-591, Common Carrier Action)
The Commission has granted the application of The
Southern New England Telephone Company to conduct a
technical and market trial of video dialtone services in
several towns in Connecticut for a period of one year.
News Media contact: Susan Lewis Sallet at (202)
418-0500; Common Carrier Bureau contact: Donna N.
Lampert at (202) 418-1580. [Internet file name:
nrcc4076.txt] FX ID # 2712
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POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS. See second item under
ADDENDA - "News Releases."
SBC MEDIA VENTURES, INC. Ordered that the appeal
of local rate order of Montgomery County, MD, filed by
SBC Media Ventures, Inc. and portions of a rate order
filed by Montgomery County are remanded to the local
franchising authority for further proceedings. (By
Consolidated Order [DA 94-1251] adopted November 9 by
the Chief, Cable Services Bureau)
CENTURY SOUTHWEST CABLE TELEVISION CORP.,
ET AL. Ordered that the petitions for stay of local rate
orders granted to Century Southwest Cable Television
Corp./Beverly Hills, CA, Comcast Cablevision of Mount
Clemens, Inc./Mount Clemens, MI, Comcast Cablevision
of Tallahassee Inc./Tallahassee, FL, Cablevision
Industries/Long Beach, CA, Century Cable of Southern
California/Brea, CA, Century Cable of Southern California,
La Habra, CA, Cablevision Industries/Signal Hill, CA, and
Warner Cable Communications, Inc./ Wadsworth, OH, are
amended to provide that each local rate order is stayed
pending the Commission's resolution of the operator's
appeal. (By Consolidated Order [DA 94-1296] adopted
November 18 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau)
MOTOROLA SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Granted, in part, petition filed by Motorola Satellite
Communications, Inc. seeking declaratory ruling concerning
participation by COMSAT Corporation in a new Inmarsat
Satellite System designed to provide service to handheld
communications devices. (By MO&O [FCC 94-296] adopted
November 17 by the Commission)
SNET. See third item under ADDENDA - "News
Releases."
ERRATUM to FCC 94-251, Memorandum, Opinion and
Order, released November 4, in the Matter of
Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television
Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 -
Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues - MM Docket 92-259 (DA
94-1298)
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