DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No. 233 December 14, 1995 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC PUTS COMMON CARRIER STATISTICS ON-LINE - NEW EDITION OF STATISTICS OF COMMUNICATIONS COMMON CARRIERS GOES TO PRINT - Contact: Mary Green or Katie Rangos at (202) 418-0940 [Internet file name: nrcc5099.txt] PETER COWHEY NAMED SENIOR COUNSEL FOR ECONOMIC AND COMPETITION POLICY, INTERNATIONAL BUREAU [Internet file name: nrmc5067.txt] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE (MDS) APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL - ACCEPTED FOR FILING TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG: December 13 TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG NON-DOMINANT CARRIERS: December 13 Report No. A-288 - NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL FM BROADCAST APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND NOTIFICATION OF JANUARY 18, 1996 CUT-0FF DATE Report No. B-177 - NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL FM BROADCAST APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND NOTIFICATION OF JANUARY 18 CUT-OFF DATE Report No. 23650 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report Nos. 43650, 43651A, 43649B - BROADCAST ACTIONS [Three Public Notices] Report No. 2117 - PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ACTION IN RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DENVER, CO. Notified Fernal, Inc., licensee of Station KHTH-AM, Dillon, CO, of an apparent liability for a forfeiture in the amount of $6,000 for repeated violations of the Commission's lottery provisions. (By Letter [DA 95- 2449] adopted December 8 by the Chief, Mass Media Bureau) MONTROSE AND COLMAN, SD. Upheld grant of the applications of Canistota Public Schools, Montrose, and Montrose School District #43-2, Montrose, for new ITFS stations; and denial of the mutually exclusive applications of Rutland School District, Colman, and Oldham-Ramona School District $39-5, Colman. (By MO&O [FCC 95-490] adopted December 6 by the Commission) ROSCOE AND SNYDER, TX. Upheld grant of application of Roby Consolidated Independent School District, Snyder, for new ITFS station on Channels A1-A4; and denial of the application of Highland Independent School District, Roscoe, TX. (By MO&O [FCC 95-467] adopted November 20 by the Commission) NATIONAL EXCHANGE CARRIER ASSOCIATION, INC. (NECA). Approved NECA's proposed payment rate for 1996 in the matter of Telecommunications Relay Services, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. (CC Docket No. 90-571 by Order [DA 95-2475] adopted December 11 by the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau) CABLE SERVICES BUREAU DAILY DIGEST Released Thursday, December 14, 1995 FOLSE PRODUCTIONS, INC. Granted must carry complaint filed against Helicon Cablevision of Louisiana, operator of a cable television system serving Amelia, Bayou Black, and Terrebonne, Louisiana. (By MO&O [DA 95- 2426] adopted December 5, 1995 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) ENGLE BROADCASTING. Issued letter concerning the channel addition methodology and license fee reserve to be used for the purpose of adding a channel that carries a low- power television station. (By Letter [DA 95-2466] adopted December 12, 1995 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) LAKE MINNETONKA CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. Issued letter clarifying our rules regarding franchising authority requests for information, and the status of small systems that file the Form 1230 and subsequently surpass the 15,000 subscriber threshold. (By Letter [DA 95-2474] adopted December 13, 1995 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) ++++++++++++++ ADDENDUM: The following item released December 13 was not listed on Digest 232: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON MFS' PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULING THAT INTERCONNECTOR ACCESS TO LEC SERVICES MAY NOT BE RESTRICTED - Comments are due December 29, replies January 12, 1996 - Contact: Janice M. Myles at (202) 418-1577 [DA 95-2476]