DAILY DIGEST

Vol. 18, No. 82                                             April 30,1999

**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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NEWS RELEASES

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FCC FILINGS. OPA. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Filings/fl990430.html

FCC CALENDAR OF EVENTS. OPA. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Calendar/cl990430.html

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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Released: April 30, 1999. ERRATUM TO PUBLIC NOTICE DA-99-761CONERNING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PETITION CORRECTING PLEADING CYCLE,.Comments Due: July 20, 1999; Reply Comments Due: August 30, 1999. Contact: Helen Schrier Nankin or Al McCloud at (202) 418-2320, email: hnankin@fcc.gov or amccloud@fcc.gov, TTY: (202) 418-0484. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/1999/er990761.txt

Report No: 44477. Released: April 30, 1999. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions/ac990430.txt

Report No: 24477. Released: April 30, 1999. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applications/ap990430.txt

Report No: 355. Released: April 30, 1999. MASS MEDIA BUREAU CALL SIGN ACTIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Call_Sign_Changes/pnmm9060.wp

Report No: 91. Released: April 30, 1999. INSTRUCTIONAL TV FIXED APPLICATIONS/AMENDMENTS TENDERED FOR FILING. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/ITFS_Notices/pnmm9061.html

Report No: 99-3. Released: April 30, 1999. FM TRANSLATOR-BOOSTER APPLICATIONS READY AND AVAILABLE FOR PROCESSING.Cut Off Date: June 1, 1999. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Radio_Cutoffs/pnmm9067.wp

Report No: CWS-99-37. Released: April 30, 1999. ANTENNA STRUCTURE REGISTRATION SERVICE INFORMATION.Re: Applications Accepted for Filing/Environmental Action. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9106.pdf

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TEXTS

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BEEHIVE TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC./BEEHIVE TELEPHONE, INC. NEVADA/ TRANSMITTAL NO. 11. Reconsidered its March 31, 1999 Order on Reconsideration to the extent stated herein By Further Reconsideration Order. Dkt No.: CC-98-108. Action by the Commission. Adopted: April 29, 1999. by Order. (FCC No. 99-87). CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99087.wp

CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, WARRICK, IN. Granted appeal of local rate order and remanded rate order to local franchising authority. Action by Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: April 29, 1999. by MO&O. (DA No. 99-821). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da990821.wp

DISTRICT CABLEVISION,L.P. Dismissed an appeal of a local rate order filed by District Cablevision regarding rates for basic service and equipment in the City of Washington, DC. Action by Chief, Consumer Protection and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: April 28, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-807). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da990807.wp

TCI OF SEATTLE, INC. Dismissed three local rate appeals filed by TCI of Seattle, regarding rates for basic service and equipment in the City of Seattle, Washington. Action by Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition and Competition Division, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: April 28, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-808). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da990808.wp

AMATEUR SERVICE RULES, ET AL. Denied the Petition to make changes in the special event call sign system. Dkt No.: WT-95-57. Action by the Commission. Adopted: April 26, 1999. by MO&O. (FCC No. 99-84). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/fcc99084.wp

ADDENDA: The following items, released April 29, 1999, did not appear in Digest No. 81:

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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Released: April 29, 1999. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL SET TO BEGIN PROCEEDINGS ON APRIL 30, 1999. Contact: Steve Kaminer at (202) 418-2924, fax: (202) 418-1944, skaminer@fcc.gov.

Released: April 29, 1999. BRISTOL BAY TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC., FILES PETITION FOR WAIVER OF SECTION 36.621(A)(4) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES.Comments Due: June 1, 1999; Reply Comments Due: June 15, 1999. (DA No. 99-816). Contact: Accounting Safeguards Division: Brett Kissel at (202) 418-0391, TTY: (202) 418-0484. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/1999/da990816.wp

Report No: 2327. Released: April 29, 1999. OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS REFERENCE OPERATIONS DIVISION PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING FILED. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/1999/pnmc9033.wp

Report No: CWS-99-36. Released: April 29, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL WIRELESS INFORMATION. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9105.wp

Released: April 29, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU POSTPONES EFFECTIVE DATE OF UNIFIED DISMISSAL POLICY FOR APPLICATIONS IN THE WIRELESS SERVICE. (DA No. 99-811). Contact: Commercial Wireless Division: Roger Noel at (202) 418-1385, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division: Herb Zeiler at (202) 418-0680. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/da990811.wp

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COMPLIANCE DATE FOR 47 C.F.R. SECTION 68.2(J). Clarified language in Harmonization Order in which Commission amended Part 68 of the Commission's rules manufacturers in either country will be able to design and test terminal equipment to comply with a single, consistent set of technical standards accepted in both the United States and Canada extendded compliance date to December 19, 1999. Action by Chief, Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau. Adopted: April 29, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-818). CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/da990818.wp

"INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT RATES. Granted extension of time to May 3, 1999 and May 13, 1999, for comments and replies, respectively on proceeding involving Enforcement of International Settlement Benchmark Rates for Services with the Netherlands Antilles By Order on Motion to Extend Comment Period. Comments Due: May 3, 1999, Reply Comments Due: May 13, 1999 . Dkt No.: IB-99-817. Action by Chief, Telecommunications Bureau, International Bureau. Adopted: April 29, 1999. (DA No. 99-817). IB"

GLOBAL MOBILE PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS BY SATELLITE (GMPCS) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND ARRANGMENTS (RM 9165). The Comment period of the NPRM Implementing GMPCS Memorandum of Understanding and Arrangements establishing Out-of-band Emissions Limites for Mobile and Portable Earth Stations Operating in the 1610-1660.5 MHz Band, (released March 5, 1999) will be extended. The Comments Due Date is June 21, 1999; Reply Comments Due: July 21, 1999. Dkt No.: IB-99-67. Action by Acting Chief, International Bureau. by Erratum. IB

CXR HOLDINGS, INC. Granted application to assign five Syracuse, NY, radio stations to Clear Channel. Action by Chief, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: April 29, 1999. by Letter. (DA No. 99-804). MMB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1999/da990804.wp

JACOR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, ET AL. Granted various transfer applications and one-to-a-market waiver requests. Action by Chief, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: April 29, 1999. by MO&O. (DA No. 99-803). MMB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1999/da990803.txt

SINTRA CAPITAL CORPORATION. Denied two petitions for reconsideration of applicaiton dismissal filed by Sintra Capital Corporation By Order on Reconsideration. Action by Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: April 28, 1999. by Order on Recon. (DA No. 99-813). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da990813.wp

CELLULAR RURAL SERVICE AREA APPLICATIONS IN MARKET NOS. 599A AND 672A. Dismissed pending Cellular Radiotelephone applications in two Rural Service Areas (RSAs) in which no initial license has been awarded. Action by Chief, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: April 29, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-814). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da990814.wp

"IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTIONS 309(J) AND 337 OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 AS AMENDED/PROMOTION OF SPECTRUM EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES ON CERTAIN PART 90 FREQUENCIES/ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE RADIO POOL IN THE PRIVATE MOBILE FREQUENCIES BELOW 800 MHZ. This Erratum makes minor corrections to the text of the Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis in Appendix A of the NPRM, FCC-99-52, which was adopted March 19, 1999 and released March 25, 1999 By Erratum to NPRM . Dkt No.: WT-99-87. Action by Chief, Auctions and Industry Analysis Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. WTB"

ADDENDA: The following items, released April 28, 1999, did not appear in Digest No. 80:

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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Report No: 1409. Released: April 28, 1999. CABLE TELEVISION RELAY SERVICE (CARS) APPLICATIONS RE: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Contact: Cable Services.

Report No: 216. Released: April 28, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU MARKET-BASED APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9103.pdf