DAILY DIGESTVol. 15, No. 88 May 16, 1996
**Before an entry denotes that the item is part of the
FCC's implementation of the 1996 Telecom Act. While
we will attempt to flag all Telecom Act-related items, this
marking is unofficial and informational only.
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NEWS RELEASES
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POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS NAMED FOR OPEN
ECONOMICS FORUM ON INTERCONNECTION
Potential panelists named for forum to take place
May 20, 1996 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Contact: Stan Felder
at (202) 418-0255 or Martha Contee at (202) 418-0260.
FCC RELEASES STUDY ON TELEPHONE TRENDS
Report entitled Trends in Telephone Service was
designed to provide answers to some frequently-asked
questions about telephone industry.
For further information, contact the Industry
Analysis Division, Common Carrier Bureau at (202) 418-
0940. [Internet file name: nroc6032.txt]
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PUBLIC NOTICES
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NOTICE OF PROHIBITED PRESENTATION RECEIVED
DURING SUNSHINE PERIOD - ADVANCED
TELEVISION SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPACT UPON
THE EXISTING TELEVISION BROADCAST SERVICE
(MM Docket No. 87-268)
TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG -
May 15
TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG -
Non-Dominant Carriers - May 15
NOTICE OF PROHIBITED PRESENTATIONS - TIME
WARNER CABLE COMPANY (Class No. 960008)
FCC COMPLETES PROCESSING OF 931 MHZ PAGING
APPLICATIONS BASED ON FIRST SOFTWARE RUN,
ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF SECOND RUN [DA 96-776]
Contact: Sam Gumbert or Ed Jacobs at
(202) 418-0620. [Internet file name:
pub/Bureaus/Wireless/Databases/900_Paging]
FCC LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZATION
PROCESSING - SPEED OF SERVICE
Speed of service processing time for April 1
through April 30, 1996 for applications processed under FCC
Identifier system of equipment identification.
Report No. 23729 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
Report No. 43739 - BROADCAST ACTIONS
Report No. I-8175 - OVERSEAS COMMON CARRIER
SECTION 214 APPLICATION ACTIONS TAKEN (Formal
Section 63.01) [DA 96-754]
Report No. 110A - TYPE ACCEPTANCE/NOTIFICATION
ACTIONS
Report No. 110B - CERTIFICATION/NOTIFICATION
ACTIONS
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SPEECHES
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REMARKS OF MICHELE C. FARQUHAR, CHIEF OF
THE FCC'S WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BUREAU, MAY 15, 1996, BEFORE THE PERSONAL
COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
SPRING GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE: THE
WIRELESS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
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PDB COPRPORATION/ STATE COLLEGE, MS. Denied
PDB Corporation's Application For Review of the staff's
action dismissing PDB's application for reinstatement of
expired construction permit and cancelling the construction
permit of new FM broadcast station WUMI(FM). (By
MO&O [FCC 96-170] adopted April 11, 1996, by the
Commission)
TRMR, INC./EAST WENATCHEE, EPHRATA, CHELAN,
MOSES LAKE AND CLE ELUM,WA. Denied KSEM's
Application for Review of the February 2, 1995 action
denying KSEM's Petition To Deny and granting the
application of TRMR, Inc,. for a construction permit for a
new FM Station on Channel 230C2, Ephrata, Washington,
and affirmed proposed allotment of Channel 229C2 at East
Wenatchee, Washington and deletion of Channel 230C2 at
Ephrata, Washington; terminated proceeding. (MM Docket
No. 93-221 by MO&O [FCC 96-165] adopted April 10,
1996, by the Commission)
SUNBEAM PRODUCTIONS. Acted on Sunbeams request
for a Declaratory Ruling. (By Staff Ruling [DA 96-770]
adopted May 14, 1996, by the Chief, Complaints and
Political Programming Branch, Mass Media Bureau)
FIDELITY TELEPHONE COMPANY and BOURBEUSE
TELEPHONE COMPANY. Granted petition for waiver of
certain Commission rules governing the balloting and
allocation procedures associated with equal access
conversion. (By MO&O [DA 96-771] adopted May 14,
1996, by the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common
Carrier Bureau)
JAMES A. KAY, JR. Denied application for review filed
April 9, 1996 by James A. Kay, Jr. seeking review of an
initial Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) decision entered
by the Chief, Licensing Division of the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, which withheld from public
disclosure certain agency documents relating to Marc Sobel
and Multiple M Enterprises, Inc. Denied Kay's requests for
waiver of charges imposed in responding to his FOIA
request. (By MO&O [FCC 96-220] adopted May 14, 1996,
by the Commission)
FRED DANIEL D/B/A ORION TELECOM AND PAGING
SYSTEMS, INC. Denied Petitions To Deny filed against
Orion Telecom and against Paging Systems, Inc. with regard
to license applications for Automated Marine
Telecommunications System stations at Miami, Fl; New
Bern; NC; Suffolk, VA; Baltimore, MD; Newark, NJ; New
York, NY; Oak Hill, FL; Rehoboth, MA; Spaulding, FL;
Balm, FL; Raymond, ME. (By MO&O [DA 96-738] adopted
May 10, 1996 by the Chief, Private Wireless Division,
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau)
SOUTHWESTERN BELL MOBILE SYSTEMS, INC.
Granted Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Inc.'s request
for correction regarding the grant of secondary status, rather
than primary status, to Station WMK410 (Pontiac, IL),
Station WMK411 (Streator, IL), and Station WMK412 (La
Salle, IL) for the frequency assignment 2131.6 MHz. (By
Order on Reconsideration [DA 96-737] adopted May 9,
1996, by the Chief, Private Wireless Division, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau)
CABLE SERVICES BUREAU
DAILY DIGEST
Released Thursday, May 16, 1996
K.B. ROBERTS ET. AL. V. TIME WARNER CABLE OF
HOUSTON. Denied commercial leased access petition
requesting area-specific carriage on Time Warner Cable's
Houston system. (By MO&O [DA 96-652] adopted April
24, 1996 by the Cable Services Bureau).
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ADDENDA: The following items released May 15, 1996,
were not listed on Digest 87:
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NEWS RELEASES
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COMMISSIONER QUELLO NAMES JAMES COLTHARP
AS SPECIAL COUNSEL
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PUBLIC NOTICES
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ALLOCATION OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL
EXCHANGE CARRIER PROVISION OF VIDEO
PROGRAMMING SERVICES; NOTICE OF PROPOSED
RULEMAKING, CC DOCKET NO. 96-112, FCC 96-214
Appendices filed with comments and reply
comments [DA 96-774]. Contact: Andrew Mulitz at (202)
418-0827.
Report No. TD-9 - PROTESTED TARIFF
TRANSMITTALS ACTIONS TAKEN
[DA 96-773]
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AMENDMENT OF PART 95 OF COMMISSION'S
RULES. Amended Part 95 of Commission's Rules and
Regulations to establish a very short distance, unlicensed,
two-way voice radio service, effective 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register; terminated proceeding.
(WT Docket No. 95-102 by R&O [FCC 96-215] adopted
May 10, 1996, by the Commission)