DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No. 159 August 21, 1995
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NEWS RELEASE
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FCC GRANTS APPLICATIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT OF
LICENSES OF KHON-TV, HONOLULU, HI, AND ITS
SATELLITE STATIONS KAII-TV, WAILUKU AND
KHAW-TV, HILO OF WALA-TV, MOBILE, AL, AND
WVUE-TV, NEW ORLEANS, LA. (Report No. MM 95-
82, Mass Media Action)
Action by the Commission August 17 by MO&O
(FCC 95-364).
News Media contact: Kara Palamaras at (202) 418-
0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Anne Lucy at (202) 418-
1630. [Internet file name: nrmm5094.txt]
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PUBLIC NOTICES
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Report No. 23575 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
Report No. 43575 - BROADCAST ACTIONS
Report No. CL-95-126 - WIRELESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL
RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION
Report No. CL-95-127 - WIRELESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL
RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION -- ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DISMISSAL OF PHASE 1 MSA APPLICATION,
NON-WIRELINE TENTATIVE SELECTEE FOR
MARKET 170B
Report No. 2092 - OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
REFERENCE OPERATIONS DIVISION PETITIONS FOR
RULEMAKING FILED
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BOCA RATON AND LAKE WORTH, FL. Dismissed
proposals to amend the TV Table of Allotments to permit
two parties in Florida to trade channels and communities of
license; terminated proceeding. (MM Docket No. 93-234
by R&O [DA 95-1768] adopted August 10 by the Chief,
Allocations Branch, Mass Media Bureau)
FORT MYERS VILLAS, FL. Denied the application for
review filed by Miracle Broadcasting, Inc. seeking
reexamination of an action by the Mass Media Bureau which
denied Miracle's petition to deny and granted the application
to assign the license of WSUV(FM), Fort Myers Villas, FL.
(By MO&O [FCC 95-359] adopted August 14 by the
Commission)
FAIR BLUFF, NC. Denied Atlantic Broadcasting
Company, Inc.'s petition which proposed alternatively the
deletion of vacant and unapplied-for Channel 287A at Fair
Bluff, or the retention of the channel with a 12.7 kilometer
(7.9 mile) northeast site restriction. The filing window for
Channel 287A at Fair Bluff opens October 5, closes
November 6. (MM Docket No. 95-44 by R&O [DA 95-
1774] adopted August 11 by the Chief, Policy & Rules
Division, Mass Media Bureau)
SANFORD, NC. Proposed allotting Channel 276A to
Sanford as its second FM service. Comments are due
October 12, replies October 27. (MM Docket No. 95-134
by NPRM [DA 95-1770] adopted August 10 by the Chief,
Allocations Branch)
LONGVIEW, TX. Denied the renewal application of Pine
Tree Media, Inc., and its alleged successor in interest,
Praise Media, Inc., for renewal of license of Station
KARW(AM), Longview, TX. (MM Docket No. 93-265 by
Initial Decision [FCC 95D-09] issued August 15 by ALJ
John M. Frysiak)
HALLIE AND LADYSMITH, WI. Effective October 5,
reallotted Channel 279C1 from Ladysmith to Hallie, WI,
and modified the license of Station WWIB accordingly.
(MM Docket No. 90-647 by R&O [DA 95-1786] adopted
August 11 by the Chief, Allocations Branch)
DIAL & SAVE. Adopted Consent Decree to resolve
proceeding which investigated Dial & Save following receipt
of information indicating that Dial & Save had provided
international telephone services to Cuba without the requisite
authorization from the FCC. (By Order and Consent
Decree [DA 95-1809] adopted August 2 by the Deputy
Chief, Common Carrier Bureau)
CABLEVISION OF ORANGE (TIME WARNER CABLE).
Granted Time Warner's motion to dismiss its appeal of he
local rate order issued by the City of Orange, CA. (By
MO&O [DA 95-1801] adopted August 11 by the Chief,
Cable Services Bureau)
OREGON COAST MAGAZINE V. TCI CABLEVISION
OF OREGON, INC. Granted, in part, and denied, in part,
Oregon Coast Magazine's petition alleging that TCI of
Oregon had failed to make commercial channel capacity
available; did not challenge the reasonableness of TCI or
Oregon's rates for such capacity. (By MO&O [DA 95-
1803] adopted August 11 by the Chief, Cable Services
Bureau)
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ADDENDA: The following items released August 18 were
not listed on Digest 158:
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FCC CHAIRMAN CALLS ON BROADCASTERS TO
OUTLINE THEIR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING
CHILDREN'S TV
INTERSTATE SAVINGS, INC. APPARENTLY LIABLE
FOR FORFEITURE OF $40,000 IN SLAMMING CASE
(Common Carrier Action)
Action by the Bureau August 18 by NAL (DA 95-
1834).
News Media contact: Susan Lewis Sallet and Anna
M. Gomez at (202) 418-1500; Common Carrier Bureau
contact: Collen Heitkamp at (202) 418-0960.
EXCEL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. APPARENTLY
LIABILE FOR FORFEITURE OF $80,000 IN
SLAMMING CASES (Common Carrier Action)
Action by the Bureau August 18 by NAL (DA 95-
1833).
News Media contacts: Susan Lewis Sallet and
Anna M. Gomez at (202) 418-1500; Common Carrier
Bureau contact: Colleen Heitkamp at (202) 418-0960.
REPORT ISSUED ON MARKET CONDITIONS AND
COMPETITION FOR CMRS (Report No. GN-95, General
Action)
The Commission has issued its first annual Report
to Congress about the market conditions and competition for
Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS). The Report
is the most comprehensive study ever done of mobile radio
services and competition between them.
Action by the Commission July 28 by Report (FCC
95-317).
News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202)
418-0500; Office of General Counsel contact: John
Berresford at (202) 416-1152. [Internet file name:
nrmc5052.txt]
LIST OF MEXICAN FIXED POINT-TO-POINT
OPERATIONS IN 1850-1990 MHz (BROADBAND PCS)
BAND AVAILABLE
Contact: Joslyn Read or Henry Straube at (202)
739-0424.
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PUBLIC NOTICES
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Report No. 23576A - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
Report No. 2093 - PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION
OF ACTION IN RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS
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US WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Denied MCI
Telecommunications Corporation's petition to suspend and
investigate US West's Tariff FCC No. 4, Transmittal No.
621, to introduce a per message flat rate of $1 for interstate
IntraLATA Message Telecommunications Service (IMTS)
calls originating from company public or simipublic/shared
payphones in the Oregon and Washington study areas. (By
Order [DA 95-1824] adopted August 18 by the Chief, Tariff
Division, Common Carrier Bureau)
INTERSTATE SAVINGS, INC. See second item under
ADDENDA: "News Releaases."
EXCEL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. See third item
under ADDENDA: "News Releases."