Daily Digest Vol. 15 No. 239 December 18, 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Released: December 18, 1996. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG.Dec. 17. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: N-52-A. Released: December 18, 1996. COMMON CARRIER NETWORK SERVICES APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: NCD-2. Released: December 18, 1996. COMMON CARRIER BUREAU NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/index.html Released: December 18, 1996. CCB PUBLIC REFERENCE ROOM TO CLOSE AT NOON ON DEC. 20 AND DEC. 24. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: DS-1691, DS-1692. Released: December 18, 1996. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE INFORMATION.(2 documents). Internet URL: /Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: TEL-58-A. Released: December 18, 1996. STREAMLINED INTERNATIONAL SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING (FORMAL SECTION 63.18). Internet URL: /Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: TEL-58-B. Released: December 18, 1996. NON-STREAMLINED INTERNATIONAL SECTION 214 AND CABLE LANDING LICENSE APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING (FORMAL SECTION 63.18 AND 1.767). Internet URL: /Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: 43891. Released: December 18, 1996. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Report No: 23891. Released: December 18, 1996. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Report No: 96-10. Released: December 18, 1996. FM TRANSLATOR-BOOSTER APPLICATIONS READY AND AVAILABLE FOR PROCESSING. Report No: NCS-97-12-A. Released: December 18, 1996. WIRELESS NARROWBAND BRANCH INFORMATION. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: NCS-97-12. Released: December 18, 1996. WIRELESS NARROWBAND COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/index.html Released: December 18, 1996. AUXILIARY BROADCAST FREQUENCY COORDINATOR DESIGNATED FOR THE 1997 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION IN WASHINGTON, DC. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS ASSOC., INC., (NCA) V. AT&T. Granted in part NCA's request for reconsideration of the order dismissing with prejudice NCA's complaint against AT&T; dismissed without prejudice the complaint; terminated the proceeding. Action by Chief, Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division, CCB. Adopted: December 17, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2136). CCB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/index.html TCI TUCSON. Denied a complaint filed against the rates charged for cable programming services in Tucson, Arizona. Action by Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, CSB. Adopted: December 13, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2117). CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html TCI OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC. Denied LFA complaint filed against TCI of Pennysylvania, Inc., concerning TCI's cable programming service tier rate increase effective June 1, 1996 in Mount Union, PA. Action by Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, CSB. Adopted: December 13, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2111). CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html TCI CABLEVISION OF OREGON, INC. Denied LFA complaint filed against TCI Cablevision of Oregon, Inc. concerning TCI's cable programming service tier rate increase effective June 1, 1996 in Portland, Oregon. Action by Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, CSB. Adopted: December 13, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2118). CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html TCI CABLEVISION OF HAYWARD, INC. Denied complaints filed regarding TCI's rate increase for its cable programming service tier in the City of Alameda, California. Action by Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, CSB. Adopted: December 16, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2119). CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html NEW YORK CITY, NY. `Issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $4,000 against Teleconnect Long Distance Services and Systems Co., licensee of Paging and Radiotelephone Service Stations KNKM491 and KNKO325, New York City, New York, for failure to timely notify the FCC of the commencement of service of those stations. Action by Chief, Enforcement Division, WTB. Adopted: December 16, 1996. by NAL. (DA No. 96-2120). WTB Internet URL: index.html ADDENDA: The following items, released December 17, 1996, did not appear in Digest No. 238: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMON CARRIER BUREAU FINDS TWO COMPANIES APPARENTLY LIABLE FOR FORFEITURE FOR SLAMMING. The Common Carrier Bureau issued two Notices of Apparent Liability (NALs) for alleged violations of the Commission's "slamming" rules. The unrelated companies are both named Long Distances Services, Inc. The forfeitures are each $80,000.. Report No: CC 96-21. by NAL. Action by: Chief, CCB. Adopted: December 17, 1996. (DA No. 96-2101, 96-2102). CCB Contact: Kathie Kneff at (202) 632-7553 or Kaylene Shannon at (202) 418-0960. News Media contact: Jodie Buenning at (202) 418-1500. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/News_Releases/nrcc6087.txt -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEECHES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEECH BY CHAIRMAN REED HUNDT, DECEMBER 17, 1996, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, WASHINGTON, DC, "EVERYONE'S A WINNER". Internet URL: spreh654.txt -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **ARMIS REPORTS. Implemented the Order section of the FCC's Order and NPRM on Reform of Filing Requirements and Carrier Classifications released Sept. 12, 1996. Dkt No.: 96-193. Action by Chief, Accounting and Audits Division, CCB. Adopted: December 17, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2114). CCB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/index.html CABLEVISION OF NEW YORK CITY -- PHASE I. Granted the appeal filed by Cablevision and remanded the rate order issued January 17, 1995 to the City of New York with instructions in future proceedings to calculate Line 208 of FCC Form 393 the same way that Line 204 of FCC Form 393 is calculated and to delete any franchise fees collected by the cable operator from the system's gross revenues before imposing a 5% franchise fee on the remaining gross revenues of the system. Action by Chief, CSB. Adopted: December 13, 1996. by MO&O. (DA No. 96-2109). CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html PANAMSAT LICENSEE CORP. Granted PanAmSat conditional authority to construct, launch, and operate an expansion band satellite in its separate international communications satellite system. Action by Chief, Satellite and Radiocommunication Division, IB. Adopted: December 16, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2124). IB Internet URL: /Bureaus/International/Orders/index.html STOCKHOLDERS OF CBS INC. AND WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CO. Dismissed the petition for reconsideration filed by Spectrum Detroit, Inc. seeking reversal of the FCC decision granting approval of the transfer of control of CBS from the shareholders of CBS to Westinghouse. Action by the FCC. Adopted: December 16, 1996. by MO&O. (FCC No. 96-478). MMB BROADBAND PCS/C-BLOCK LICENSEES. Clarified the terms and conditions under which the FCC is offering installment financing to C-Block licensees. By Letter by the General Counsel and the Chief, WTB. Adopted: December 17, 1996. (DA No. 96-2123). WTB Internet URL: index.html - FCC -