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



     
      In the Matter of)CUID Nos.NJ0233 (Middlesex)
        )NJ0234 (Green Brook)
        )NJ0235 (South Bound
Brook)
        )NJ0236 (Warren)
        )NJ0237 (Dunellen)
        )NJ0238 (Bound Brook)
        )NJ0239 (Edison)
        )NJ0262 (Metuchen)
        )NJ0263 (Highland Park)
      TKR Cable Company (Tri-System))NJ0289 (Piscataway)
        )NJ0290 (Manville)
        )NJ0291 (Raritan)
        )NJ0330 (Bridgewater)
        )NJ0348 (New Brunswick)
        )NJ0364 (Sayreville)
        )NJ0370 (South Amboy)
        )NJ0371 (Matawan)
        )NJ0376 (North Brunswick)
        )NJ0377 (Milltown)
        )NJ0398 (Old Bridge)
        )NJ0399 (Keansburg)
        )NJ0400 (Aberdeen)
        )NJ0401 (Union Beach)
        )NJ0408 (Keyport)
        )NJ0485 (Watchung)
      Order Denying Jurisdiction)NJ0486 (Bernards)
                                 

                             ORDER

      Adopted:  December 16, 1996  Released:  December 19, 1996  

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

      1.In this Order we dismiss complaints against the rates that the above captioned
operator ("Operator") was charging for its cable programming services tier ("CPST") in the
communities set forth above on the grounds that the complaints concern rates that are outside the
jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission ("Commission").  Under the
Communications Act, the Commission regulates CPST rates of cable systems not subject to
effective competition upon the filing of a valid complaint.  Our review reveals that the complaints
filed against Operator, while asserting that they challenge CPST rates, challenges only  rates for the
basic service tier, and not CPST rates.  Consequently, the complaints do not trigger the
Commission's jurisdiction.  We have previously issued an order dismissing complaints filed prior
to May 15, 1994 against TKR in the communities referenced above.

      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. Section 543(a)(2)(A) and (B), that the
complaints filed after May 14, 1994 against the CPST rates charged by Operator in the communities
referenced above ARE DISMISSED.

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

     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



     Elizabeth W. Beaty
     Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division
     Cable Services Bureau