DAILY DIGESTVol. 15, No.13 January 31, 1996
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NEWS RELEASES
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WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU CHIEF
ANNOUNCES NEW COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVES.
News Media contact: Kara Palamaras at (202) 418-0654;
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau contact: D'wana
Speight at (202) 418-0600. [Internet file name:
nrwl6005.txt]
FCC GRANTS MINORITY COMMUNICATIONS INC.'S
APPLICATION FOR A NEW NONCOMMERCIAL
STATION, KKUCB-FM, IN DES MOINES, IOWA
(Report GN 96-2, GENERAL ACTION)
Action by the Commission January 26 by Order
(FCC 9632).
News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball or Kara
Palamaras at (202) 418-0500. [Internet file name:
nrmm6001.txt]
FCC GRANTS LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION OF
WNGM-TV, ATHENS, GA, WITH CONDITIONS;
NOTIFIED LICENSEE OF NAL OF $20,000 FOR EEO
VIOLATIONS (Report MM 96-5, Mass Media Action)
Action by the Commission January 24, 2996, by
MO&O (FCC 96-21).
News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202)
418-0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Roy W. Boyce at
(202) 418-1450. [Internet file name nrmm5123.txt]
STATISTICS OF COMMUNICATIONS COMMON
CARRIERS RELEASED BY FCC. Contact Mary Green or
Katie Rangos at (202) 418-0940 [Internet file name:
nrcc6009.txt]
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PUBLIC NOTICES
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FCC ANNOUNCES NEXT MEETING TO DISCUSS
IMPLEMENTATION OF TOLL FREE 888 DATABASE -
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7, 9 AM. Contact: Mary De Luca
at (202) 418-2334 [Internet file name: nrcc6010.txt]
COMMENT SOUGHT ON REQUEST FOR
INTERPRETATION OR WAIVER OF SECTION
95.861(c), CONCERNING NOTIFICATION OF
POTENTIAL INTERFERENCE FROM IVDS SYSTEMS;
comments due Feb. 14, replies Feb. 23. (DA 96-102).
"PERMIT BUT DISCLOSE" EX PARTE RULES
APPLIED TO NECA'S PETITIONS FOR
AUTHORIZATION TO ASSIST CARRIERS WITH TOLL
MARKET SHARE INFORMATION AND FOR
AUTHORIZATION TO ENGAGE IN ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITIES; contact Clara Kuehn at (202) 418-0844 or
John V. Guasti at (202) 418-0878. (DA 96-71)
COMMENTS INVITED ON COMSAT MOBILE
COMMUNICATIONS' PETITION FOR PARTIAL
RECONSIDERATION OF ORDER APPROVING CMC'S
COST ALLOCATION MANUAL; comments due Feb. 29,
replies March 15; contact Debbie Weber at 9202) 418-0810.
(DA 96-67)
COMMENTS INVITED ON COMSAT MOBILE
COMMUNICATIONS' COST ALLOCATION MANUAL
REVISIONS; comments due Feb. 29, replies March 15;
contact Debbie Weber at (202) 418-0818. (DA 96-68)
PUBLIC INFORMATION COLLECTION
REQUIREMENTS SUBMITTED TO OMB FOR REVIEW;
contact: Dorothy Conway at (202) 418-0217
FCC LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZATION
PROCESSING - SPEED OF SERVICE
Report 23664 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
Report 43664 - BROADCAST ACTIONS
Reports D-837, 837-A - MASS MEDIA BUREAU
MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE
APPLICATIONS
(over)
Report 1241 - CABLE TV RELAY SERVICE (CARS)
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING
Reports N-006, 006A - COMMON CARRIER BUREAU
NETWORK SERVICES APPLICATIONS
Report NCS-96-13 - WIRELESS NARROWBAND
COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION
Report NCS-96-13-A - WIRELESS NARROWBAND
BRANCH INFORMATION
Report 1172 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BUREAU PART 21 RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS -
WEEK OF JAN. 17-24
Report DS-1598 - SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES - THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU MAKES
ITS EARTH STATION LICENSING DATA AVAILABLE
OVER THE INTERNET
Reports DS-1599-1600 - SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INFORMATION
Report 106A - TYPE ACCEPTANCE/NOTIFICATION
ACTIONS
Report 106B - CERTIFICATION/NOTIFICATION
ACTIONS
Report 2118 - Corrected -OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS,
REFERENCE OPERATIONS DIVISION, PETITIONS
FOR RULEMAKING FILED
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TRIAX SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATES, L.P. Granted
Triax's notice of withdrawal of its appeal of the rate order
issued by the County of Pitt, NC; dismissed appeal. (By
Order [DA 96-34] adopted January 18 by the Chief,
Consumer Protection and Competition Division, Cable
Services Bureau)
AT&T. Authorized to convey capacity in the TAINO-
CARIB Cable System; to convey capacity in the TPC-4
Cable System; to convey capacity in the U.S.-BAHAMAS
Cable System; to convey capacity in the TAT-11 Cable
System; in conjunction with AT&T of Puerto Rico, Inc., to
acquire and convey capacity in the TCS-1 Cable System (By
O&A [DA 96-56] adopted January 18 by the Chief,
Telecommunications Division, International Bureau)
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The following items, released January 30, were not listed on
Digest 12:
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SPEECH
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REMARKS OF FCC COMMISSIONER RACHELLE B.
CHONG BEFORE THE UNITED STATES TELEPHONE
ASSOCIATION NATIONAL ISSUES CONFERENCE,
Washington, DC, Jan. 30, "A Roadmap to More
Competition and Less Regulation" [Internet file name:
sprbc601.txt]
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GTE CALIFORNIA, INC. Granted request for dismissal of
application to continue video channel service to an affiliate
in Cerritos, CA; terminated STA. (By MO&O [DA 96-97]
adopted January 30 by the Deputy Chief, Network Services
Division, Common Carrier Bureau)
GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Granted partial
waiver of the Commission's Bush Earth Station policy to
allow it to construct and operate up to 50 earth stations in
sparsely populated rural Alaskan communities to provide
inter-exchange MTS. (By MO&O [DA 96-99] adopted
January 30 by the Chief, International Bureau)
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