DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No. 104 June 1, 1995
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NEWS RELEASES
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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]
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PUBLIC NOTICES
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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
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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).
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ADDENDA: The following items, released May 31, 1995,
did not appear on Digest No. 103.
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PRESS STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER JAMES H.
QUELLO - In re: Progress and Freedom Foundation Report.
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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)
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ADDENDA: The following item, released May 26, 1995,
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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)