DAILY DIGESTVol. 15, No. 47 March 20, 1996 ** Before an entry denotes that the item is part of the FCC's implementation of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. While we will attempt to flag all Telcom Act-related items, this marking is unofficial and informational only. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- JENNIFER A. WARREN NAMED ASSISTANT BUREAU IN WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU; TROY TANNER BECOMES INTERNATIONAL BUREAU SENIOR LEGAL ADVISOR [Internet filename:nrmc6020.txt] **COMMISSION SEEKS COMMENT ON NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON AMENDMENTS TO CABLE EQUIPMENT COST RULES --CS Docket No. 96- 57 (Report No. DC 96-22, Action in Docket Case) The Commission has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 96-177), to implement Section 301(j) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "1996 Act"), which requires the Commission to allow cable operators to aggregate, on a franchise, system, regional, or company level, their equipment costs into broad categories. Action by the Commission by NPRM (FCC 96- 177) adopted, March 18, 1996. News Media contact: Morgan Broman at (202) 416- 0852. Cable Services Bureau contact: Lenworth Smith at (202) 416-0800. [Internet filename:nrcb6003.txt] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Report No. D-844 - MASS MEDIA BUREAU MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE APPLICATIONS. Report No. D-844-A - MASS MEDIA BUREAU MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE APPLICATIONS. Report No. 23698 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Report No. 43698 - BROADCAST ACTIONS. Report No. 1248 - CABLE TELEVISION RELAY SERVICE (CARS) APPLICATIONS -- RE: Applications Accepted for Filing. Report No. NCS-96-20 - WIRELESS NARROWBAND COMMERCIAL SERVICE INFORMATION. Report No. NCS-96-20-A - WIRELESS NARROWBAND BRANCH INFORMATION. Report No. 1179 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU PART 21 RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS -- Week of March 06 thru March 13, 1996. Report No. N-012-A - COMMON CARRIER NETWORK SERVICES APPLICATIONS. Report No. SPB-40 - SATELLITE POLICY BRANCH INFORMATION: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Report No. DS-1613 - SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INFORMATION. Report No. DS-1614 - SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE PETROLEUM V. NASBY CORPORATION. Granted in part and denied in part applications for review and remanded this FM proceeding to the presiding judge. (By MO&O [FCC 96-103] adopted March 11, 1996, by the Commission) COMMUNITY TV CORP., DBA THE AMERICABLE GROUP. Affirmed Bureau's denial of confidentiality request made with respect to rate justification materials (i.e., FCC Form 393). (By MO&O [FCC 96-101] adopted March 11, 1996 by the Commission) TKR CABLE COMPANY OF RAMAPO. Affirmed Bureau's denial of confidentiality request made with respect to rate justification materials (i.e., FCC Form 393). (By MO&O [FCC 96-102] adopted March 11, 1996 by the Commission) **AGGREGATION OF EQUIPMENT COSTS BY CABLE OPERATORS. Proposed to amend the Commission rules to implement Section 301(j) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which adds a new Section 623(a)(7) to the Communication Act of 1934 as amended. This new section will allow cable operators to aggregate, on a franchise, system, regional, or company level, their equipment costs into broad categories regardless of the varying levels of functionality of the equipment within each such broad category. Comments are due 15 days from publication in the Federal Register and reply comments are due ten days after comments are due. (By NPRM, CS Docket No. 96- 57 [FCC 96-117] adpoted March 18, 1996 by the Commission) CMA CABLEVISION ASSOCIATES. Denied complaints filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in Frostburg, MD. (By MO&O [DA 96-192] adopted February 15, 1996 by the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) CABLEVISION OF NEWARK. Denied complaints filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in Newark and South Orange, NJ. (By MO&O [DA 96-193] adopted February 15, 1996 by the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) TKR CABLE COMPANY. Granted the complaints filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in Clarkstown and Montvale, NJ. (By MO&O [DA 96-226] adopted February 22, 1996 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) LAFAYETTE CABLE TV COMPANY. Granted the complaints filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in Lafayette, GA. (By MO&O [DA 96-227] adopted February 22, 1996 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) LAKE CABLEVISION, INC. Granted the complaints filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in Bethlehem, GA. (By MO&O [DA 96-228] adopted February 22, 1996 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) LIBERTY CORPORATION. Granted petition filed by Liberty Corporation seeking special relief for modification of Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, Mississippi ADI; ordered Gulf American Cable to commence carriage of WLOX-TV (ABC, Ch. 13), Biloxi, Mississippi on its system serving four communities in Mississippi. (By MO&O [DA 96-262] adopted February 28, 1996 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) GO INC. Granted signal carriage complaint filed by GO Inc. and requiring Prime Cable to carry KLTJ(TV) on its cable systems serving Houston, Texas area communities. (By MO&O [DA 96-306] adopted March 4, 1996 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) TIME WARNER CABLE OF HOUSTON/GO INC. Denied petition for special relief to delete several Houston, Texas area cable communities from KLTJ(TV)'s television market. Granted signal carriage complaint filed by GO Inc. and requiring Time Warner Cable of Houston to carry KLTJ(TV) on its several cable systems serving Houston, Texas area communities. (By MO&O [DA 96-307] adopted March 4, 1996 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) CABLEVISION OF MASSACHUSETTS. Granted request of Television Broadcast Station WGOT (Channel 60), Merrimack, New Hampshire, for mandatory carriage by Cablevision of Massachusetts. (By MO&O [DA 96-312] adopted March 11, 1996 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) PRIME CABLE D\B\A COMMUNITY CABLE TV. Dismissed complaint filed against the rate charged cable programming service in Las Vegas, NV. (By MO&O [DA 96-325] adopted March 11, 1996 by the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) PAXSON HOUSTON LICENSE, INC., HOUSTON, TX. Granted the petition for mandatory carriage of television broadcast station KTFH(TV) on cable systems operated by Home Theater Cablevision in the Northborough section of Houston, Texas and surrounding areas. (By MO&O [DA 96-349] adopted March 11, 1996 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) GO INC. Granted signal carriage complaint filed by GO Inc. and requiring TCI-TKR to carry KLTJ(TV) on its cable systems serving Houston, Texas area communities. (By MO&O [DA 96-350] adopted March 11, 1996 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) TRIAX CABLEVISION. Dismissed complaint filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in Grand Rapids, OH. (By MO&O [DA 96-351] adopted March 12, 1996 by the Deputy Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance, Cable Services Bureau) **REVISION OF FILING REQUIREMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 402(b)(2)(B) OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996: ANNUAL ARMIS REPORTS. Rescinded the proposal in Revision of Reporting Requirements that ARMIS quality of service reports be filed semi-annually and ordered that they be filed annually beginning April 1, 1996. (CC Docket No. 96-23 by Order [DA 96-381] adopted March 18, 1996, by the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau) PACIFIC BELL. Dismissed petition by Teleport Communications Group, Inc., for declaratory ruling opposing plan by Pacific Bell to relieve an anticipated shortage of telephone numbers in the 310 area code. (By Order [DA 96-394] adopted March 19, by the Chief, Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau) ********* ADDENDA: The following items released March 19 were not listed on Digest 46: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC BUDGET OF $222,538,000 PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Report No. 1070 - CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE REGISTRATIONS; SPECIAL RELIEF AND OTHER FILINGS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEECHES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS OF COMMISSIONER SUSAN NESS, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, BEFORE THE AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION, "THE POWER OF ADVERTISING," MARCH 14, 1996 REMARKS OF MICHELE FARQUHAR, ACTING CHIEF, WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION BUREAU, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, TO THE LAND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL, WASHINGTON, MARCH 19, 1996. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY AND NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Granted in part and denied in part the petition for extension of waiver to extend NYNEX's waiver of the Communications standards governing nonrecurring reconfiguration charge for one additional year until March 20, 1997. (By MO&O [DA 96-389] adopted March 19, 1996, by the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau) -FCC-