DAILY DIGEST Vol. 15, No. 106 June 12, 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON MFS PETITION FOR PREEMPTION OF LOCAL ENTRY BARRIERS IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY - CCB Pol 96-15 [DA 96-937] Comments due July 12; replies July 29 FEDERAL STATE JOINT BOARD TO HOLD OPEN MEETING WEDNESDAY JUNE 19, 1996 [DA 96-936] 1995 BROADCAST AND CABLE EMPLOYMENT REPORT Five year minority and female employment trend reports for the broadcast and cable industries. For additional information concerning data call (202) 418-1450. LICENSEES OF AM, FM AND FM TRANSLATOR STATIONS IN IOWA AND MISSOURI, AND FM TRANSLATOR STATIONS IN NEVADA - CURRENT ADDRESSES FOR UPCOMING MAILING OF LICENSE RENEWAL BOOKLETS For further information contact Claudia Patterson at (202) 418-2784. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG -- June 11 EX PARTE PRESENTATION AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED PROCEEDINGS Report No. A-296 -- NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL FM BROADCAST APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND NOTIFICATION OF JULY 12 CUT-OFF DATE Report No. B-183 -- NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL FM BROADCAST APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND NOTIFICATION OF JULY 12 CUT-OFF DATE Report No. D-858 -- MASS MEDIA MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE APPLICATIONS RE: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING Report No. D-858-A -- MASS MEDIA BUREAU MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE APPLICATIONS Report No. 23758 --BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. 43758 -- BROADCAST ACTIONS Report No. 1260 -- CABLE TELEVISION RELAY SERVICE (CARS) APPLICATIONS RE: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING Report No. 3576 -- CABLE SERVICES ACTIONS Report No. CL-96-52 -- WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL WIRELESS DIVISION - RESULTS OF UNSERVED AREA CELLULAR LOTTERY Report No. NCS-96-32 -- WIRELESS NARROWBAND COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION Report No. NCS-96-32-A -- WIRELESS NARROWBAND BRANCH INFORMATION Report No. 1191 -- WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU PART 21 RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS - Week of May 29 through June 5 Report No. DS-1637 -- SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INFORMATION RE: SATELLITE RADIO APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING Report No. DS-1638 -- INTERNATIONAL BUREAU ACTIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- RURALVISION CENTRAL, INC. and RURALVISION SOUTH, INC. Denied petitions for reconsideration of the return of four RURALVISION applications for authority to construct and operate Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) stations on channels 1 and 2A at four transmitter sites. (By O on R [DA 96-910] adopted June 7, 1996, by the Assistant Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media Bureau) GAZETTE COMPANY. Acted on reconsideration petition for returned application asking for authority to construct and operate an MDS station on the F channels at Cedar Rapids, IA. (By O on R [DA 96-916] adopted June 7, 1996, by the Assistant Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media Bureau) MDS APPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE STATIONS ON THE CHANNEL 1 AND 2, E, F AND H GROUP CHANNELS AT VARIOUS TRANSMITTER SITES. Acted on petitions for reconsideration of the return or dismissal without prejudice of eight applications to construct and operate MDS stations on the E, F, H1, H2, and H3, and channels 1 and 2 at various transmitter sites. (By O on R [DA 96-918] adopted June 7, 1996, by the Assistant Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media Bureau) NANCY M. NALESZKIEWICZ and RICHARD D. MORGESE TRUST. Acted on two petitions for reconsideration of the return of two applications for authority to construct and operate an MDS station on the F-group channels at Cheyenne, WY. (By O on R [DA 96-914] adopted June 7, 1996, by the Assistant Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media Bureau) HISTORIC HUDSON VALLEY RADIO, INC. FOR RENEWAL OF LICENSE FOR STATIONS WGH (AM)/WBPM(FM) KINGSTON, NY. Recalculated forfeiture and reduced it to $8,000. Ordered Historic Hudson, licensee of WGHQ(AM)-WBPM(FM), Kingston, NY, to forfeit $8,000 for the willful and repeated violations of Section 73.2080 of the Commission's rules. (By MO&O and Forfeiture Order [FCC 96-246] adopted May 29, 1996, by the Commission) WALLER BROADCASTING, INC. Recalculated proposed forfeiture and reduced it from $31,250 to $12,000. Ordered Waller Broadcasting, Inc., licensee of KEBE(AM)/KOOI(FM), Jacksonville, TX, to forfeit $12,000 for the willful and repeated violations of Sections 0.457 and 0.459 of the Commission's rules. (By MO&O and Forfeiture Order [FCC 96-243] adopted May 29, 1996, by the Commission) GREENVILLE CORPORATION. Recalculated proposed forfeiture and reduced it from $37,500 to $6,000. Ordered First Greenville Corporation, licensee of KGVL(AM)- KIKT(FM), Greenville, TX, to forfeit $6,000 for the willful and repeated violations of Section 73.2080 of the Commission's rules. (By MO&O and Forfeiture Order [FCC 96-247] adopted May 29, 1996, by the Commission) FIBERCARIBE, INC. Granted authority to land and operate a digital submarine fiber optic cable between Florida, the Cayman Islands and Belize. (By Cable Landing License [DA 96-857] adopted May 22, 1996, by the Chief, Telecommunications Division, International Bureau) IDB WORLDCOM, INC., WORLDCOM FEDERAL SYSTEMS, INC., SATELLITE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION SPECIALISTS, CO. and IDB WORLDCOM SERVICES, INC. Acted on IDB WorldCom, Inc.'s WorldCom Federal Systems, Inc., Satellite Transmission and Reception Specialists Co., and IDB WorldCom Services, Inc.'s request to modify their regulatory classification from dominant to non-dominant for their authorized services to the United Kingdom and Germany. (By MO&O [DA 96- 869] adopted May 24, 1996, by the Chief, Telecommunications Division, International Bureau) CABLE SERVICES BUREAU DAILY DIGEST Released Tuesday, June 11, 1996 (Late Releases) (not on DD 6/11) GARDEN STATE CABLEVISION, INC. The Commission adopted a Resolution that resolved all rate complaints filed against Garden State through December 1, 1995. (By Order [FCC 96-261] adopted June 10, 1996 by the Commission) CABLEVISION INDUSTRIES CORPORATION. The Commission adopted a Resolution that resolved all rate complaints filed against Cablevision from September 1, 1993 through July 14, 1994. (By Order [FCC 96-262] adopted June 10, 1996 by the Commission) Released Wednesday, June 12, 1996 MARCUS CABLE PROPERTIES, INC. Denied petition for special relief filed by Marcus Cable Properties, Inc. requesting a waiver of the Commission's rules defining systems subject to small system rate relief. (By MO&O [DA 96-935] adopted June 11, 1996 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) ********** ADDENDA: The following items released June 11, 1996, were not listed on Digest 105: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWS RELEASES ------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMISSION ADOPTS RESOLUTION OF CABLE RATE COMPLAINTS INVOLVING GARDEN STATE CABLEVISION, L.P. -- (Report No. CS 96-23, Cable Services Action) The Commission has adopted a Resolution that will resolve cable television rate cases pending against Garden State Cablevision, L.P. involving about 200,000 subscribers. Action by the Commission June 10, 1996, by Order (FCC 96-261) News Media Contact: Morgan Broman at (202) 418- 2358; Cable Bureau Contact: Marjorie Greene at (202) 418- 7200. COMMISSION ADOPTS RESOLUTION OF CABLE RATE COMPLAINT INVOLVING CABLEVISION INDUSTRIES CORPORATION -- (Report No. CS 96-22, Cable Services Action) The Commission has adopted a Resolution of 167 cable rate complaints involving Cablevision Industries, Corporation covering approximately 427,500 subscribers in over 90 communities. Action by Commission June 10, 1996, by Order (FCC 96-262) News Media Contact: Morgan Broman at (202) 418- 2358; Cable Bureau Contact: Marjorie Greene at (202) 418- 7200. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TEXTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLASSICAL ACQUISITION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. Ordered Classical Acquisitions Limited Partntership, licensee of Station WTEM(AM), Bethesda, MD, to forfeit $4,000 for the repeated violation of Section 317 of the Communications Act, as amended, and Section 73.1212 of the Commission's rules. (By MO&O adopted June 5, 1996, by the Chief, Mass Media Bureau) RURALVISION CENTRAL, INC. and RURALVISION SOUTH, INC. Denied two petitions for reconsideration of the return of four applications for authority to construct and operate MDS stations on the H channels at transmitter sites at Brookville, IL and Knippa, TX. (By O on R [DA 96-910] adopted June 7, 1996, by the Assistant Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media Bureau) SOUTHWESTERN BELL. Approved Southwestern Bell Telephone Company's Comparably Efficient Interconnection Plans for PC Backup and Recovery Service and Facsimile Service. (By Order [DA 96-932] adopted June 11, 1996, by the Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau) REVISION OF PART 22 AND PART 90 OF COMMISSION'S RULES. Modified Commission's interim licensing rules established by the First Report and Order in this docket. (WT Docket No. 96-18, PP Docket No. 93-253, by O on R of First R&O [FCC 96-260] adopted June 10, 1996, by the Commission)