DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No. 52 March 17, 1995
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NEWS RELEASES
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TELEVISION STATION KLDT, LAKE DALLAS,
TEXAS, ORDERED TO FORFEIT $15,500 FOR
VIOLATION OF MAIN STUDIO, PUBLIC INSPECTION
FILE, AND FILING RULES (Report MM 95-28, Mass
Media Action)
Action by the Commission March 6 by MO&O
(FCC 95-95)
News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202)
418-0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Marcia Diamond a
(202) 418-1430 [Internet file name: nrmm5038.txt]
FCC ADDRESSES ISSUES RAISED ON REVIEW OF
PROCEEDING FOR NEW FM STATION IN LOMPOC,
CA - MM DOCKET 91-210 (Report DC-95-43, Action
Docket Case)
Action by the Commission March 13 by MO&O
(FCC 95-111).
News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202)
418-0500. [Internet file name: nrmm5037.txt]
MODIFICATION OF CRITERIA USED FOR
SELECTING AMONG COMPETING APPLICANTS FOR
NCE BROADCAST FACILITIES PROPOSED - MM
DOCKET 95-31 (Report DC 95-42, Action in Docket Case)
The Commission has asked for comments relating
to the possible modification of the criteria used to select
from among competing applicants for new noncommercial
educational broadcast facilities.
Action by the Commission February 28 by NPRM
(FCC 95-79).
News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202)
418-0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Michael Wagner
(202) 418-2720 [Internet file name: nrmm5036.txt]
FCC ANNOUNCES ESTABLISHMENT OF
DISABILITIES ISSUES TASK FORCE [Internet file name
nrmc5025.txt]
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PUBLIC NOTICES
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TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG:
March 16
PUBLIC INFORMATION COLLECTION
REQUIREMENTS SUBMITTED TO OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET FOR REVIEW -
Contact: Dorothy Conway at (202) 418-0217 or via internet
at dconway@FCC.GOV
PUBLIC INFORMATION COLLECTION
REQUIREMENT SUBMITTED TO OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET FOR REVIEW -
Contact: Judy Boley at (202) 418-0214
COMMISSION ANNOUNCES ENFORCEMENT POLICY
REGARDING TELEPHONE COMPANY OWNERSHIP
OF CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS - Contact: Jim
Keegan at (202) 634-1867, Larry Walker at (202) 416-0800,
or Sonja Rifkin at (202) 418-1720. [DA 95-520]
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU
PROCESSES OVER 40,000 AND GRANTS MORE THAN
4500 APPLICATIONS 800 MHZ SMR, BUSINESS,
INDUSTRIAL AND TRANSPORTATION AND
GENERAL CATEGORY CHANNELS RECEIVED
BETWEEN NOVEMBER 8, 1993 AND AUGUST 10,
1994 - Copies available for inspection in Room 200;
available for purchase from ITS at (202) 857-3800.
Contact: Office of Operations - Gettysburg, Customer
Services Division, Consumer Assistance Branch at 1-800 -
322-1117 or (717) 337-1212.
CORRECTION to PETITIONS FOR
RECONSIDERATION OF ACTION IN RULEMAKING
PROCEEDING - Contact: Michelle M. Carey at (202) 418-
0960 [DA 95-509]
Report 250 - MASS MEDIA BUREAU CALL SIGN
ACTIONS
Report 16136 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
Report 22112 - BROADCAST ACTIONS
Report 2023 - CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE
REGISTRATIONS; SPECIAL RELIEF AND OTHER
FILINGS
Report CL-95-69 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BUREAU COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE
INFORMATION
Report LB-95-04 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BUREAU COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE
INFORMATION
Report LB-95-05 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BUREAU COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE
INFORMATION
Report 1787 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BUREAU: Week of March 6 thru March 10
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TEXTS
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EAST LOS ANGELES, ET AL., CA. Effective May 1,
reallotted Channel 250B from Long Beach to East Los
Angeles and modified the license of KLAX-FM accordingly.
terminated proceeding. (MM Docket 90-44 by NPRM [DA
95-440] adopted March 17 by the Chief, Allocations,
Branch, Mass Media Bureau)
SANTA BARBARA, CA. Affirmed decision of the ALJ
and granted the application of Coast TV for a new TV
station at Santa Barbara; denied the competing applications
of Mission Broadcasting Corporation and Solar Television,
Inc. (MM Dockets 84-934, 935 and 936 by Decision [FCC
95R-02] adopted March by the Review Board)
DOUGLAS, GA. AND LACROSSE, FL. Effective May 1,
reopened the filing window for Channel 258A at LaCrosse.
Window opens May 1; closes June 1. Denied petition filed
by WDMG Inc. seeking substitution of Channel 258C for
Channel 258C1 at Douglas. (MM Docket 90-522 by MO&O
and Order Reopening Filing Window [DA 95-460] adopted
March 9 by the Chief, Policy and Rules Division, Mass
Media Bureau)
DES MOINES, IA. Affirmed decision of the ALJ and
granted the application of Minority Communications, Inc.
for a new non-commercial FM station at Des Moines;
denied the competing applications of Center for Study and
Application of Black Economic Development and Iowa
Acorn Broadcasting Corporation. (MM Docket 91-204 by
Decision [FCC 95R-01] adopted February 27 by the Review
Board)
PRESQUE ISLE, ME. Ordered Cavan Communications,
licensee of WTMS (AM), Presque Isle, ME, to forfeit the
sum of $1,000.00 for repeated violations of Commission
rules regarding limited or permanent discontinuance of
station operation. (MM Docket 93-299 by ID [FCC 95D-2]
adopted March 10 by ALJ Edward Luton)
COMPARATIVE STANDARDS FOR NON-
COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL APPLICANTS. See
second item under "News Releases."
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
COMPANY vs. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CORPORATION AND MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CORPORATION. Dismissed, with prejudice, the complaint
filed by American Telephone and Telegraph Company
against MCI Telecommunications Corporation alleging that
MCI had violated the Commission's international settlements
policy in its provision of service to the United Arab
Emirates. (By Order [DA 95-468] adopted March 9 by the
Chief, Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch,
Enforcement Division, Common Carrier Bureau)
ALLOCATION OF SPECTRUM BELOW 5 GHZ
TRANSFERRED FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
USE. Denied request for extension of time to file comments
and reply comments filed by the Association for Maximum
Service Television, Inc. (ET Docket 94-32 by Order [DA
95-521] adopted March 16 by the Chief, Policy Division,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau)
AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE. Allocated the 219-220 MHz
band to the Amateur Radio service on a secondary basis for
point-to-point fixed digital message forwarding systems,
including intercity packet backbone networks. (ET Docket
93-40 by R&O [FCC 95-113] adopted March 14 by the
Commission)
CORRECTION to Digest 51: 1995 ANNUAL ACCESS
TARIFFS. Correct DA number is DA 95-522.
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ADDENDA: The following item, released March 16, was
not listed on Digest 51:
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REMARKS OF COMMISSIONER RACHELLE B.
CHONG - WORLD SUMMIT ON TELEVISION AND
CHILDREN - "REGULATION: ALTERNATIVE
NATIONAL MODELS" - MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
- MARCH 14, 1995 [Internet file name: sprbc503.txt]
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ADDITIONAL CABLE ITEMS FOR THE
DAILY DIGEST
Cable Orders - Released March 17, 1995
By MO&Os adopted March 15 by the Deputy Chief,
Cable Services Bureau:
Paragon Communications, Mount Vernon, NY [DA 95-504]
TCI of Northern New Jersey, Inc., NJ [DA 95-505]
By MO&Os adopted March 16 by the Deputy Chief,
Cable Services Bureau:
Paragon Communications, Ilion, NY [DA 95-512]
Paragon Cable, Gardena, Torrence, and Hawthorne, CA
[DA 95-513]
Century Southwest Cable Television I, Los Angeles, CA
[DA 95-516]
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