DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No. 17 January 26, 1995 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATION BUREAU ACTIVITIES - News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202) 418-0500; Compliance and Information Bureau contact: Jeff B. Young at (202) 418-1176 - [Internet file name: nrmc5008.txt] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG: January 25 TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG NON-DOMINANT CARRIERS: January 25 Report No. 16097 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. 22074 - BROADCAST ACTIONS Report No. I-8002 - INTERNATIONAL AND SATELLITE APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEECH --------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS TO AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BONN, REED E. HUNDT, CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, JANUARY 16, 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOWER HILL, IL. Proposed allotting Channel 252A to Tower Hill as its first broadcast service. Comments are due March 20; replies April 4. (MM Docket No. 95-13 by NPRM [DA 95-72] adopted January 18 by the Chief, Allocations Branch, Mass Media Bureau) CUSHING AND CLEVELAND, TX. Effective March 17, substituted Channel 246C for Channel 246C1 at Cleveland, TX, to provide that community with an additional wide coverage area FM service; modified the construction permit of Texas Classical Radio, Inc., for station KRTK-FM, Cleveland, TX, to specify operation on Channel 246C in lieu of Channel 246C1. (MM Docket No. 91-172 by R&O [DA 95-93] adopted January 19 by the Chief, Allocations Branch) HUDSON, TX. Proposed allotting Channel 242A to Hudson as its first broadcast service. Comments are due March 20; replies April 4. (MM Docket No. 95-12 by NPRM [DA 95-74] adopted January 18 by the Chief, Allocations Branch) FM ALLOTMENTS--VARIOUS LOCATIONS. Amended the FM Table of Allotments to specify the classes of channels allotted to various communities. (By R&O [DA 95-73] adopted January 18 by the Chief, Allocations Branch) CENTURY CABLE. Dismissed complaint filed by Citrus County Association for Retarded Citizens, licensee of low power television station W49AI, Inglis-Yankeetown, FL, claiming that Century Cable, an operator of a cable television system serving Dunnellon, FL, refused to carry the station. (By MO&O [DA 95-80] adopted January 19 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) CONTINENTAL CABLEVISION OF SIERRA VALLEYS, INC. Denied The Kralowec Children's Family Trust complaint against Continental alleging Continental's failure to comply with the channel positioning requirements of the Commission's rules and the 1992 Cable Act. (By MO&O [DA 95-71] adopted January 17 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) DIMENSION CABLE SERVICES. Dismissed complaint filed by Wolfe Communications, Inc., licensee of low power television station W19BN, Defiance, OH, alleging that W19BN is a fully-qualified low power television station within the meaning of the Commission's rules and therefore, is entitled to carriage on Dimension's cable systems serving Defiance and Napoleon, OH. (By MO&O [DA 95-81] adopted January 18 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) TIME WARNER CABLE. Denied Time Warner's petition for special relief; granted Group H Broadcasting Corporation's request for carriage of WYED on Time Warner's cable system serving Fayetteville, NC, and neighboring communities. (By MO&O [DA 95-82] adopted January 19 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) TCI CABLEVISION OF OHIO, INC. Denied Wolfe Communications, Inc. 's complaint against TCI Cablevision of Ohio, Inc., claiming that TCI had declined to carry low power television station W19BN, Defiance, OH, even though W19BN is a fully-qualified low power television station within the meaning of the Commission's rules and the Cable Act of 1992. (By MO&O [DA 95-64] adopted January 17 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) +++++++++++++ ADDENDA: The following items released January 25 were not listed on Digest 16: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF ORDER REGARDING TREATMENT OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS FILED IN CONNECTION WITH STATE PETITIONS FOR AUTHORITY TO REGULATE COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE RATES WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SUSPENDS DEADLINE FOR SMR WAIT LIST APPLICATION FEES - Contact: Consumer Assistance Branch at (800) 322-1117 or (717) 337-1411 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU CLARIFIES FEES FOR RECLASSIFIED PART 90 LICENSEES AND SETS DATE FOR PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS FCC FORM 600 - Contact Kathryn Garlard at (717) 337-1215, ext. 101 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOX TELEVISION STATIONS. Waived rules to permit current and former Commission personnel to make statements to private parties concerning certain matters at issue regarding the renewal of license for Station WNYW- TV, New York, NY. (By Order [FCC 95-26] adopted January 25 by the Commission) COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICES (CMRS). Responded to requests from various State Public Utilities Commissions for confidential treatment of materials submitted to support their petitions to retain their ability to regulate CMRS rates. (PR Docket Nos. 94-103, 105, 106, 108 by Order [DA 95-111] adopted January 25 by the Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau) CABLE ORDER. Concluded that various cable companies have not violated the rules regarding negative option billing. (By Consolidated MO&O [DA 95-106] adopted January 24 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau)