DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No. 144 July 28, 1995 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC GRANTS FORT MYERS BROADCASTING'S REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF THE ONE-TO-A-MARKET RULE AND ASSIGNMENT OF WDCQ(AM), PINE ISLAND CENTER, FL (Report No. MM 95-71, Mass Media Action) Action by the Commission July 27 by MO&O (FCC 95-311). News Media contact: Kara Palamaras at (202) 418- 0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Irene Bleiweiss at (202) 418-2780. [Internet file name: nrmm5047.txt] COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATION BUREAU (CIB) ACTIVITIES (Report No. CI 95-8) - 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMISSION SEEKS COMMENT ON ACCOUNTING TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS MADE BY THE PUERTO RICO TELEPHONE COMPANY AND THE PUERTO RICO COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION TO THE PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY - Comments are due August 31, replies September 11 - Contact: Gary Seigel at (202) 418-0879 [DA 95-1633] TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG: July 27 EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED PROCEEDINGS - Contact: Barbara Lowe at (202) 418- 0310 LICENSEES OF AM, FM AND FM TRANSLATOR STATIONS IN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA AND FM TRANSLATOR STATIONS IN ALASKA, GUAM, HAWAII, SOMOA(AMERICAN), MARIANA ISLANDS - - CURRENT ADDRESSES FOR UPCOMING MAILING OF LICENSE RENEWAL PACKETS! - Contact: Penelope Dade at (202) 418-2740 MASS MEDIA BUREAU ACHIEVES SECOND BACKLOG REDUCTION GOAL - Contact: Larry Eads at (202) 418-2780 Report No. 1041 - CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE REGISTRATIONS; SPECIAL RELIEF AND OTHER FILINGS Report No. 23559 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. 43559 - BROADCAST ACTIONS Report No. CL-95-121 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION Report No. I-8079 - - OVERSEAS SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING Report No. LB-95-25 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL WIRELESS SERVICE INFORMATION Report No. 1806 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU - July 17 through July 21 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TALLAHASSEE, FL. Denied reconsideration and ordered Dolcom Broadcasting, Inc., licensee of WUMX(FM), Tallahassee, FL, to forfeit $18,000 for violations of the Commission EEO rule. (By MO&O [FCC 95-293] adopted July 14 by the Commission) ATLANTIC, IA. Proposed allotting Channel 239C3 to Atlantic as its first FM service. Comments are due September 18, replies October 3. (MM Docket No. 95-124 by NPRM [DA 95-1620] adopted July 20 by the Chief, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau) TEXAS CABLE TV ASSOCIATION, ET AL. V. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY (SWBT). Dismissed complaints filed by various cable entities against SWBT concerning pole attachment rates. (By Order [DA 95-1642] adopted July 24 by the Chief, Accounting and Audits Division, Common Carrier Bureau) INTER-CATEGORY SHARING OF PRIVATE MOBILE RADIO FREQUENCIES. Denied various petitions for reconsideration of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's Order suspending the acceptance of applications for inter-category sharing of 800 MHz Private Mobile Radio Service frequencies' allocated to the Public Safety, Industrial/Land Transportation and Business Radio Services. (By MO&O [DA 95-1669] adopted July 26 by the Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau) ++++++++++++++ ADDENDA: The following items released July 27 were not listed on Digest 143: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMENT SOUGHT ON REQUESTS FOR IVDS RULE WAIVERS - Comments are due August 10, replies August 21 - [DA 95-1647] FCC POSTPONES SHORT-FORM FILING DATE FOR 493 BTA LICENSES LOCATED IN THE C BLOCK FOR PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN THE 2 GHZ BAND IN RESPONSE TO COURT STAY - Wireless Telecommunications Bureau contact: Jackie Chorney at (202) 418-0600; Office of General Counsel contact: James Carr at (202) 418-1700; Auctions Division contact: Kathleen O'Brien Ham at (202) 418-0600 PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON AMERITECH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.'S PETITION FOR NONDOMINANT STATUS - Comments are due August 28, replies September 12 - Contact: Janice M. Myles at (202) 418-1577 [DA 95-1670] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEECHES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAIRMAN REED E. HUNDT, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 27, 1995 [Inernet file name: sprh517.txt] "HAND IN HAND," REMARKS OF COMMISSIONER SUSAN NESS BEFORE THE NARUC COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, JULY 25, 1995 [internet file name: spsn505.txt] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PINE ISLAND CENTER, FL. See first item under "News Releases." BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Granted BellSouth's petition for waiver of Part 69 of the Commission's rules to establish new rate elements under the Information rate category to recover the costs for "Direct Access to Directory Assistance Service that it plans to offer interexchange carriers. (By MO&O [DA 95-1676] adopted July 27 by the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau) BROADBAND PCS RULES. Granted B&P PCS, Inc.'s request for waiver of the rules to the extent it allows B&P to aggregate Mile Hi's calendar-year figures for 1991, 1992, and 1993 with BHI's fiscal-year figures for 1991, 1992, and 1993; granted R&S PCS, Inc.'s request for waiver to the extent it allows R&S to aggregate Mile Hi's calendar- year figures for 1991, 1992, and 1993 with BHI's fiscal- year figures for 1991, 1992 and 1993. (By Order [DA 95- 1641] adopted July 26 by the Chief, Auctions Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau) /////////////////////// ADDENDUM: The following item released July 26 was not listed on Digest 142: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRECTION TO FCC CALENDAR OF EVENTS DATED JULY 21, 1995