DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No. 143 July 27, 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- RENEWAL OF WEAR-TV, PENSACOLA, FL, AND THE RENEWAL AND TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF NINE LICENSES IN FIVE STATES UPHELD; NAL ISSUED (Report No. MM 95-70, Mass Media Action) The Commission denied the NAACP's petition for reconsideration concerning the applications for transfer of control of Stations WEMP(AM)/WMYX-FM, Milwaukee, WI, WRTH(AM)/WIL-FM, St. Louis, MO, and WBBF(AM)/WBEE-FM, Rochester, NY, and the applications for renewal and transfer of control of Station WEAR-TV, Pensacola, FL. Action by the Commission July 19 by MO&O (FCC 95-305). News Media contact: Rochelle Cohen at (202) 418- 0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Steven Feldman at (202) 418-0394. [Internet filename: nrmm5083.txt] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG - June 26 TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG NON-DOMINANT CARRIERS - June 26 MODERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND GTE MIDWEST INC. FILED A PETITION FOR WAIVER OF SECTION 61.41(C)(2) AND THE DEFINITION OF "STUDY AREA" CONTAINED IN THE APPENDIX-GLOSSAY OF PART 36 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES AAD 95-63; comments due by September 15, replies by September 29; contact: Adrian Wright at (202) 418-0830. [DA 95-1600] ROCK PORT TELEPHONE COMPANY AND SOUTHWESTERN BELL TEL. COMPANY FILED A PETITION FOR WAIVER OF SECTION 61.41(C)(2) AND THE DEFINITION OF "STUDY AREA" CONTAINED IN THE APPENDIX-GLOSSARY OF PART 36 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES AAD 96-92; comments due by September 11, replies by September 25; contact: Adrian Wright at (202) 418-0830. [DA 95-1601] COMMENT SOUGHT ON REQUESTS FOR IVDS RULE WAIVERS. Comments due August 10, replies due August 21. [DA 95-1647] FIXED MICROWAVE INCUMBENT LICENSEES MAY APPLY FOR TAX CERTIFICATES BY CERTIFYING SALE OF STATIONS TO PCS LICENSEES [DA 95-1659] Report No. 23558 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. 43558 - BROADCAST ACTIONS Report No. 23559A - ITFS APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING Report No. IS-0060 - INTERNATIONAL FIXED SATELLITE SERVICE: INTELSAT, TRANSBORDER AND SEPARATE SYSTEMS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUNSHINE AGENDA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE FCC WILL HOLD AN OPEN MEETING THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1995, 9:30 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 ANNUAL ACCESS TARIFF FILINGS OF THE NYNEX TELEPHONE COMPANIES AND PACIFIC BELL. Suspended tariff revision filed by NYNEX and Pacific Bell for one day and began an investigation of their proposed 1995 interstate access rates. (CC Docket No. 94- 157, by MO&O on Reconsideration [DA 95-1665] adopted July 26 by the Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau) BIG BEN COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION. Granted application for assignment of station KFTH(FM), Marion, AK, from Big Ben to Flinn and waived the one-to-a-market rule. (By MO&O (FCC 95-299) adopted July 17 by the Commission) WGPR, INC., AND CBS, INC. Granted the application to assign the license for WGPR-TV, Detroit, MI, from WGPR, Inc. to CBS and waived the one-to-a-market rule. (By MO&O (FCC 95-300) adopted July 17 by the Commission) HERITAGE-WISCONSIN BROADCASTING CORP. See item under "News Releases." COMSOUTH CABLE INTERNATIONAL, INC. Granted ComSouth a license to land and operate a submarine cable system between Wilmington, NC, and Conil, Spain. (By Cable Landing License [DA 95-1629] adopted July 21 by the Chief, International Bureau) ERRATUM to CLEARTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Corrected Paragraph 3 of the Commission's Order (DA 95- 1545), released July 13. [DA 95-1624] ERRATUM to MO&O (DA 95-1667) released July 26 in the matter of annual 1995 access tariff filings, Rochester, Frontier and Lincoln Telephone Cos. (DA 95-1671) +++++++++++++++++++ ADDENDA: The following items, released July 26, did not appear on Digest No. 142: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC KICKS OFF TRS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT [Internet filename: nrmc5045.txt] LINDA DUBROOF NAMED DIRECTOR OF FCC'S DISABILITIES ISSUES TASK FORCE [Internet filename: nrmc5046.txt] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BELL ATLANTIC PETITION FOR REGULATION AS A NONDOMINANT PROVIDER OF INTERSTATE INTERLATA CORRIDOR SERVICE; comments due by August 25, replies due by September 11. [DA 95-1666] Report No. 23557 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. SPB-19 - SATELLITE POLICY BRANCH INFORMATION: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL 1995 ACCESS TARIFF FILINGS. Granted Rochester Telephone Corp. and Frontier Communications of Iowa, Inc. and Frontier Communications of Minnesota, Inc. waivers of the Commission's price cap rules and allowed them to file revisions to their 1995 annual access tariffs. (By MO&O [DA 95-1667] adopted July 26 by the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau) ERRATUM to MO&O on ANNUAL 1995 ACCESS TARIFF FILINGS (DA 95-1611), released July 18. [DA 95-1611] ERRATUM to MO&O on ANNUAL 1995 ACCESS TARIFF FILINGS [DA 95-1668], released July 25. [DA 95-1648]