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

In the Matter of                )
                                )
RIFKIN NARRAGANSETT SOUTH FLORIDA ) 
CATV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP d/b/a  ) 
GOLD COAST CABLEVISION          )
                                )
Notice of Withdrawal of Interlocutory Appeal)
and Request for Emergency Relief of Local)
Rate Order Issued by the City of )
Miami Beach, Florida            )


                             ORDER

   Adopted:  April 15, 1998             Released:  April 20, 1998

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

     1.  On April 25, 1997, Rifkin Narragansett South Florida CATV Limited Partnership d/b/a Gold Coast
Cablevision ("Gold Coast"), filed with the Commission an interlocutory appeal and request for emergency relief
of a local rate order adopted by the City of Miami Beach (the "City") on April 11, 1997.  The local rate order
established Gold Coast's rates for basic cable service. 

     2.  On June 20, 1997, Gold Coast filed with the Commission a notice of withdrawal of its interlocutory
appeal and request for emergency relief.  In its notice, Gold Coast states that it has reached  a favorable
resolution of this matter with the City and therefore withdraws its appeal and requests that it be dismissed.

     3.    Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT Gold Coast's interlocutory appeal and request for
emergency relief of the rate order issued by the City of Miami Beach, Florida 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.

                             FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                             Gary M. Laden
                             Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division
                             Cable Services Bureau