DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No. 104 June 1, 1995 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- KNOW THE PHONE FACTS BEFORE YOU HIT THE ROAD News media contact: Kara Casey or Audrey Spivack at (202) 418-0500; Common Carrier Bureau contact: Susan Lewis Sallet at (202) 418-1500. SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF FCC INSPECTOR GENERAL RELEASED The Chairman of the FCC has transmitted to the appropriate Congressional Committees the Inspector General's most recent Semiannual Report to Congress, covering the period October 1, 1994 to March 31, 1995. Office of Inspector General contact: Debbie Blue at (202) 418-0470. COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING REPORT ON TELEPHONE SERVICE RELEASED -- CC DOCKET NO. 87-339 (Report No. DC 95-77, Action in Docket Case) The Federal -State Joint Board staff has released the seventeenth in a series of reports which are intended to assist telecommunications policymakers, and the general public, in monitoring the impact of decisions adopted by the FCC during 1987. For further information contact Alexander Belinfante at (202) 418-0944. COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATION BUREAU ACTIVITIES -- Report No. CI-95-6 News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202) 418-0500; Compliance and Information Bureau contact: Jeff B. Young at (202) 418-1176. [Internet filename: nrmc5008.txt] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PUBLIC NOTICES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS PROPOSING LOCAL MARKETING AGREEMENTS - For further information, contact Anne Lucey, (202) 418-1630 Report No. B-169 - NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL FM BROADCAST APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND NOTIFICATION OF CUT-OFF DATE: July 6, 1995 Report No. NA-184 - NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE FOR FILING OF FM BROADCAST APPLICATIONS AND NOTICE OF PETITIONS TO DENY DEADLINE Report No. B - 280 - NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL FM BROADCAST APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND NOTIFICATION OF CUT-OFF DATE: July 6, 1995 Report No. D-802 - COMMON CARRIER BUREAU DOMESTIC FACILITIES APPLICATIONS Report No. D-802A - COMMON CARRIER BUREAU DOMESTIC FACILITIES APPLICATIONS Report No. 23519 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. 43519 - BROADCAST ACTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FACT SHEET ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLACING CALLS FROM PUBLIC TELEPHONES - [Internet filename: /pub/Bureaus/Common- Carrier/Factsheet/pubphone.txt] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RED ROCK BROADCASTING, INC. Reaffirmed grant of the application of Red Rock Broadcasting for a new FM radio station in St. George, Utah. (By MO&O [FCC 95- 183] adopted May 2 by the Commission) UTICA COLLEGE OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY AND NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP. Granted application for construction permit and license in the Instructional Fixed Television Service on Channels C1 and C4 filed by Utica College of Syracuse University to serve Utica, NY; denied application filed by National Conference on Citizenship to serve Deerfield, NY. (By MO&O [FCC 95-207] adopted May 17 by the Commission) MORRIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PORUM PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Granted application for construction permit and license in the Instructional Fixed Television Service on Channels A3 and A4 filed by Morris School District to serve Warner, OK; denied application filed by Porum Public Schools to serve the same area. (By MO&O [FCC 95-208] adopted May 17 by the Commission) PASCO, WA. Proposed allotting FM channel 229A to Pasco, WA, as the community's third local commercial FM service. Comments due July 24 and replies due August 8. (MM Docket No. 95-71, by NPRM [DA 95-1116] adopted May 17 by the Chief, Allocations Branch) BENAVIDES AND BRUNI, TX. Proposed allotting FM channel 254A at Benavides and reallotting channel 299C2 from Benevides to Bruni; proposed modifying CP for KXTM (FM) to specify Bruni as the community of license. Comments due July 24 and replies due August 8. (MM Docket No. 95-74, by NPRM [DA 95-1145] adopted May 23 by the Chief, Allocations Branch) BOONVILLE AND FAYETTE, MO. Proposed substitution of FM channel 230C2 for channel 230A at Boonville and reallotting vacant channel 230C3 from Boonville to Fayette. Comments due July 24 and replies due August 8. (MM Docket No. 95-73, by NPRM [DA 95-1147] adopted May 23 by the Chief, Allocations Branch) PRONTO, THE TELEPHONE COMPANY OF THE AMERICAS. Authorized to acquire and operate facilities for service to Sweden. (By OA&C [DA 95-1150] adopted May 23 by the Chief, Telecommunications Division, International Bureau) NORTH CAROLINA CATV ASSOCIATION, INC. AND TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P. V. CAROLINA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY. Granted request to dismiss above-captioned proceedings against Carolina Power and Light Company. (By Order [DA 95-1171] adopted May 26 by the Chief, Accounting and Audits Division, Common Carrier Bureaus) MOBILE-SATELLITE SERVICE. Granted extension of time to June 21 for filing reply comments of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the proceeding involving allocating of the 2 GHz spectrum. (ET Docket No. 95-18 by Order [DA 95-1190] adopted May 31, 1995 by the Office of Engineering and Technology) CABLE SERVICES BUREAU DAILY DIGEST US CABLE OF NORTHERN INDIANA. Denied the complaint against the cable programming service price charged by US Cable of Northern Indiana in Griffith, Indiana. (By MO&O [DA 95-1161] adopted May 25 by the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) NEW ENGLAND CABLEVISION OF MASSACHUSETTS. Denied the complaint against the cable programming service price charged by New England Cablevision of Massachusetts in Merrimac, Massachusetts. (By MO&O [DA 95-1162] adopted May 25 by the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) C4 MEDIA CABLE SE, L.P. Dismissed C4 Media Cable SE, L.P.'s appeal of a local rate order adopted by the City of Chatsworth, Georgia. (By Order [DA 95-1176] adopted May 30 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau). TIMES MIRROR CABLE TELEVISION OF ORANGE COUNTY, INC. d/b/a DIMENSION CABLE SERVICES. Denied in part and dismissed in part, operator's appeals of local rate orders, holding that the operator may not include franchise fees as a portion of its equipment revenue on FCC Form 393. Since none of the Cities had attempted to revisit their rate orders, operator's appeals of that issue, were dismissed. Cities of Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, Lake Forest and Mission Viejo, California. (By Consolidated Order [DA 95-1177] adopted May 30 by Chief, Cable Services Bureau) FALCON CABLEVISION, WARRENSBURG, MISSOURI. Remanded appeal of local rate order for further proceedings with regard to City of Warrensburg's decision to order refunds. (By MO&O [DA 95-1178] adopted May 31 by Chief, Cable Services Bureau) TKR CABLE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY. Resolved appeal of eight local rate orders filed by TKR Cable Company of New Jersey. Determined that the a la carte packages offered by TKR on eight of its systems in New Jersey should not have been treated by the New Jersey State Board of Public Utilities as regulated offerings for rate regulation purposes. Remanded issue involving the treatment of TKR's various a la carte packages to the New Jersey State Board of Public Utilities to amend its rate orders accordingly. (By MO&O [DA 95-1179] adopted May 30 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau). ++++++++++++++++++ ADDENDA: The following items, released May 31, 1995, did not appear on Digest No. 103. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRESS STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER JAMES H. QUELLO - In re: Progress and Freedom Foundation Report. [Internet filename: spjhg502.txt] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPARATIVE STANDARDS FOR NEW NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL APPLICANTS. Extended to June 7 date for filing reply comments in the proceeding involving reexamination of standards for new noncommercial educational applicants. (MM Docket No. 95-31 by Order [DA 95-1188] adopted May 31 by the Chief, Mass Media Bureau) ++++++++++++++++++ ADDENDA: The following item, released May 26, 1995, did not appear on Digest No. 101. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIALIZED MOBILE RADIO POOL. Granted American Mobile Telecommunications, Inc. an extension of time to June 12 to file reply comments to in the proceeding amend parts 2 and 90 of the rules to provide for the use of 200 channels outside the designated filing area in the 896-901 MHz and the 935-940 MHz bands. (By Order [DA 95- 1174] adopted May 26 by the Chief, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau)