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$//ORDER Dismissing Appeal in Gordon, GA, DA 95-2346//$
$/76.922 Rates for the basic service tier/$
$/76.923 Rates for equipment and installation/$
$/76.944 Commission Review of Franchising Authority Decisions/$
                                    
                                    
                               Before the
                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C. 20554


                                        DA 95-2346
                              
In the Matter of:                  )
                              )
Scripps Howard Cable TV            )
                              )
                              )    
Notice of Withdrawal of Appeal of  )    
Order Setting Basic Service and         )         
Equipment Rates by the City of          )
Gordon, Georgia                    )



                              ORDER


Adopted: November 20, 1995              Released:  November 27, 1995

By the Chief, Consumer Protection and Competiton Division, Cable Services Bureau:

     1.   On September 14, 1995, Scripps Howard Cable Company of Northwest
Georgia   (the "Company"), the operator of a cable television system serving the City of
Gordon, Georgia (the "City"), filed with the Commission an appeal of a local rate order
adopted by the City on August 15, 1995. The rate order established the Company's rates for
basic cable service, equipment, installations and hourly service charges pursuant to the Cable
Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992.  The City filed no opposition
to the appeal.
     
     2.   On November 2, 1995, the Company filed with the Commission a notice of
withdrawal to its earlier-filed appeal.  The Company states that it and the City have resolved
the underlying rate dispute.  No opposition to the notice of withdrawal has been filed. 
Therefore, the Company's notice of withdrawal of its appeal is granted.   

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT Scripps Howard Cable Company's
withdrawal of its appeal of the rate order issued by the City of Gordon, Georgia IS
GRANTED and the appeal IS DISMISSED.  

     4.   This action is taken by the Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition
Division, Cable Services Bureau, pursuant to authority delegated by section 0.321 of the
Commission's rules.  47 C.F.R.  0.321 (1993).


                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                    Mary Ellen Burns
                    Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division, 
                    Cable Services Bureau