DAILY DIGESTVol. 15, No. 60 April 8, 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 RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC DENIES PETITION TO DENY FILED BY THE NAACP REGARDING RENEWAL APPLICATION OF WFCT-TV, FAYETTEVILLE, NC; RENEWAL OF WFCT- TV, SUBJECT TO REPORTING CONDITIONS -- (Report No. MM 96-17, Mass Media Action) The FCC denied the petition to deny filed by the North Carolina States Conference of Branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) regarding the renewal application of WFCT-TV, Fayetteville, NC; and granted the license renewal application filed by Fayetteville-Cumberland Telecasters, Inc. for WFCT-TV, subject to EEO reporting conditions. Action by the Commission April 1, 1996, by MO&O (FCC 96-147). News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202) 418-0500. Mass Media Bureau contact: Roy W. Boyce at (202) 418-1450. [Internet file name: nrmm6015.txt] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG, INFORMATIONAL TARIFFS EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED PROCEEDINGS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOMINION VIDEO SATELLITE, INC. Denied the request by Dominion Video Satellite, Inc. to modify its construction permit to exchange two western orbital/channel assignments for two eastern orbital/channel assignments in the DBS service. (By Order [DA 96-541] adopted April 5, 1996, by the Chief, International Bureau) CABLE SERVICES BUREAU DAILY DIGEST Released Monday, April 8, 1996 POST-NEWSWEEK CABLE. Dismissed complaints filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in Altus, OK. (By MO&O [DA 96-393] adopted March 19, 1996 by Deputy Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau). INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY dba INSIGHT CABLEVISION. Dismissed complaints filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in Claremont, CA. (By MO&O [DA 96-447] adopted March 27, 1996 by Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) COMCAST CABLEVISION OF CAROLINA, INC. Dismissed complaints filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in Hanahan, South Carolina. (By MO&O [DA 96-448] adopted March 27, 1996 by Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) CABLE TV OF YORK. Dismissed complaint filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in Jacobus, PA. (By MO&O [DA 96-449] adopted March 27, 1996 by the Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) US CABLE OF NORTHERN INDIANA. Dismissed complaints filed against the rate charged for cable programming service in Highland, Indiana. (By MO&O [DA 96-456] adopted March 28, 1996 by Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau) FREDERICK CABLEVISION, INC. & C/R TV CABLE, INC., FREDERICK COUNTY, MD & JEFFERSON COUNTY, WV. Granted the petition for modification of the ADI of station WTMW-TV (Channel 14) of Arlington, VA. (By MO&O [DA 96-461] adopted March 27, 1996 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) * * * * * Addenda: The following items released on April 5, 1996, were not listed on Digest No. 59. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCC HITS $20 BILLION MARK IN TOTAL AUCTION REVENUES As of April 5, the FCC has reached the $20 billion mark in total auction revenues to be deposited with the U.S. Treasury. News Media contact: Kara Palamaras at (202) 418- 0654. Wireless Telecommunications Bureau contact: Amy Zoslov at (202) 418-0660. [Internet file name: nrwl6015.txt] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU CLARIFIES DEFINITION OF INTERFERENCE CONTOUR FOR INTERIM PAGING RULES -- Contact: Mika Savir at (202) 418-0620 [DA 96-538] Report No. 23710 -- BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. 43710 -- BROADCAST ACTIONS Report No. PGL96-2 -- LOW POWER/TELEVISION TRANSLATORS: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION PERMITS Report No. LB-96-22 -- WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL WIRELESS SERVICE INFORMATION Report No. CL-96-41 -- WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION Report No. 1842 -- WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU -- Week of March 25 through March 29 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATOR SERVICE ACCESS AND PAY TELEPHONE COMPENSATION. Required LECs to provide international blocking services to business customers, where technically feasible and economically reasonable, and to tariff, at the federal level, BNS and OLS screening services that allow aggregators to ensure that proper screening codes are associated with their telephone lines. (CC Docket No. 91-35 by Third R&O [FCC 96-131] adopted March 25, 1996 by the Commission) SPRINT LOCAL TELEPHONE COMPANIES. Suspended for one day Sprint Tariff FCC No. 1, Transmittal No. 5, and instituted an investigation. (CC Docket No. 94-97 by Order [DA 96-537] adopted April 5, 1996, by the Chief, Tariff Division, Common Carrier Bureau) IRVIN J. FORET, AMATEUR RADIO STATION KB5UJD. Suspended the amateur operator license held by Irvin J. Foret, licensee of amateur station KB5UJD, and issued notification of an opportunity for a hearing upon monetary forfeiture. (By Suspension Order and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing Upon Monetary Forfeiture [DA 96-480] adopted April 5, 1996, by the Acting Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau) - FCC -