DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No. 216 November 20, 1995 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC GRANTS APPLICATIONS FOR REVIEW FILED BY CRYSTAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY TELEVISION NETWORK (Report No. GN 95-11, General Action) Action by the Commission November 9, 1995 by MO&O (FCC 95-459). News Media contact: Kara Palamaras at (202) 418- 0500. [Internet file name: nrmc5063.txt] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, ALL ITEMS DATED AND SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 14 BY THE FCC'S OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, NEWS MEDIA DIVISION, WERE ACTUALLY RELEASED MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 ++++++++++++++++ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECONSIDERATION OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL OF STATION WLYF(FM), MIAMI, FL, DENIED (Report No. MM 95-107) The Commission has denied the petition for reconsideration filed by the National Hispanic Media Coalition and the Spanish American League Against Discrimination concerning the license renewal application of Jefferson-Pilot Communications co., licensee of Station WLYF(FM), Miami, FL. Action by the Commission October 23 by MO&O [FCC 95-432]. News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202) 418-0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Myra Kovey at (202) 418-1430. [Internet file name: nrmm5118.txt] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS SUBMITTED TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET FOR REVIEW - Contact: Dorothy Conway at (202) 418-0217 [PRA 95-020] CORRECTION to Public Notice released November 3 - EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED PROCEEDINGS Report No. I-8124 - OVERSEAS COMMON CARRIER SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS ACTIONS TAKEN Report No. I-8125 - OVERSEAS SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING Report No. 280 - EXPERIMENTAL ACTIONS Report No. 2113 - PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ACTION IN RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIAMI BEACH, FL. Notified Rumbaut Management, Inc., licensee of Station WHBS(AM), Miami Beach, of an apparent liability for a forfeiture in the amount of $1,000 for repeated violation of the anti-lottery broadcast provisions. (By Letter [DA 95-2303] adopted November 6 by the Chief, Mass Media Bureau) ELLIS THOMPSON CORPORATION. Granted the application of Ellis Thompson Corporation for facilities in the domestic public cellular radio telecommunications service on frequency block A in market No. 134, Atlantic City, NJ. (CC Docket No. 94-136 by Summary Decision [FCC 95D-14] issued November 6 by ALJ Joseph Chachkin) CABLE SERVICES BUREAU DAILY DIGEST Released Tuesday, November 14, 1995 CABLEVISION OF EAST HAMPTON. Granted the complaint filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in East Hampton, New York. (By MO&O [DA 95-2254] adopted October 30, 1995 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) TCI CABLEVISION OF OREGON, INC. Denied in part, and remanded in part, an appeal of local rate order of the Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission filed by TCI Cablevision of Oregon. Also vacated a prior stay of the local rate order which had been in effect pending the resolution of TCI's appeal. (By Order [DA 95-2269] adopted October 30, 1995 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) ++++++++++++++ ADDENDA: The following items released November 13 were not listed on Digest 215: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC ISSUES $5,000 NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY AGAINST ELKHART TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR VIOLATION OF EX PARTE RULES (Report No. GN 95-10, General Action) Action by the Commission November 13 by NAL (FCC 95-460). News Media contact: Kara Palamaras at (202) 418- 0500. [Internet file name: nrmc5062.txt] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC ANNOUNCES SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES ELECTRONIC FILING ACCESSED CLOSED, MDS AUCTION SCHEDULE CHANGE, 900 MHz SMR AUCTION COMMENCEMENT DATE CHANGE, AND PCS C BLOCK BIDDING SEMINAR DATE CHANGE DUE TO FCC SHUTDOWN - Contact: John Spencer (MDS); Diane Law (SMR); or Louis Sigalos (C Block) at (202) 418-0660 FCC WILL PROCEED WITH C BLOCK AUCTION ON SCHEDULE - Contact: Kathleen O'Brien Ham at (202) 418-0660 or Peter Tenhula at (202) 418-1700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOLL FREE SERVICE ACCESS CODES. Denied Personal Communications Industry Association's request for a two-week extension of time to file reply comments in the matter of toll free service access codes. (CC Docket No. 95-155 by Order [DA 95-2337] adopted November 13 by the Deputy Chief, Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau) ELKHART TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. V. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY (SWB). Concluded that Elkhart has made persuasive showing that SWB's failure to provide it interconnection to its CCS/S7 network under a meet point billing arrangement is contrary to Commission rules and orders and in violation of the Communications Act; denied Elkhart's claims that SWV violated the Act; required SWB to provide the interconnection requested by Elkhart. (By MO&O [DA 95- 2342] adopted November 13 by the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau) PRICE CAP REGULATION OF LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS (LECs). Granted request by the Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee for a three month extension of time to file comments in response to the LEC Pricing Flexibility NPRM. (CC Docket Nos. 94-1, 93-124, 93-197 by Order on Motion for Extension of Time [DA 95- 2340] adopted November 13 by the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau) ELKHART TELEPHONE COMPANY. See first item under ADDENDA: "News Release." INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L. P. Granted Insight's petition for special relief requesting a waiver of the Commission's rules defining systems subject to small system rate relief. (By MO&O [DA 95-2334] adopted November 9 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau)