DAILY DIGESTVol. 13, No. 221 November 23, 1994 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISMISSAL OF LA STAR CELLULAR APPLICATION FOR NEW ORLEANS AFFIRMED - CC DOCKET 90-257 (Report DC-2686, Action in Docket Case) The Commission has reaffirmed its dismissal of the application of La Star Cellular Telephone Company to construct a cellular telephone system on the wireline block to serve New Orleans, LA. Action by the Commission November 18 by MO&O (FCC 94-299). News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0500. [Internet file name: nrwl4026.txt] CELLULAR APPLICATIONS OF ELLIS THOMPSON CORP. SET FOR HEARING - CC DOCKET 94-136 (Report DC-2685, Action in Docket Case) The Commission has designated for hearing the application of Ellis Thompson Corporation to construct and operate a cellular telephone system to service Atlantic City, NJ. Action by the Commission November 18 by MO&O and HDO (FCC 94-298). News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0500. [Internet file name: nrwl4025.txt] AMATEUR RADIO CALL SIGNS FCC FILINGS [Internet file name: nrmc4007.txt] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPLICATION OF EX PARTE RULES TO PROCEEDING INVOLVING "FORMAL PETITION FOR ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE" AGAINST TAMPA BAY TELEVISION, INC., STATION WFTS(TV), TAMPA, FLORIDA TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG: November 22 ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED TELEVISION SERVICE -Schedule of Meetings EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED PROCEEDINGS - Contact: Barbara Lowe at (202) 632- 4178 Report 1184 - CABLE TELEVISION RELAY SERVICE (CARS) APPLICATIONS RE: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING Report 16049 - FOREIGN PROGRAMMING APPLICATIONS AND ACTIONS Report 16050 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report PMS-95-08 - COMMON CARRIER PUBLIC MOBILE RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION RE: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING Report PMS-95-08-A - COMMON CARRIER PUBLIC MOBILE RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION Report D-775 - COMMON CARRIER BUREAU DOMESTIC FACILITIES APPLICATIONS RE: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING Report D-775-A - COMMON CARRIER BUREAU DOMESTIC FACILITIES APPLICATION Report DS-1479 - SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INFORMATION RE: SATELLITE RADIO APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING Report DS-1480 - DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE SERVICE Report I-7070 - OVERSEAS COMMON CARRIER SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS ACTIONS TAKEN Report I-7071 - INTERNATIONAL AND SATELLITE APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING (over) Report IS-0051 - INTERNATIONAL FIXED SATELLITE SERVICE: INTELSAT Report 1110 - PRIVATE RADIO BUREAU PART 21 RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS: November 9 thru 16 Report CL-95-17 - COMMON CARRIER PUBLIC CELLULAR RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION - BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION AND NYNEX CORPORATION SEEK FCC CONSENT FOR PROPOSED MERGER ERRATUM to Report 16042 dated November 16 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS ERRATUM to DA 94-1220, ALLTEL TELEPHONE SYSTEMS FILES ITS INITIAL COST ALLOCATIONS MANUAL - PUBLIC COMMENT INVITED, released November 14 - Contact: Alicia Dunnigan at (202) 418-0807 (DA 94-1280) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALFRED, NY, ET AL. As a result of the lifting of a previous freeze on the filing of applications for new FM stations, the window filing period for twenty (20) communities and channels will open on January 6, 1995; and will close on February 6. (By Order [DA 94-1270] adopted November 14 by the Acting Chief, Allocations Branch, Mass Media Bureau) U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Granted, with conditions, petition filed by U S West Communications, Inc. for authority to make permanent price cap index reduction. (By Order [DA 94-1297] adopted November 21 by the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau) +++++++++++++++++++ ADDENDA: The following items, released November 22, were not listed on Digest 220: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC AND INDUSTRY TO SPEED PROCESSING OF 800 MHZ LICENSES The Commission announced today that, pursuant to an agreement with industry, it will be able to process Specialized Mobile Radio licenses with fewer Commission resources and in about one-third the time. Office of General Counsel contact: Larry Schaffner at (202) 418-1720; News Media contact: Susan Lewis Sallet at (202) 418-0500. [Internet file name: nrmc4141.txt] FX ID # 2942 FCC PERMITS CHANNELLING OF POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS CONTAINING GRAPHIC ABORTION IMAGERY - MM DOCKET 92-254 (Report DC-2684, Action in Docket Case) The Commission has rules that stations may reschedule or "channel" political advertisements containing graphic abortion imagery to time periods when children are less likely to be in the audience. Action by the Commission September 28 by MO&O (FCC 94-249). News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202) 418-0500; Mass Media Bureau contact: Marsha J. MacBride and Ray White at (202) 632-7586. [Internet file name: nrmm 4073.txt] FX ID # 2124 SNET AUTHORIZED TO EXPAND VIDEO DIALTONE TRIAL (Report CC-591, Common Carrier Action) The Commission has granted the application of The Southern New England Telephone Company to conduct a technical and market trial of video dialtone services in several towns in Connecticut for a period of one year. News Media contact: Susan Lewis Sallet at (202) 418-0500; Common Carrier Bureau contact: Donna N. Lampert at (202) 418-1580. [Internet file name: nrcc4076.txt] FX ID # 2712 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXT --------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS. See second item under ADDENDA - "News Releases." SBC MEDIA VENTURES, INC. Ordered that the appeal of local rate order of Montgomery County, MD, filed by SBC Media Ventures, Inc. and portions of a rate order filed by Montgomery County are remanded to the local franchising authority for further proceedings. (By Consolidated Order [DA 94-1251] adopted November 9 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) CENTURY SOUTHWEST CABLE TELEVISION CORP., ET AL. Ordered that the petitions for stay of local rate orders granted to Century Southwest Cable Television Corp./Beverly Hills, CA, Comcast Cablevision of Mount Clemens, Inc./Mount Clemens, MI, Comcast Cablevision of Tallahassee Inc./Tallahassee, FL, Cablevision Industries/Long Beach, CA, Century Cable of Southern California/Brea, CA, Century Cable of Southern California, La Habra, CA, Cablevision Industries/Signal Hill, CA, and Warner Cable Communications, Inc./ Wadsworth, OH, are amended to provide that each local rate order is stayed pending the Commission's resolution of the operator's appeal. (By Consolidated Order [DA 94-1296] adopted November 18 by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau) MOTOROLA SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Granted, in part, petition filed by Motorola Satellite Communications, Inc. seeking declaratory ruling concerning participation by COMSAT Corporation in a new Inmarsat Satellite System designed to provide service to handheld communications devices. (By MO&O [FCC 94-296] adopted November 17 by the Commission) SNET. See third item under ADDENDA - "News Releases." ERRATUM to FCC 94-251, Memorandum, Opinion and Order, released November 4, in the Matter of Implementation of Sections of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 - Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues - MM Docket 92-259 (DA 94-1298) -FCC-