DAILY DIGESTVol. 15, No. 131 July 17, 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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EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY
COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED
PROCEEDINGS
Report Nos. D-864, D-864-A -- MASS MEDIA BUREAU
MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE
APPLICATIONS
Report No. 96-5 -- FM TRANSLATOR-BOOSTER
APPLICATIONS READY AND AVAILABLE FOR
PROCESSING
Report No. 1265 -- CABLE TELEVISION RELAY
SERVICE (CARS) APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR
FILING
Report No. 3581 -- CABLE SERVICES ACTION
Report No. 1196 -- WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BUREAU PART 21 RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS -- Week of July 3 through July 10
Report No. NCS-96-37 -- WIRELESS NARROWBAND
COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION
Report No. NCS-96-37-A -- WIRELESS NARROWBAND
BRANCH INFORMATION
Report No. CW-96-12 -- BROADBAND PERSONAL
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES ENTREPRENEURS' C
BLOCK SERVICE INFORMATION -- APPLICATIONS
ACCEPTED FOR FILING
Report No. I-8189 -- EX PARTE STATUS OF WAIVER
REQUESTS FILED UNDER SECTION 64.1001 OF THE
COMMISSION'S RULES
Report No. SPB-53 -- SATELLITE POLICY BRANCH
INFORMATION: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR
FILING
Report No. DS-1648 -- SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES
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HANFORD, CA. Dismissed the application for review filed by Crystal Communications, Inc.
and California Community
Television Network with regard to the construction permit of
Station KGEN-FM, Hanford, California. (By MO&O [FCC
96-293] adopted June 28, 1996, by the Commission)
NORFOLK AND CHESAPEAKE, VA. Granted the joint license renewal applications for
Stations
WTAR(AM)/WLTY-FM, Norfolk, Virginia, and
WKOC(FM), Chesapeake, Virginia, subject to reporting conditions and a Notice of Apparent
Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $12,000 for violation of the EEO rules. (By
MO&O&NAL [FCC 96-300] adopted July 2, 1996, by the
Commission)
**ERRATUM to the Order released June 27, 1996 (CC
Docket No. 95-116, FCC 96-286) in the matter of Telephone
Number Portability.
PACIFIC BELL. Suspended for one day the virtual collocation revisions to Pacific Bell Tariff
F.C.C. No. 128, filed under Transmittal No. 1873, and instituted an investigation. (CC Docket
No. 93-162 by Order [DA 96-
1134] adopted July 15, 1996, by the Chief, Competitive
Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau)
AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE. Permitted but did not require volunteer-examiner coordinators
to file Amateur
Radio Service license renewal and modification applications electronically. (By Order [DA
96-1144] adopted July 16,
1996, by the Deputy Associate Bureau Chief, Office of
Operations, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau)
CABLE SERVICES BUREAU
DAILY DIGEST
Released Wednesday, July 17, 1996
TIME WARNER CABLE. Denied request to delete the community of Avenal, California
from the Fresno-Visalia,
California ADI for the purposes of mandatory carriage of
Television Broadcast Station KKAG (Channel 61),
Porterville, California. (By MO&O [DA 96-1092] adopted
July 3 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau)
KSLS, INC. Granted must carry complaint filed against ML
Media Partners, L.P., trading as MultiVision Cable TV, operator of a cable television system
serving Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach, California, seeking carriage. (By
MO&O [DA-96-1105] adopted July 9, 1996, by the Cable
Services Bureau)
BRESNAN COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY. Dismissed complaints filed against the rates
charged for cable programming service in Ontonagon, MI. (By MO&O [DA
96-1112] adopted July 10, 1996 by the Chief, Financial
Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau)
BRESNAN COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY. Dismissed a complaint filed against the
rates charged for cable programming service in Ironwood, MI. (By MO&O [DA
96-1113] adopted July 10, 1996 by the Chief, Financial
Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau)
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Dismissed the complaints filed against the
rate charged for cable programming service in Baltimore, Md. (By MO&O
[DA 96-1114] adopted July 10, 1996 by the Chief, Financial
Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau)
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Dismissed the complaints filed against the
rates charged for cable programming service in Venice, FL. (By MO&O [DA
96-1115] adopted July 10, 1996 by the Chief, Financial
Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau)
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Addenda: The following items released on July 16, 1996, were not listed on Digest No. 130.
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BROADBAND PCS ENTREPRENEURS' ("C") BLOCK
REAUCTION CLOSES; 103% OF C BLOCK LEVELS
REACHED, FASTER THAN EVER
The FCC's latest auction of licenses for PCS closed, raising $904,607,467 in total net
revenues.
News Media contact: Kara Palamaras at (202) 418-
0654. Wireless Telecommunications contact: Louis Sigalos at (202) 418-0660. [Internet file
name: nrwl6035.txt]
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Report No. A-195 -- TV BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND NOTIFICATION OF CUT
OFF DATE
Report No. IN 96-19 -- INTERNATIONAL ACTION
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NECA, ALASKA TELEPHONE CO., DUCOR
TELEPHONE CO., AND KINGSGATE TELEPHONE, INC.
Granted in part the petition filed by NECA for clarification of the definition of "study area";
dismissed the petitions of
Alaska, Dukor, and Kingsgate. (By MO&O [DA 96-1129] adopted July 16, 1996 by the
Chief, Common Carrier
Bureau)
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Addenda: The following item released on July 15, 1996, was not listed on Digest No. 129.
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CMRS. Proposed to modify the broadband PCS rules to expand the geographic partitioning
provisions to include all
PCS licensees and to permit spectrum disaggregation in the near term. (WT Docket No.
96-148, GN Docket No. 96-113 by NPRM [FCC 96-287] adopted June 28, 1996, by the
Commission)
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