Daily Digest Vol. 15 No. 199 October 22, 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUNSHINE NOTICE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC TO HOLD OPEN MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1996, 9:30 AM, RM 856, 1919 M ST, NW, WASHINGTON, D.C. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Released: October 22, 1996. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG: OCTOBER 21, 1996 . Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/index.html Released: October 22, 1996. REPORT NO. 1099.CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE REGISTRATIONS; SPECIAL RELIEF AND OTHER FILINGS. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Public_Notices/index.html Released: October 22, 1996. REPORT NO. 43851.BROADCAST ACTIONS. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/index.html Released: October 22, 1996. REPORT NO. 23851.BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/index.html Released: October 22, 1996. EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED PROCEEDINGS. Contact: Barbara Lowe at (202) 418-0310. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANCHORAGE, AK. Notified KTBY, Inc. of an apparent liability for a forfeiture in the amount of $10,000 for repeated violations of the Communication's rule limiting the amount of commercial matter that may be aired during children's programming. KTBY, Inc. is the licensee of Station KTBY(TV), Anchorage, AK. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: October 18, 1996. by By Letter. (DA No. 96-1736). MMB Internet URL: index.html BILTMORE FOREST, NC. Denied Orion Communications, Ltd.'s petition for reconsideration and granted Biltmore Forest Radio, Inc.'s application for joint interim operating authorityfor WZLS, Biltmore Forest, NC; ordered that the special temporary authority granted to Orion Communications be extended until Biltmore Forest Radio notifies the Commission that it is ready to commence operation. Action by the Commission. Adopted: October 3, 1996. by MO&O. (FCC No. 96-402). MMB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/index.html ADDENDA: The following items, released October 21, 1996, did not appear in Digest No. 198: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC CELEBRATES NATIONAL CONSUMERS WEEK WITH OFFICIAL OPENING OF NATIONAL CALL CENTER (1-888 CALL FCC). News Media Contact: Meribeth McCarrick (202) 418-0500. CIB Contact: Marlene Jackson at (202) 418-1117 and Byron McCoy at (202) 418-1100. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Compliance/News_Releases/nrmc6089.txt WTB PARTICIPATES IN NATIONAL CONSUMERS WEEK OCTOBER 21 - 25, 1996. News Media Contact: Kara Palamaras (202) 418-0654. WTB Contact: Katherine Power at (202) 418-0919. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Wireless/News_Releases/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEECHES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS OF COMMISSIONER SUSAN NESS ON THE OCCASIONOF NATIONAL CONSUMERS WEEK, INDIAN TREATY ROOM, OLD EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 21, 1996. COMPETITION AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: A WINNING FORMULA FOR CONSUMERS. Internet URL: spsn619.txt -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- AT&T CORPORATION. Prohibited AT&T from including language in its tariff to implement a portion of its Country Direct Service Agreement with Telecommunicaciones Internacionales de Argentina Telintar, S.A.,; and directed AT&T to renegotiate the Agreement with Telintar to remove the relevant language. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: October 21, 1996. by MO&O. (DA No. 96-1746). IB Internet URL: /Bureaus/International/Orders/index.html - FCC -