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

In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
WEDGEWOOD COMMUNICATIONS             )  DA 97-2355
COMPANY                              )  DA 97-2438
                                     )
Certification To Operate             )
An Open Video System                 )
                                     )


                                  ORDER

   Adopted:  January 5, 1998                                           Released:  January 6, 1998

By the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau:

              1.      On December 8 and December 22, 1997, Wedgewood Communications Company
("Wedgewood") filed applications for review of orders issued November 7, 1997 ("November 7 Order"),
and November 20, 1997 ("November 20 Order"), by the Cable Services Bureau ("Bureau").  In those
orders, the Bureau denied Wedgewood's certification to operate an open video system in Chicago,
Illinois.  The City of Chicago ("City") and the Alliance for Community Media, the Alliance for
Communications Democracy, the National Association of Communications Officers and Advisors, and
the Chicago Access Corporation ("Alliance") opposed Wedgewood's certification.  These parties also
opposed Wedgewood's application for review of the November 7 Order.  Responses to Wedgewood's
application for review of the November 20 Order must be filed on or before January 6, 1998.

              2.      In this Order, we address a Joint Motion To Temporarily Stay Consolidated Proceeding,
or, in the Alternative, Two Separate Proceedings ("Joint Motion") filed by Wedgewood and the City.

      3.      In their Joint Motion, Wedgewood and the City request that the captioned proceedings
be stayed temporarily, until such time as either movant requests that the stay be lifted, pending the
outcome of the movants' discussions regarding Wedgewood's regulatory status.  They request that the
temporary stay include an extension of time for the filing of oppositions to Wedgewood's application for
review of the November 20 Order.  The movants state that Wedgewood has agreed in principle to seek
a cable franchise from the City, which would obviate Wedgewood's need to obtain an open video system
certification.  The Alliance does not oppose the Joint Motion.

      4.      We grant the Joint Motion and stay the captioned proceedings until such time as either
the City or Wedgewood notifies the Commission that it wishes for the stay to be lifted or until the
Commission determines that the stay should be lifted.  The deadline for the filing of oppositions or other
pleadings concerning Wedgewood's application for review of the November 20 Order shall be 15 days
after either Wedgewood or the City files a notification that the stay should be lifted or the Commission
issues an order lifting the stay.  A temporary stay of the proceedings will conserve the parties' and the
Commission's resources by avoiding the need for the parties to file further pleadings and for the
Commission to rule on such pleadings before Wedgewood and the City conclude their discussions
concerning a possible resolution of the matters at issue in the applications for review.  For this reason,
we find that a temporary stay is in the public interest.

      5.      IT IS ORDERED that the Joint Motion To Temporarily Stay Consolidated Proceeding,
or, in the Alternative, Two Separate Proceedings, filed by Wedgewood Communications Company and
the City of Chicago, Illinois, IS GRANTED, as discussed above.

      6.      This action is taken by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau, pursuant to the authority
delegated by Section 0.321 of the Commission's rules.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              John E. Logan
                              Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau