Daily Digest Vol. 15 No. 189 October 7, 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSAN FOX NAMED SPECIAL COUNSEL TO FCC GENERAL COUNSEL. OGC. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Miscellaneous/News_Releases/index.html SHERYL WILKERSON NAMED SPECIAL COUNSEL TO FCC GENERAL COUNSEL. OGC. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Miscellaneous/News_Releases/index.html COMMISSION ELIMINATES MORE THAN HALF OF ITS INTERNAL REGULATIONS. The FCC announced today that it has eliminated more than two-thirds of all internal management directives and revised a number of others. Streamlining these regulations has made it possible for FCC employees to receive faster, more efficient support services, saving agency resources. OMD Contact: Peter Herrick at (202) 418-0443 or Terry Johnson at (202) 418-0445. News Media Contacts: Merribeth McCarrick or Rochelle Cohen at (202) 418-0500. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Miscellaneous/News_Releases/nrmc6077.txtl -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Report No: 43841. Released: October 7, 1996. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: 23841. Released: October 7, 1996. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/index.html Released: October 7, 1996. BROADCAST STATION TOTALS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1996. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/index.html Released: October 7, 1996. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG - OCTOBER 4. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/index.html Released: October 7, 1996. RECORD IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM PRINTING PRICES. Contact: Patricia Rawlings at (202) 418-0294. For information regarding the ITS contract contact: Judy Boley at (202) 418-0214. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/index.html Released: October 7, 1996. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG INFORMATIONAL TARIFFS - OCTOBER 4. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: CW-97-1. Released: October 7, 1996. PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE INFORMATION BROADBAND - MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TCI CABLEVISION OF OREGON, INC. Dismised the complaint filed against TCI Cablevision of Oregon, Inc. concerning its charge for cable programming service tiers in the community of Grants Pass, OR. Action by Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1996. by Order. DA No. 96-1644. CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html ADDENDA: The following items, released October 4, 1996, did not appear in Digest No. 188: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Released: October 4, 1996. NETWORK RELIABILITY AND INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL MEETING.The Network Reliability and Interoperability Council will meet on Thursday, October 31, at 1:30 p.m. at the FCC, Room 856. Contact: Jim Keegan, Federal Officer, at (202) 418-2323. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: I-8208. Released: October 4, 1996. FOREIGN CARRIER AFFILIATION NOTIFICATION. Contact: Joanna Lowry, Telecommunication Division, International Bureau at (202) 418-1470. Internet URL: /Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/index.html Released: October 4, 1996. PUBLIC COMMENT INVITED - AMERICAN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION, INC. FILES PETITION FOR RULEMAKING TO EXPAND GEOGRAPHIC PARTITIONING AND SPECTRUM DISAGGREGATION PROVISIONS FOR 900 MHZ SMR (RM-8887) - DA 96-1654. Contact: Mika Savir or David Kirschner, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Commercial Wireless Division at (202) 418-7240. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- RULES AND POLICIES REGARDING CALLING NUMBER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE - CALLER ID. Granted Pacific Bell's petition for a limited waiver of the Commission's Caller Identification privacy rules, specifically, the *82 unblocking requirement, for calls that originate on its Siemens Stromberg Carlson Digital Community Office Switches, until June 1, 1997. Dkt No.: CC- 91-281. Action by Chief, Common Carrier Bureau. Adopted: October 4, 1996. by MO&O. DA No. 96-1663. CCB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/index.html TEMECULA, CA. Amended Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, the Table of FM Allotments, to allot Channel 277A to Temecula, California, as that community's second local FM service; filing window November 18-December 19; terminated proceeding. Dkt No.: MM- 95-81. Action by Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: September 27, 1996. by R&O. DA No. 96-1631. MMB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/index.html REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. Amended Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, the Table of FM Allotments, to substitute Channel 293A for Channel 258A at Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania and modify Station WDSN(FM)'s license accordingly; terminated proceeding. Dkt No.: MM- 96-75. Action by Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: September 27, 1996. by R&O. DA No. 96-1632. MMB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/index.html MOUNT VERNON, KY. Proposed allotting Channel 270A at Mount Vernon, Kentucky, as the comunity's second local FM transmission service. Comments due November 25; replies December 10. Dkt No.: MM- 96-202. Action by Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: September 27, 1996. by NPRM. DA No. 96-1627. MMB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Mass_Media/Notices/index.html JUPITER AND HOBE SOUND, FL. Proposed subsituting Channel 288C2 for Channel 288C3 at Jupiter, Florida; reallotting Channel 288C2 from Jupiter to Hobe Sound, Florida, and modifying the construction permit accordingly. Comments due November 25; replies December 10. Dkt No.: MM- 96-205. Action by Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: September 27, 1996. by NPRM. DA No. 96-1630. MMB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Mass_Media/Notices/index.html INTERACTIVE VIDEO AND DATA SERVICE (IVDS) LICENSES - VARIOUS REQUESTS BY AUCTION WINNERS. Denied petitions for reconsideration filed by various IVDS Auction winners; dismissed as moot petition for reconsideration filed by Community Teleplay, Inc; affirmed decisions in previous Order, FCC 95-479. Action by the Commission. Adopted: September 5, 1995. by MO&O. FCC No. 96-371. WTB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/index.html - FCC -