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

                                   )
In the Matter of                        )
Petition for Relief of                       )
                                   )
LIMELIGHT MEDIA, INC.,                  )
               Petitioner,         )
                                   )
vs.                                )    CSR 5023-L
                                   )
CABLE TV MONTGOMERY                )
               Respondent,         )


                  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

   Adopted:  August 20, 1997            Released:  August 28, 1997

By the Chief, Cable Services Bureau:

     1.   Limelight Media, Inc., (herein "Limelight") filed a petition for relief pursuant to Section
76.975 of the rules of the Federal Communications Commission alleging that Cable TV Montgomery (herein
"Montgomery") had failed to make a leased access channel available for carriage of proposed programming
consisting of two half hour time slots per week, despite repeated requests for such availability for almost a
year, in violation of the Commission's commercial leased access rules.  Montgomery filed a response in
which it is shown that Montgomery has provided Limelight, by letter dated July 3, 1997, with a proposed
Channel Lease Agreement, a Channel Lease Application form, a current rate card, and a current channel line-
up card.  It therefore appears that Limelight's petition has been satisfied.

     2.   Montgomery also states that it recently shifted authority for operations to a new management
company, which had not received guidance until recently concerning the handling of inquiries about leased
access services.  It represents that the oversights with respect to leased access obligations occurring in its
Sales and Promotions department have been corrected.  In view of those representations and since the
Commission recently modified the provision of its rules concerning responses by cable operators to requests
for leased access services and information, we do not believe that any administrative sanctions are
appropriate in this case. We note, however, that the Commission has clearly described the requirements for
responding to requests for leased access information, including a response period of 15 days from the date
of a written request for leased access services or information.    In adopting this requirement the
Commission recognized the importance of prompt disclosure of required leased information and emphasized
its expectation that cable operators will respond to all leased access requests in a complete and timely
manner.  See Second Report and Order and Second Order on Reconsideration of the First Report and Order
in CS Docket No. 96-90 ("Second Order").  Accordingly, we caution cable operators that future failures to
provide requested leased access information in a complete and timely manner as required by Section
76.970(h) may result in issuance of a notice of apparent liability for forfeiture pursuant to the provisions of
47 C.F.R.  1.80.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated by Section 0.321 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.321, that the petition for relief of Limelight Media, Inc. in File No. CSR
5023-L IS DISMISSED.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                         Meredith J. Jones
                         Chief, Cable Services Bureau