DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No. 100 May 24, 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TELEVISION SERVICE, SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS - Contact: Vivette Hart at (202) 739-0700 or Robert Bromery at (202) 739-0597 EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED PROCEEDINGS - Contact: Barbara Lowe at (202) 418- 1310 TARIFF TRANSMITTAL REFERENCE LOG - May 23 Report No. 23514 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. 43514 - BROADCAST ACTIONS Report No. 1209 - CABLE TELEVISION RELAY SERVICE (CARS) APPLICATIONS RE: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING Report No. 3535 - CABLE TELEVISION ACTIONS Report No. 2074 - OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC INFORMATION AND REFERENCE SERVICES PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING FILED Report No. CL-95-98 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL WIRELESS DIVISION ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACCEPTANCE OF SOLE APPLICATIONS AND TENTATIVE SELECTEES FOR UNSERVED AREAS Report No. CL-95-99 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL WIRELESS SERVICES INFORMATION ANNOUNCEMENT OF TENTATIVE SELECTEES FOR UNSERVED AREAS Report No. NCS-95-26 - WIRELESS NARROWBAND BRANCH INFORMATION (over) Report No. NCS-95-26-A - WIRELESS NARROWBAND COMMERCIAL RADIO BRANCH INFORMATION Report No. 1136 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU PART 21 RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS - Week of May 10 thru May 17, 1995 Report No. I-8054 - OVERSEAS COMMON CARRIER SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS TAKEN (Formal Section 63.01) - Contact: Janice Alston at (202) 418-1493 Report No. D-801 - COMMON CARRIER BUREAU DOMESTIC FACILITIES APPLICATIONS Report No. D-801-A - COMMON CARRIER BUREAU DOMESTIC FACILITIES APPLICATIONS Report No. DS-1535 - SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INFORMATION Report No. DS-1536 - DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE SERVICE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BELLS, TX. Amended the FM Table of Allotments to allot Channel 225A to Bells, TX as the community's first local FM service; window period for filing applications will open July 10, 1995, close August 10, 1995. (MM Docket No. 94-152 by R&O [DA 95-1117] adopted May 17 by the Chief, Allocations Branch, Mass Media Bureau) DIAMOND SPRINGS, CA. Denied the request of Customtronics Sound for waiver of the rules to allow use of 100 kHz of Multiple Address System spectrum at one OFS station. (By Order [DA 95-1112] adopted May 15 by the Associate Bureau Chief, Office of Operations, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF THE STATUS OF COMPETITION IN THE MARKET FOR THE DELIVERY OF VIDEO PROGRAMMING. Began inquiry to gather information necessary to prepare the second annual competition report to Congress; Comments June 30, replies July 28. (CS Docket No. 95-61 by NOI [FCC 95-186] adopted May 4 by the Commission) MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED. Granted application File No. I-T-C-95-216 to Melbourne International Communications Ltd. for authority to acquire and operate facilities for service to various overseas points. (By OA&C [DA 95-1110] adopted May 12 by the Chief, Telecommunications Division, International Bureau) +++++++++++++ CABLE SERVICES BUREAU DAILY DIGEST Released Wednesday, May 24, 1995 TELECABLE OF BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL AND TELECABLE OF LEXINGTON. Granted, the complaints against the cable programming service prices charged by Telecable of Bloomington/Normal and Telecable of Lexington and all other complaints in these franchise areas relating to the same prices. (By MO&O [DA 95-1114] adopted May 17 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) MULTIMEDIA CABLEVISION, INC. Denied complaints against their cable programming service prices charged in various communities in Oklahoma. (By MO&O [DA 95- 1124] adopted May 18 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) TCI OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC., ET AL. Granted, in part, the complaints against the cable programming service prices charged by TCI in various communities in Florida, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Texas and Wyoming and all other complaints relating to the same prices. (By MO&O [DA 95-1127] adopted May 18 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) SIMMONS CABLE TV a/k/a AMERICAN CABLE ENTERTAINMENT. Denied the complaint against their cable programming service price charged in Alamogordo, New Mexico. (By MO&O [DA 95-1128] adopted May 18 by the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) (over) TELESCRIPPS CABLE. Granted complaint filed against their rate in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, but did not order refunds. (By MO&O [DA 95-1131] adopted May 19 by the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) MILE-HI CABLE PARTNERS, L.P., ET AL. Denied, in part, the complaints against the cable programming service prices charged in various communities in Colorado, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas and Wyoming and all other complaints relating to the same prices. (By MO&O [DA 95-1132] adopted May 19 by the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) CENTURY SOUTHWEST CABLE TV BEVERLY HILLS, CA. Granted extension of local rate stay order for Century Southwest Cable Corp. in Beverly Hills, California until the Commission releases a decision on Century's Application for Review for both Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, California. (By Order [DA 95-1135] adopted May 19 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) [erroneously listed as released May 23, 1995] FALCON CABLEVISION, THOUSAND OAKS, CA. Dismissed request filed by City of Thousand Oaks, CA, for declaratory order concerning the regulatory status of a la carte package offered by Falcon Cablevision. (By Order [DA 95-1139] adopted May 19 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) LAKE CABLEVISION, INC. Granted, petition for reconsideration challenging the certification of Hall County, Georgia to regulate Lake Cablevision, Inc.'s basic cable service rates. Lake Cablevision, Inc. argues that it is subject to effective competition under the low penetration test. (By MO&O [DA 95-1140] adopted May 22 by Chief, Cable Services Bureau) CITY OF PHILIPPI, WEST VIRGINIA. Denied, in part, petition to exempt municipally owned cable system from rate regulation in unincorporated area outside of city limits. (By MO&O [DA 95-1141] adopted May 22 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) ++++++++++++++ ADDENDUM: The following item, released May 23, 1995, did not appear on Digest No. 99. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEECH ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAIRMAN REED E. HUNDT, FCC BEFORE THE MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, MAY 23, 1995 [Internet filename: spreh5009.txt] ++++++++++++ Correction to Digest No. 99: Report No. B-279 - NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL FM BROADCAST APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND NOTIFICATION OF CUT-OFF DATE: June 26, 1995 - was incorrectly identified as Report B-279. It should have been listed as Report A-279 - FCC -