DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No. 61 March 30, 1995
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NEWS RELEASES
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WSEE-TV, ERIE, PA, APPARENTLY LIABLE FOR
$100,000 FORFEITURE FOR AIRING TOO MANY
COMMERCIALS DURING CHILDREN'S TELEVISION
PROGRAMS. (Report MM-95-34, Mass Media Action)
Action by the Commission March 10 by Letter
(FCC 95-109).
News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202)
418-0500; Mass Media Bureau contacts: Barbara Kreisman
and Larry Miller at (202) 418-1600. [Internet file name:
nrmm5045.txt]
COMMISSION AFFIRMS MAIN STUDIO VIOLATION
FINDING AGAINST WRSF(FM), COLUMBIA, NC;
FORFEITURE AMOUNT REDUCED $12,000 (Report
MM-95-33, Mass Media Action)
Action by the Commission March 10 by MO&O
(FCC 95-110).
News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202)
418-0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Richard Waysdorf
at (202) 418-1430. 30. [Internet file name: nrmm5044.txt]
KTTU(TV), TUCSON, AZ, ISSUED NAL IN THE
AMOUNT OF $125,000; LICENSE RENEWED SUBJECT
TO CONDITIONS (Report MM-95-35, Mass Media Action)
Action by the Commission March 20 by Lettter
(FCC 95-108).
News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202)
418-0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Larry Miller at
(202) 418-1600. [Internet file name: nrmm 5046.txt]
SAUL T. SHAPIRO NAMED ASSISTANT BUREAU
CHIEF FOR TECHNOLOGY POLICY MASS MEDIA
BUREAU [Internet file name: nrmc5028.txt]
OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
BROWN BAG LUNCHEON FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1995
NOON TO 2:00 PM - Contact: Glenda Briscoe at (202)
418-0260 or Stan Felder at (202) 418-0250
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PUBLIC NOTICES
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TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG:
March 29
TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG -
NON-DOMINANT CARRIERS: March 29
Report A-190 - TV BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND NOTIFICATION OF
MAY 15 CUT-OFF DATE
Report 16147 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
Report 22120 - BROADCAST ACTIONS
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TEXTS
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COMMUTRON LIMITED. Dismissed petition filed by
Commutron Limited seeking a waiver of the rules requiring
customer premises equipment to maintain 5 megohms of dc
resistance over the on-hook voltage range from 0 to 100
volts to prevent an indication of a line fault at the local
exchange carrier's central office. (By Letter [DA 95-619]
adopted March 24 by the Chief, Domestic Facilities
Division, Common Carrier Bureau)
CHARTER NETWORK COMPANY vs. THE OHIO
BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, ET AL. Dismissed, with
prejudice, complaint filed by Charter Network Company
against The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, et al. alleging
violations of the Commission's rules in connection with the
computation and assessment of terminating carrier common
line charges. Terminated proceeding. (By Order [DA 95-
593] adopted March 23 by the Chief, Formal Complaints
and Investigations Branch, Common Carrier Bureau)
(over)
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA PUBLIC
SAFETY PLAN. Reaffirmed decision and amended the
Public Safety Radio Plan for the New York Metropolitan
Area. (Gen. Docket 88-476 by Order [DA 95-590] adopted
March 22 by the Acting Chiefs, Private Wireless Division
and Spectrum Engineering Division)
MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICE. Denied petitions filed by
the following five parties requesting pioneer's preference for
their proposals with regard to non-geostationary mobile
satellite service systems: Constellation Communications,
Inc; Ellipsat Corporation, Loral Qualcomm Satellite
Services, Inc.; Motorola Satellite Communications, Inc.;
and TRW Inc. (ET Docket 92-28 by Second R&O [FCC
95-71] adopted February 24 by the Commission)
MOBILE-SATELLITE SERVICE. Denied petition filed by
STARSYS, Inc. seeking waiver of the power density and
duty cycle requirements for low earth orbit satellites. (ET
Docket 91-280 by MO&O [FCC 95-114] adopted March 14
by the Commission)
UNITED AND CENTRAL TELEPHONE COMPANIES.
Ordered United and Central Telephone Companies Tariff
F.C.C. No. 1 - Transmittal No. 32, is suspended for day
and instituted an investigation. (CC Docket 94-97 by Order
[DA 95-650] adopted March 28 by the Deputy Chief, Tariff
Division, Common Carrier Bureau)
VIDEO DIALTONE. Granted waiver request filed by US
West and ordered that US West's Notification of Enhanced
Services Video Dialtone Market Trial for Omaha, Nebraska
complies with the Computer III requirements authorized US
West to begin VDT market trial in Omaha. (CC Docket 88 -
2 by MO&O [DA 95-641] adopted by the Chief, Common
Carrier Bureau)
VIDEO DIALTONE. Granted waiver request filed by Bell
Atlantic and ordered that Bell Atlantic's Notification of
Enhanced Services Video dialtone Market Trial for Northern
Virginia complies with the Computer III requirements
authorized Bell Atlantic to begin VDT in Northern VA. (CC
Docket 88-2 by MO&O [DA 95-642] adopted by the Chief,
Common Carrier Bureau)
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ADDENDUM: The following item, released March 29, was
not listed on Digest 60:
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PUBLIC NOTICE
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COMMENT SOUGHT ON TEC REQUEST TO WAIVE
ENTREPRENEURS' BLOCK ELIGIBILITY RULES -
RURAL TELCO HOLDING COMPANY SEEKS
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN C AND F BLOCK
AUCTIONS - Comments - April 3; replies April 5 -
Contact: Lawrence D. Atlas at (202) 418-0600 or Rosalind
K. Allen at (202) 418-0620.
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ADDITIONAL CABLE ITEMS FOR THE
DAILY DIGEST
Cable Rate Orders - Released March 30, 1995
By MO&O adopted March 28 by the Deputy Chief,
Cable Services Bureau:
C&R Cablevision, Weatherford, TX [DA 95-634]
Sammons Communications, Inc., Whittier, CA [DA 95-635]
By MO&O adopted March 29 by the Deputy Chief,
Cable Services Bureau:
Cencom Cable Entertainment, Inc., Clinton, SC [DA 95-
644]
By MO&O adopted March 23 by the Cable Services
Bureau:
Kentucky Central Television, Inc., Hazard KY [DA 95-
602]
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