DAILY DIGESTVol. 15, No. 68 April 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRESS RELEASES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABLE SERVICES BUREAU STAFF UPDATE (Report No. CS 96-18, Cable Services Action) News Media contact: Morgan Broman at (202) 416- 0852. [Internet filename:nrcb6005.txt] NYNEX CEO SEIDENBERG TO HEAD NEW NETWORK RELIABILITY AND INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL For further information, contact Jim Keegan at (202) 418-2323 [Internet filename:nrcc6029.txt] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRECTION TO PUBLIC NOTICE DA 96-586 FCC ANNOUNCES WINNING BIDDERS IN THE AUCTION OF 1,020 LICENSES TO PROVIDE 900 MHZ SMR IN MAJOR TRADING AREAS [DA 96-586] PUBLIC INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS SUBMITTED TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET FOR REVIEW [PRA 96- 006] NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION COLLECTIONS BEING REVIEWED BY FCC FOR EXTENSION UNDER DELEGATED AUTHORITY 5 CFR 1320 AUTHORITY, COMMENTS REQUESTED [PRA 96-008] PETITION FOR RULEMAKING FILED COMMISSION SEEKS COMMENT ON PETITION FOR RULEMAKING FILED BY NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - WT Docket No. 96-86 - Comments Due: June 3, 1996; replies due July 2, 1996 [DA 96-604] EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED PROCEEDINGS - Contact: Barbara Lowe at (202) 418-0310 TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG - April 17. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG Non-Dominant Carriers - April 17. Report No. 23719 - BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. 43719 - BROADCAST ACTIONS Report No. N-17-A - COMMON CARRIER NETWORK SERVICES APPLICATIONS Report No. 23719B - ITFS APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND NOTIFICATION OF CUT-OFF DATE: May 18, 1996 Report No. I-8169 - OVERSEAS COMMON CARRIER SECTION 214 APPLICATION ACTIONS TAKEN (Formal Section 63.01) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEECH --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEECH BY REED HUNDT, CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, NETWORK RELIABILITY COMFORUM, WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 18, 1996, INTEROPERABILITY: THE FOUNDATION OF COMPETITION [Internet filename:spreh618.txt] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEKOOSA, WI. Proposed amending the FM Table of Allotments to allot Channel 288A to Nekoosa, Wisconsin. Comments are due June 10, and replies June 25. (MM Docket No. 96-76 by NPRM [DA 96-352] adopted March 11, 1996, by the Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau) HOBBS, NM. Proposed amending the FM Table of Allotments to allot Channel 279A to Hobbs, New Mexico. Comments are due June 10, and replies June 25. (MM Docket No. 96-77 by NPRM [DA 96-406] adopted March 22, 1996, by the Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau) CAMPTON AND FRENCHBURG, KY. Effective June 3, 1996, amended FM Table of Allotments to Channel 279A to Campton, Kentucky; dismissed the counterproposal to allot the channel at Frenchburg, Kentucky; and terminated the proceeding. Window period opens June 3, and closes July 3. (MM Docket No. 96-170 by R&O [DA 96-431] adopted March 25, 1996, by the Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau) REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. Proposed amending the FM Table of Allotments to substitute Channel 293A for Channel 258A at Reynooldsville, Pennsylvania; and modifying Station WDSN (FM)'s license to specify Channel 293A. Comments are due June 10, and replies June 25. (MM Docket No. 96-75 by NPRM [DA 96-432] adopted March 25, 1996, by the Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau) DEERFIELD, MO. Proposed amending the FM Table of Allotments to allot Channel 261C3 to Deerfield, Missouri. Comments are due June 10, and replies June 25. (MM Docket No. 96-80 by NPRM [DA 96-451] adopted March 27, 1996, by the Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau) MACOMB, IL. Proposed amending the FM Table of Allotments to allot Channel 240A to Macomb, Illinois. Comments are due June 10, and replies June 25. (MM Docket No. 96-87 by NPRM [DA 96-509] adopted April 3, 1996, by the Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division Mass Media Bureau) MANITOWOC AND TWO RIVERS, WISCONSIN. Proposed amending the FM Table of Allotments to allot Channel 255A to Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Comments are due June 10, and replies June 25. (MM Docket No. 96-88 by NPRM [DA 96-510] adopted April 3, 1996, by the Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division Mass Media Bureau) SYLVESTER, GA. Dismissed as moot the application filed CAM-Broadcasting, Inc.; and granted application filed by Lawhorne for a new FM station on Channel 271 to Sylvester, Georgia. (MM Docket No. 90-192 by Supplemental Decision [FCC 96R-07] adopted March 29, 1996, by the Review Board) CAPITOL RADIO NETWORK. Granted request for declaratory ruling filed by Capitol Radio seeking a determination that its program Capitol Ideas is a bona fide news interview program, exempt from equal opportunity provisions. (By Staff Ruling [DA (96-573] adopted April 11, 1996, by the Chief, Complaints and Political Programming Branch, Enforcement Division, Mass Media Bureau) INTERACTIVE VIDEO DATA SERVICES. Conditionally granted requests for waivers filed by Benison and New Egland Interactive TV, Inc. to permit operation of cell transmitter station antennas with an effective radiated power within the horizontal blanking interval of Channel 13. (By Order [DA 96-525] adopted April 8, 1996, by the Acting Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau) COMCAST CABLEVISION OF INDIANA, L.P. Dismissed a complaint filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in Avilla, IN. (By MO&O [DA 96-506] adopted April 3, 1996 by the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) BRESNAN COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY. Dismissed the complaints filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in Wells, MI. (By MO&O [DA 96- 508] adopted April 3, 1996 by the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) CENTURY CABLE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, INC. Granted the petition for relief of Paxson San Jose License, Inc. (KLXV-TV, San Jose, California) for must-carry rights on cable system serving Benicia, California. (By MO&O [DA 96-558] adopted April 9, 1996 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) AVENUE TV CABLE SERVICE, INC. Granted the cable system's petition for special relief seeking to exclude KWHY-TV (Channel 22), Los Angeles, California and KZKI(TV) (Channel 30), San Bernadino, California from its service area for the limited purpose of the cable television mandatory broadcast signal rules. (By MO&O [DA 96-559] adopted April 5, 1996 by Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) WESTSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Denied petition for special relief for modification of ADI market of Reno, Nevada television stations. (By MO&O [DA 96-561] adopted April 9, 1996 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) GOOD COMPANION BROADCASTING, INC. Granted petition for special relief for modification of ADI market of WJAL-TV, Channel 68, Hagerstown, Maryland. (By MO&O [DA 96-568] adopted April 9, 1996 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) GTE SOUTHWEST INCORPORATED, CONTEL OF TEXAS, INC. Granted the application to discontinue service over facilities located in the state of Texas. (By Order & Certificate [DA 96-597] adopted April 16, 1996, by the Chief, Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau) SEG CELLULAR, INC. Reduced forfeiture to $14,000 for violation of Commission rules. (By MO&O [DA 96-572] adopted April 10, 1996, by the Chief, Enforcement Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau) FLASH COMM, INC. Denied petition for reconsideration filed by Flash concerning an Extension of time in the proceeding regarding its application for authorization in the High Frequency Band. (By Order [DA 96-607] the Chief, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau) +++++++++ ADDENDA: The following items released April 17 were not listed on Digest 67: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU GRANTS REQUEST OF US WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FOR A LIMITED WAIVER OF SECTION 22.903 OF THE COMMISSION S RULES (Report No. WT 96-9, Wireless Telecom Action) The Acting Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, today granted the request filed by US West Communications, Inc. for a limited waiver Section 22.903 of the Commission s rules. Action by the Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau April 17, 1996, by Order (DA 96-605). News Media contact: Kara Palamaras at (202) 418-- 0654. Wireless Telecommunications Bureau contact: David Nall at (202) 418-0620. [Internet filename:nrwe6018.txt] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **SOUTHERN INFORMATION HOLDING COMPANY SEEKS COMMISSION DETERMINATIONS OF EXEMPT TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY STATUS UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 103 OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 [DA 96-598] **SOUTHERN INFORMATION 1, INC. SEEKS COMMISSION DETERMINATIONS OF EXEMPT TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY STATUS UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 103 OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 [DA 96- 599] **SOUTHERN INFORMATION 2, INC. SEEKS COMMISSION DETERMINATIONS OF EXEMPT TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY STATUS UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 103 OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 [DA 96- 600] **SOUTHERN TELECOM HOLDING COMPANY SEEKS COMMISSION DETERMINATIONS OF EXEMPT TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY STATUS UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 103 OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 [DA 96-601] **SOUTHERN TELECOM 1, INC. SEEKS COMMISSION DETERMINATIONS OF EXEMPT TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY STATUS UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 103 OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 [DA 96- 602] **SOUTHERN TELECOM 2, INC. SEEKS COMMISSION DETERMINATIONS OF EXEMPT TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY STATUS UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 103 OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 [DA 96- 603] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- US WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Granted request for limited waiver filed by US West Communications to allow it to provide cellular service to customers in its local exchange service area awaiting the installation of landline telephone service. (By Order [DA 96-605] adopted April 17, 1996, by the Acting Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau) ++++++++ The following item was released April 12, but not listed on Digest 64. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXT --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ERRATUM to NPRM [FCC 95-153] released April 12, 1996, in the Matter of Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 1996 [MD Docket No. 96- 84] - FCC-