DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No.169 September 5, 1995 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AMERICATEL CORP. GRANTED AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE SATELLITE AND TERRESTRIAL FACILITIES FOR SERVICE TO CANADA AND MEXICO (Report No. IN 95-21, International Action) The Commission has granted a request by AmericaTel Corp. for authority to acquire satellite and terrestrial facilities for service between the U.S. and Canada and the U.S. and Mexico. Action by the Commission August 23, 1995, by MO&O. (FCC 95-376) News Media contact: Rochelle Cohen at (202) 418- 0500. International Bureau contact: Susan O'Connell at (202) 418-1484. [Internet filename: nrin5017.txt] COMMISSION APPROVES TLD'S PROVISION OF NEW SERVICE TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND EXPEDITES LICENSING PROCESS (Report No. IN 95- 22, International Action) The Commission has expanded Telefonica Larga Distancia de Puerto Rico, Inc. ("TLD")'s existing international authority to include the provision of private line service between Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Dominican Republic. Action by the Commission August 23, 1995, by MO&O (FCC 95-375). New Media contact: Rochelle Cohen at (202) 418- 0500. International Bureau contact: Kenneth Schagrin at (202) 739-0449. [Internet filename: nrin5018.txt] COMMISSION RECONSIDERS AM EXPANDED ALLOTMENT PLAN; PUBLIC NOTICE ANNOUNCING THE ALLOTMENT PLAN RESCINDED (Report No. MM 95-90, Mass Media Action) The Commission has granted, in part, several petitions for reconsideration and review of the AM Expanded Band Allotment. Action by the Commission September 1, 1995, by MO&O [FCC 95-385. News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202) 418-0500 and Mass Media Bureau contact: Jim Burtle at (202) 418-2670. [Internet filename: nrmm5101.txt] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PUBLIC NOTICES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMENT SOUGHT IN PETITION FOR WAIVER OF THE DEFINITION OF "STUDY AREA" CONTAINED IN THE APPENDIX-GLOSSARY OF PART 36 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES --AAD 95-126-- Comments may be filed by September 29, 1995 and replies by October 13, 1995. For further informations contact Adrian Wright at (202) 418-0830. [DA 95-1884] AMATEUR SERVICE RECIPROCAL OPERATING ARRANGEMENTS - Contact: Private Wireless Division, 2025 M Street, Room 8010, (202) 418-0680. AMATEUR SERVICE INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - Contact: Private Wireless Division, 2025 M Street, Room 8010, (202) 418-0680. COMMERCIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS - Contact: J. Joy Alford, Private Wireless Division, 2025 M Street, Room 8010, (202) 418- 0680 EX PART PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED PROCEEDINGS - For additional information, contact Barbara Lowe at (202) 418-0310. AUDIO SERVICES DIVISION OF MASS MEDIA BUREAU REORGANIZED - For further information contact: Larry Eads at (202) 418-2780. Report No. NA-186 NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE FOR FILING OF FM BROADCAST APPLICATIONS AND NOTICE OF PETITIONS TO DENY DEADLINE Report No. 43585 - BROADCAST ACTIONS Report No. 23585 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. 3549 - CABLE TELEVISION ACTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AMERICATEL CORPORATION. See first item under "News Releases" TELEFONICA LARGA DISTANCIA DE PUERTO RICO, INC. See second item under "News Releases" IN-BOUND CALL PIC VERIFICATION. Deferred effective date of in-bound call PIC verification requirements pending pending action on petitions for reconsideration. (CC Docket 94-129, by Order [FCC 95-388] adopted September 1, 1995, by the Commission) SATELLITE CD RADIO, INC. Authorized to expend up to $10 million to commence construction for its proposed DARS satellite system. (By Order [DA 95-1908] adopted September 1, 1995 by the Chief, International Bureau) CHATTANOOGA, TN. Denied application filed by NAACP for reconsideration of the renewal of licenses of station WGOW (AM) and WSKZ (FM) at Chattanooga, TN. (By MO&O [FCC 95-329] adopted July 31, 1995 by the Commission) HOPKINS HALL BROADCASTING, INC. AND SHELBYVILLE PUBLISHING CO., INC. Denied request for a permanent waiver of the daily newspaper cross- ownership rule by Shelbyville Publishing Co. Inc. and denied the application to assign the license of WLIJ(AM) at Shelbyville, TN, from Hopkins Hall Broadcasting, Inc. to Shelbyville Publishing. (By MO&O [FCC 95-331] adopted July 31, 1995 by the Commission) GREENVILLE, NC. Denied request for review of approval to transfer control of station WYDO(TV) at Greenville, NC; denied request for order to show cause. (By MO&O [FCC 95-373] adopted August 21, 1995 by the Commission) FUNDRAISING RULES. Denied request for waiver filed by South Florida Public Telecommunications, Inc., licensee of WXEL-TV, West Palm Beach FL., to permit the noncommercial educational station WXEL-TV to broadcast the Muscular Dystrophy Association annual telethon. (By Letter [DA 95-1879] adopted August 18, 1995 by the Chief, Mass Media Bureau) AFFORD-A-CALL CORP. V. CINCINNATI BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY. Terminated complaint against Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company. (By Order [DA 95- 1880) adopted August 29, 1995 by the Chief, Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division, Common Carrier Bureau) +++++++++++++ ADDENDA: The folowing items, September 1, 1995, did not appear on Digest No. 168. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMISSION SETTLES INDECENY PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION (Report No. MM 95-89, Mass Media Action) The FCC announced today that it has approved a $1,715,000 settlement agreement between the Commission and Infinity Broadcasting Corporation News Media contact: Audrey Spivack or David Fiske at (202) 418-0500. General Counsel contact William Kennard at (202) 418-1700; Mass Media Bureau contact: Robert Ratcliffe at (202) 418-2600. FCC DENIES WAIVER REQUESTS IN THE FIRST AUCTION OF IVDS LICENSES (Report No. WT 95-15 Wireless Telecom Action) In the context of the payment rules for the first IVDS auction, the FCC denied an application for review filed Commercial Realty St. Pete, Inc., and denied petitions for reconsideration filed by Interactive America Corporation, Louisiana Interactive Broadcasting System, Inc., Heny L. Mayfield, and Vision TV, Inc., Inc. Action by the Commission August 18, 1995 by MO&O (FCC 95-367) News Media contact: Stacey Reuben Mesa at (202) 418-0654. Wireless Telecommunications Bureau contact: Eric Malinen at (202) 418-0638. [Internet filename: nrml5036.txt] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PUBLIC NOTICE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEW COMMERCIAL OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATION (COLE) QUESTIONS POOLS RELEASED FOR ELEMENTS 7 AND 9 - For further informations contact Cecilia Sulhoff at (202) 418-0680. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- REQUEST FOR WAIVERS IN THE FIRST AUCTION OF IDVS. See second item on Addenda "News Release" section. INTEGRETION OF RATES AND SERVICES FOR THE PROVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS BY AUTHORIZED COMMON CARRIERS. Granted request by AT&T Alascom for an extension of time to file tariff for interstate switching and transport services from September 1, 1995 to September 22, 1995. (CC Docket No. 83-1376 by Order [FCC 95-383] adopted August 31, 1995 by the Commission) ACT III BROADCASTING LICENSE CORP. AND SCRIPPS HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY. Granted in part the petition for temporary waiver of the Prime Time Access rule filed by ACT III and granted the request for waiver filed by Scripps. (By MO&O [FCC 95- 384] adopted September 1, 1995, by the Commission) HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS GALAXY, INC. Granted application for modifications of its authority to construct, launch, and operate its Hybrid Domestic Communications Satellite. (By MO,O&A [DA 95-1906] adopted September 1, 1995 by the Chief, International Bureau)