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


                                )
In the Matter of                )
                                )
Mercom, Inc. and its Subsidiary,                  )    CUID No.  MI0765 (City of Monroe)
Communications and Cablevision, Inc.              )
d/b/a River Raisin Cablevision                                   )
                                )
Complaint Regarding             )
Cable Programming Services Tier )
Rate Increase                   )


                             ORDER

     Adopted:  May 19, 1997             Released:  May 22, 1997  

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

     1.   In this Order we consider a complaint concerning the rate charged by the above-
referenced Operator ("Operator") for its cable programming service tier ("CPST") in the community
referenced above.  A complaint regarding Operator's  CPST rates for the community referenced
above was filed with the Commission on March 18, 1994.  In response to this complaint, Operator
filed a Motion to Dismiss on April 18, 1994, asserting the existence of effective competition.    

     2.   In a Memorandum Opinion and Order released February 21, 1995 ("Prior  Order"),
the Commission  found that Operator's system serving the community referenced above is subject
to effective competition because it serves less than 30 percent of the households in the franchise area
in the community referenced above.  Based on our finding of effective competition in our Prior
Order, Operator's system in the franchise area in the community referenced above is not subject to
rate regulation and therefore, we dismiss all pending complaints for this system.  Because we are
dismissing the complaint on the grounds that effective competition is present, we find it unnecessary
to rule on Operator's other objections to the complaint.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.321 of the Commission's
Rules, 47 C.F.R. Section 0.321, that the referenced Motion to Dismiss IS GRANTED, and that the
complaint against the CPST rate charged by Operator in the community referenced above IS
DISMISSED.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 



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