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$//TV-24 Sarasota, Inc. vs. Comcast Cablevision, MO&O, DA95-1612//$
$/76.970 Calculation of Maximum Monthly Leased Access Rates/$


                                Before the
                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C. 20554  
                                                       DA 95-1612


In the Matter of                   )    
Petition for Relief of                  )
                              )
TV-24 SARASOTA, INC.               )
                              )
vs.                           )    CSR 4178-L
                              )
COMCAST CABLEVISION OF WEST   )
FLORIDA, INC.                 ) 
                              )
For Leased Access Channels         )



                                   ORDER


          Adopted:  July 18, 1995            Released:  Jully 24, 1995 

By the Chief, Cable Services Bureau


     1.  By Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 94-1595, released December 27, 1994
(herein "Order") in this proceeding, the respondent, Comcast Cablevision of West Florida,
Inc., (herein "Comcast") was ordered to file with the Commission all contracts for
programming in effect for the calendar year prior to December 1993, the number of
subscribers for the Sarasota, Florida system as of December 31, 1993, and any other relevant
documentation, that it used to justify the calculation of the maximum monthly implicit net fee
for leased access, as provided in Section 76.970 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 
76.970.  The purpose of that requirement was to confirm the monthly price that Comcast
pays to carry the programming of nonaffiliated programmers on its system, information
which had not been provided for the record and which was necessary to our determination
whether Comcast's quoted maximum monthly rate are reasonable in accordance with our
rules.  See Order at  21-23.

     2.  On January 17, 1995, Comcast, by a letter of that same date, submitted additional
information in justification of its leased access rates along with copies of several contracts
with unaffiliated program suppliers.  Comcast requested that the programming contracts be
withheld from public inspection pursuant to Section 0.459(a) of the Commission's rules, 47
C.F.R.  0.459(a).  Comcast served a copy of its January 24, 1995 letter on TV-24 Sarasota,
Inc., the petitioner, by letter dated January 24, 1995.  No response from TV-24 Sarasota,
Inc. to the information submitted with the Comcast letter has been received by the
Commission.

     3.  We find that the information submitted by Comcast with its letter of January 17,
1995 confirms the monthly payment that Comcast was making to at least one of its
nonaffiliated program suppliers is zero, as used in its rate calculations.  Based on that
information, we further find that Comcast had calculated its maximum monthly rate, as
described in Paragraph 21 of the Order, in accordance with Section 76.970(c) of the
Commission's rules and that such rate does not exceed the maximum reasonable rate
permitted by Section 76.970.

     4.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that this proceeding IS HEREBY TERMINATED.

     5. This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated by Section 0.321 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.321.


                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                         Meredith J. Jones
                         Chief, Cable Services Bureau