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                                Before the
                     Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of:        )
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A-R Cable Services, Inc. )             CUID No. IL0108 (Rockford)
        )
Order Denying Jurisdiction             )
         

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER 

   Adopted:  March 19, 1996  Released:  April 4, 1996

By the Deputy Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division, Cable Services Bureau:

1.  In this Order, we dismiss a complaint against the rate 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 complaint concerns a rate that is outside the jurisdiction
and authority of this Commission.  The Commission regulates rates for CPS only, and then only
upon a filing of a valid complaint.  The Commission received one complaint against Operator's
rates in the above referenced community.  Our review reveals that the complaint, while asserting
that it challenges a CPS rate, challenges only a rate for programming offered on a per channel
or per program basis, not for CPS.  The complaint therefore does 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 complaint
filed against the cable programming service price charged by the Operator in the community
referenced in the caption IS 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



      Lenworth Smith, Jr.
      Deputy Chief 
      Financial Analysis and Compliance Division
      Cable Services Bureau