DAILY DIGESTVol. 15, No. 28 February 22, 1996
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PUBLIC NOTICES
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CARRIERS AND NECA FILE REVISIONS TO THEIR
COST ALLOCATION MANUALS - PUBLIC COMMENT
INVITED - Comments are due March 8, replies March 25 -
Contact: Tom Petras at (202) 418-0809 [DA 96-108]
WARC-97 ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
ANNOUNCED
TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG:
February 21
TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG
NON-DOMINANT CARRIERS: February 21
EX PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT
PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED
PROCEEDINGS - Contact: Barbara Lowe at (202) 418-
0310
Report No. D-840 - MASS MEDIA BUREAU
MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING
Report No. D-840-A - MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION
SERVICE APPLICATIONS
Report No. 23679 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
Report No. 43679 - BROADCAST ACTIONS
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APOLLO RADIO OF SALT LAKE CITY, INC. Granted
Apollo's petition for waiver of the rules with respect to
station K288AD, Myton, UT; granted the application for
assignment of the license and sale of the assets of Station
K288AD from Apollo to Regent Licensee of Salt Lake City,
Inc.; dismissed the applications for assignment of license
and sale of the assets of stations K257AA, Vernal, UT;
K285AB, Price, UT; K221AC, Manti, UT; and K288AA,
Evanston, WY. (By Letter [DA 96-179] adopted February
8 by the Acting Chief, Audio Services Division, Mass
Media Bureau)
GLENDALE, AZ. Granted request for waiver of the one-
to-a-market rule; granted the application for assignment of
license of KTWC(FM), Glendale, AZ, from Newmountain
Broadcasting II Corp. to MAC America Communications,
Inc. (By MO&O [DA 96-176] adopted February 12 by the
Chief, Mass Media Bureau)
FARMINGTON, GRASS VALLEY, JACKSON, LINDEN,
PLACERVILLE, AND FAIR OAKS, CA; AND CARSON
CITY AND SUN VALLEY, NV. Dismissed Gold Country
Communications, Inc.'s petition for reconsideration of the
First Report and Order in this proceeding to amend the FM
Table at the aforementioned communities. (MM Docket
No. 90-189 by MO&O [DA 95-2227] adopted November
15, 1995 by the Chief, Policy and Rules Division, Mass
Media Bureau)
AMSC SUBSIDIARY CORPORATION. Authorized
AMSC to provide incidental transborder and international
maritime communications; denied waiver request for
international tariff filing requirements for shore-to-ship calls
originating in the United States and ship-to-shore calls
terminating in the United States. (By A&C [DA 96-214]
adopted February 21 by the Chief, International Bureau)
CRUISEPHONE, INC. Granted Cruisephone's application
to use domestic mobile satellite facilities provided by
AMSC to provide maritime mobile satellite service to ships
within the service areas of AMSC's system. (By A&C [DA
96-215] adopted February 22 by the Chief, International
Bureau)
MIDDLETOWN, CA. Denied Richard T. & Della R.
Moring, Inc's application for review of a Letter from the
Mass Media Bureau which denied their petition for
reconsideration of the grant of Wine Country Radio's
application for a new FM station on Channel 254A at
Middletown, CA. (By MO&O [DA 96-481] adopted
November 30, 1995 by the Commission)
HAZLEHURST, UTICA AND VICKSBURG, MS.
Denied Donald Brady's request for reconsideration of the
Report and Order in proceeding for new FM stations at
Hazlehurst, Utica and Vicksburg, MS. (MM Docket No.
93-158 by MO&O [DA 96-175] adopted February 8 by the
Chief, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau)
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ADDENDA: The following items released February 21
were not listed on Digest 27:
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PUBLIC NOTICE
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COMMENT SOUGHT ON PETITION FOR WAIVER OF
DEFINITION OF "STUDY AREA" CONTAINED IN
APPENDIX-GLOSSARY OF PART 36 OF THE
COMMUNICATION'S RULES - Comments are due March
21, replies April 5 - Contact: Adrian Wright at (202) 418-
0830 [DA 96-210]
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SPEECH BY REED HUNDT, CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, NEWSWEEK
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FORUM, WASHINGTON,
D.C., FEBRUARY 21, 1996 - IMPLEMENTING THE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW OF 1996: THE REAL
WORK BEGINS [Internet file name: spreh608.txt]
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PANAMSAT LICENSEE CORP. Denied PanAmSat's
petition to reopen the Ka-Band satellite application
processing round. (By Order [DA 96-178] adopted
February 21 by the Chief, International Bureau)
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Responded to letter from Comcast requesting confirmation
that: 1) certain rate and service restructuring implemented
by its subsidiaries do not violate the Communication's
prohibition against negative option billing; and 2) to the
extent state and local laws would have required the
subsidiaries to seek affirmative consent from subscribers to
accomplish these restructuring, state and local laws are
inconsistent with federal regulation and are, therefore,
preempted. (By Letter [DA 96-212] released February 21
by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau)
INTERSTATE OPERATOR SERVICES FOR THE DEAF.
Denied the petition for rulemaking of Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company requesting that the Commission
establish a funding mechanism for recovery of the cost of
providing Operator Services for the Deaf. (By MO&O [DA
96-211] adopted February 20 by the Chief, Common Carrier
Bureau)