Daily Digest Vol. 15 No. 241 December 20, 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC FILINGS. Internet URL: index.html FCC CALENDAR OF EVENTS. Internet URL: index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Released: December 20, 1996. EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED PROCEEDINGS. Contact: Barbara Lowe at (202) 418-0310. Internet URL: index.html Released: December 20, 1996. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG - DECEMBER 19, 1996. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: NCD-3. Released: December 20, 1996. COMMON CARRIER BUREAU NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS - NETWORK CHANGE CERTIFICATIONS RECEIVED. Contact: Ms. Ginny Kennedy at (202) 418-2328. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/index.html Released: December 20, 1996. EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM HANDBOOKS GO ON-LINE. Contact: EAS Staff at (202) 418-1220. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Compliance/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: 1108. Released: December 20, 1996. CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE REGISTRATIONS; SPECIAL RELIEF AND OTHER FILINGS. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: 43893. Released: December 20, 1996. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Report No: 23893. Released: December 20, 1996. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Report No: 296. Released: December 20, 1996. MASS MEDIA BUREAU - BUREAU CALL SIGN ACTIONS. Released: December 20, 1996. APPLICATIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT OF AUTHORIZATION ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Contact: Laura Gallo at (202) 418-1600. Report No: 23893A. Released: December 20, 1996. INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION FIXED SERVICE: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION PERMITS AND LICENSES. Contact: Melvin Collins at (202) 418-1622. Released: December 20, 1996. MASS MEDIA BUREAU RELEASES NEW FCC FORM 304A FOR USE BY MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE. Contact: Jackie Swank at (202) 418-2610, Sharon Bertleson at (202) 418-7057 or Nazifa Naim at (202) 418-7059.. Released: December 20, 1996. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZATION NOTIFICATION PROCESS FOR RECEIVERS. Contact: Charles Cobbs at (301) 725-1585, ext. 204. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: CL-97-16. Released: December 20, 1996. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/index.html Report No: LB-97-11. Released: December 20, 1996. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL WIRELESS SERVICE INFORMATION. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY. Denied MCI Telecommunications petition to reject or suspend and investigate Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Tariff F.C.C. No. 73, Transmittal No. 2583. Action by Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau. Adopted: December 19, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2163). CCB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/index.html TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES, AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990. Approved the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.'s proposed payment rate for 1997. Dkt No.: CC- 90-571. Action by Chief, Common Carrier Bureau. Adopted: December 17, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2158). CCB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/index.html TCI OF INDIANA, INC. Granted petition for special relief for modification of the television market of Station WTJC-TV, Springfield, Ohio; Denied complaint of Paxson Dayton License, Inc. for must-carry on cable system serving Richmond, Indiana and certain nearby communities. Action by Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: December 17, 1996. by MO&O. (DA No. 96-2144). CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Granted in part petition for partial reconsideration concerning retransmission consent obligations toward Station WOOD-TV in Kalamazoo and Comstock Township, Michigan. Action by Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: December 19, 1996. by MO&O. (DA No. 96-2160). CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html OPTEL, INC. V. CENTURY SOUTHWEST CABLE TELEVISION. Dismissed complaint, alleging violations of the program access provision of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 628(b) and 628(c) and Sections 76.1001 and 76.1002 of the Commission's rules, in accordance with a Joint Stipulation filed by the parties. Action by Chief, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: December 17, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2146). CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html FALCON CABLE SYSTEMS COMPANY. Granted a complaint concerning the rates charged for cable programming services in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Action by Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division. Adopted: December 18, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2152). CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html SERVICE ELECTRIC CABLE TV OF NEW JERSEY, INC. Granted Service Electric's petition for special relief, excluding certain communities in New Jersey from WTBY, WRNN, WLIG and WHAI's television market. Action by Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: December 16, 1996. by MO&O. (DA No. 96-2138). CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html COMMUNITY TELEVISION, INC. . Granted must carry complaint filed against Prestige Cable TV, operator of a cable television system serving various communities within the Altanta, Georgia ADI. Action by Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: December 17, 1996. by MO&O. (DA No. 96-2137). CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html MISSOURI CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION, ET. AL., AGAINST UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY. Granted the parties Joint Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice Missouri Cable Telecommunications pole attachment complaint against Union Electric Company. Action by Chief, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: December 18, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2145). CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html TELE-TV MEDIA L.P. AND PACIFIC BELL VIDEO SERVICES V. CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS CORP. AND PRIME TICKET NETWORKS, L.P. Dismissed complaint, alleging violations of the program access provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 628(c) and Section 76.1002 of the Commission's rules, in accordance with a Joint Stipulation filed by the parties. Action by Chief, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: December 17, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2147). CSB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/index.html COLUMBIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION. Granted Columbia Communications Corporation a further extension of special temporary authority for the TDRS-4 satellite. Action by Chief, Satellite and Radiocommunicaiton Division. Adopted: December 18, 1996. by O&A. (DA No. 96-2139). IB Internet URL: index.html VARIOUS LOCATIONS. Amended Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, the Table of FM Allotments, to specify the classes of channels allotted to various communities; terminated proceeding. Action by Chief, Allocations Branch, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: December 13, 1996. by R&O. (DA No. 96-2096). MMB NOCATEE, FLORDIA. Amended Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's rules, the Table of FM Allotments, to allot Channel 287A to Nocatee, Florida; terminated proceeding. Dkt No.: MM- 96-194. Action by Chief, Allocations Branch, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: December 13, 1996. by R&O. (DA No. 96-2097). MMB LARAMIE, WYOMING. Proposed amending Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, the Table of FM Allotments, for Laramie, Wyoming; Comments Due February 19, 1997, Replies Due February 25, 1997. Dkt No.: MM- 96-255. Action by Chief, Allocations Branch, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: December 13, 1996. by NPRM. (DA No. 96-2104). MMB THOMASTON, ALABAMA. Effective February 3, 1997, amended Table of FM Allotments to allot Channel 249A to Thomaston, Alabama; terminated proceeding. Dkt No.: MM- 96-174. Action by Chief, Allocations Branch, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: December 13, 1996. by R&O. (DA No. 96-2095). MMB BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA. Proposed amending Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, the Table of FM Allotments, to allot Channel 270A to Bainbridge, Georgia; Comments Due February 10, 1997, Replies Due February 15, 1997. Dkt No.: MM- 96-253. Action by Chief, Allocations Branch, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: December 13, 1996. by NPRM. (DA No. 96-2078). MMB LORDSBURG, NEW MEXICO. Effective February 3, 1997, amended Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, the Table of FM Allotments, to allot channel 279C3 to Lordsburg, New Mexico; terminated proceeding. Dkt No.: MM- 95-112. Action by Chief, Allocations Branch, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: December 13, 1996. by R&O. (DA No. 96-2077). MMB NEW ENGLAND TELEVISION, INC. AND BOSTON UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Denied petition for reconsideration of transfer grant for WNHT-TV, Concord, New Hampshire, filed by CTV of Derry, Inc. Action by the Commission. Adopted: December 16, 1996. by MO&O. (FCC No. 96-480). MMB COLONIAL HEIGHTS, TENNESSEE - FM PROCEEDING. Granted petition for reconsideration of R&O in this proceeding and dismissed motion to sever as moot. Dkt No.: MM- 93-28. Action by Chief, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: December 13, 1996. by MO&O. (DA No. 96-1483). MMB RULES TO REVISE THE EXPERIMENTAL RADIO SERVICE REGULATIONS. Proposed to revise Part 5 of the Commission's rules, which govern the Experimental Radio Service; comments due February 10, 1997, replies due February 28, 1997. Dkt No.: ET- 96-256. Action by the Commission. Adopted: December 13, 1996. by NPRM. (FCC No. 96-475). OET Internet URL: /Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Notices/index.html REGULATORY TREATMENT OF MOBILE SERVICES. Denied petitions for reconsideration filed jointly by Cellular Service, Inc. and ComTech, Inc. and that portion of the petition for reconsideration filed by the National Wireless Resellers Association that relates to the right of cellular resellers to interconnect with facilities based cellular carriers. Action by the Commission. Adopted: December 11, 1996. by MO&O/partial recon. (FCC No. 96-473). WTB Internet URL: index.html GEOGRAPHIC PARTIONING AND SPECTRUM DISAGGREGATION BY COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE LICENSEES. Adopted rules for geographic partioning and spectrum disaggregation by broadband PCS licensees. Comments due February 10, 1997; replies due February 25, 1997. Dkt No.: WT- 96-148, GN- 96-113. Action by the Commission. Adopted: December 13, 1996. by R&O, FNPRM. (FCC No. 96-474). WTB Internet URL: index.html ADDENDA: The following items, released December 19, 1996, did not appear in Digest No. 240: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC PROPOSES REVISIONS TO INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT RATE BENCHMARKS. Comments Due February 7, 1997; Replies due March 10, 1997. Report No: DC 96-111. by NPRM. Action by: the Commission. Adopted: December 19, 1996. Dkt No.: IB- 96-261. (FCC No. 96-484) News Media Contact: Audrey Spivack (202) 418-0500. IB Contact: Kathryn O'Brien at (202) 418-0420. Internet URL: /Bureaus/International/News_Releases/nrin6030.txt WTB RELEASES PRIVATE WIRELESS WHITE PAPER. Paper highlights the unique role and requirements of the community.. News Media Contact: Kara Palamaras (202) 418-0654. WTB Contact: David Wye at (202) 418-0600. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Wireless/News_Releases/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Released: December 19, 1996. POLICY AND RULES CONCERNING THE INTERSTATE, INTEREXCHANGE MARKETPLACE - FURTHER GUIDANCE CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION. (DA No. 96-2155). Contact: Larry Barnes at (202) 418-1649.. Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/index.html Released: December 19, 1996. MAP MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., SEEKS DECLARATORY RULING THAT THE DENIAL OF MAP OWNERSHIP OF NARROWBAND PCS AND ADDITIONAL CMRS PAGING LICENSES WOULD NOT SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST.Comments due January 21, 1997; Replies Due February 5, 1997. (DA No. 96-2157). Contact: Douglas Klein at (202) 418-1470. Internet URL: /Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/index.html Released: December 19, 1996. UPDATED COMMENTS INVITED REGARDING THE PERSONAL ATTACK AND POLITICAL EDITORIAL RULES AND RELATED PLEADINGS. (DA No. 96-2159). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDWIN BLAKE V. AT&T CORP. Dismissed with prejudice complaint filed by Edwin Blake and dismissed as moot all other outstanding motions in proceeding; terminated proceeding. Action by Chief, Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division, Common Carrier Bureau. Adopted: December 18, 1996. by MO&O. (DA No. 96-2148). CCB Internet URL: /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/index.html FCC PROPOSES REVISIONS TO INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT RATE BENCHMARKS. See First Item under Addenda News Releases. Adopted: December 19, 1996. IB Internet URL: index.html - FCC -