DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No. 101 May 25, 1995 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC COMMITTEE ON MAKING PHONES COMPATIBLE WITH HEARING AIDS TO MEET AT MARYLAND HIGH SCHOOL; MODEL OF NEW, STREAMLINED APPROACH TO RESOLVING ISSUES (Report No. CC 95-30, Common Carrier Action) An advisory committee established by the Federal Communications Commission to negotiate rules to make more telephones useable by persons with hearing aids will meet on Tuesday, May 30, at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, MD. This Prince George's County high school operates the county's largest program for students with hearing disabilities. News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0500; Common Carrier Bureau contact: Greg Lipscomb at (202) 634-4216. COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATION BUREAU (CIB) ACTIVITIES (Report No. CI-95-6) - News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202) 418-0500; CIB contact: Jeff B. Young at (202) 418-1176 [Internet file name: nrmc5008.txt] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MFS COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC. FILES MOTION FOR DECLARATORY RULING PROSCRIBING DISCRIMINATORY APPLICATION OF LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER NONRECURRING CHARGES -- PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED -- Comments are due June 26, replies July 11 - Contact: Daren Benzi at (202) 418-1557 [DA 95-1151] TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG: May 24 TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG NON-DOMINANT CARRIERS: May 24 MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE (MDS) APPLICATIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT - Contact: Laura Gallo at (202) 416-0882 Report No. 23515 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. 43515 - BROADCAST ACTIONS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA TELEVISION MARKET. Amended the Commission's rules to include Lakeland, FL, in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, television market. (CS Docket No. 94-95 by R&O [DA 95-1121] adopted May 16 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) QUINCY, IL. Granted the petition for special relief filed by Quincy Broadcasting Company to include the communities of Bowling Green, Curryville, Frankford, and Lousiana, Missouri within the Quincy, Illinois- Hannibal, MI area of dominant influence (ADI) for the purposes of the cable television broadcast signal carriage rules. (By MO&O [DA 95-1096] adopted May 12 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) DAVENPORT, IA. Denied the petition for special relief filed by Broad Street Television, L.P., seeking to establish mandatory carriage rights on the cable system serving Iowa City, Coralville, University Heights, and portions of Johnson County, IA, operated by TCI of Eastern Iowa. (By MO&O [DA 95-1106] adopted May 15 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) OMAHA, NE. Granted the petition for special relief filed by Pappas Stations Partnership to include Lancaster County, or the City of Lincoln, within the Omaha, NE, ADI for the purpose of obtaining signal carriage rights on the cable systems serving that County. (By MO&O [DA 95-1105] adopted May 15 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) THE WESTERN UNION AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY V. CONSORTIUM COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (CCI). Granted motion and dismissed with prejudice Western Union's complaint against CCI. (By Order [DA 95-1138] adopted May 22 by the Chief, Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division, Common Carrier Bureau) LOGICALL. Granted, in part , NECA's request for declaratory ruling regarding the effectiveness of tariff rates and regulations governing lifeline assistance and universal service fund charges during the period April 1 through July 31, 1989; denied Logicall's petition for declaratory ruling and interim relief against NECA's unauthorized interference with the continued provision of authorized resale carrier operations. (By Declaratory Ruling and Order [DA 95- 1149] adopted May 23 by the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau) REQUESTS FOR AGENCY RECORDS. Effective immediately, the Commission is revising the rules that set forth the fees for the recovery of the full, allowable directs costs of searching for and reviewing agency records requested pursuant to the FOIA and the Commission's rules. (By MO&O [DA 95-1053] adopted May 12 by the Managing Director) ++++++++++++ ADDENDA: The following items released May 24 were not listed on Digest 100: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 800 MHZ SMR LICENSEES ALLEGING FRAUD ARE GRANTED ADDITIONAL FOUR MONTHS TO CONSTRUCT (Report No. WT 95-10, Wireless Telecom Action) News Media contact: Stacey Reuben Mesa at (202) 418-0654; Wireless Telecommunications Bureau contacts: David Furth and Kathleen O'Brien Ham at (202) 418-0620. [Internet file name: nrwl5022.txt] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GTE TELEPHONE OPERATING COMPANIES (GTOC) AND GTE SYSTEM TELEPHONE COMPANIES (GSTC). Denied petitions filed by MCI and AT&T to suspend and investigate GTOC's Transmittal No. 962 and GSTC's Transmittal No. 145 to increase the rates for a number of their services. (By Order [DA 95-1148] adopted May 24 by the Chief, Tariff Division, Common Carrier Bureau) DANIEL R. GOODMAN, RECEIVER; DR. ROBERT CHAN. See first item under ADDENDA: "News Release." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ADDITIONAL 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) 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) 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)