FOR FCC RECORD ONLY
$//Columbia Cable of Virginia, Woodbridge, VA, MO&O, DA 95-774//$
$/76.922 Rates for Cable Programming Service tiers/$
$/benchmark cable rates/$

              Before the
                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20554 
                                                                DA 95-774


In the Matter of                   )              
                              )    CUID Nos. VA0019 (Woodbridge) 
Columbia Cable of Virginia              )                      
                              )
Order Denying Jurisdiction              )

                       MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

     Adopted:  April 10, 1995                Released:  April 12, 1995

By the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau:

     1.  In this Order we dismiss complaints against the price that the above-captioned
operator ("Operator") was charging for its cable programming service ("CPS") tier in the
community designated above on the ground that the complaints concern a rate that is outside
the jurisdiction and authority of this Commission.  The Commission regulates rates for CPS
only, and then only upon filing of a valid complaint.  Our review reveals that the complaints
filed against Operator, while asserting that they challenge a CPS rate, challenge only a rate
for basic service, not for CPS.  In particular, the record shows that Operator offered only a
basic tier of service, and not a CPS tier, in this community.  The complaints therefore do not
trigger the Commission's jurisdiction.

     2.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 623(a)(2)(A) and (B) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  543(a)(2)(A) and (B), that the
complaints filed prior to May 15, 1994, against the cable programming service price charged
by Operator in the community referenced in the caption ARE DISMISSED.

     3.  This action is taken pursuant to delegated authority under Section 0.321 of the
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.321.
     
                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION  
     


                         Gregory J. Vogt
                         Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau