DAILY DIGEST

Vol. 16, No. 159                                            August 18,1997

Released: August 18, 1997. NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF FOREIGN AM BROADCAST STATION NOTIFICATION.

Released: August 18, 1997. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG - NON-DOMINANT CARRIERS - AUGUST 15. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/Tariffs/Non-Dominant/nd081597.pdf

Report No: CS 97-23. Released: August 18, 1997. CABLE SERVICES ACTION - RATE REGULATION RULE CHANGES REQUIRING OMB APPROVAL EFECTIVE AS OF AUGUST 13, 1997. Contact: Rob Fream at (202) 418-7200. News Media Contact: Morgan Broman (202) 418-2358. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Public_Notices/1997/pncb7004.txt

Report No: CW-97-60. Released: August 18, 1997. PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE INFORMATION - BROADBAND - MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION. Contact: Irene Longin or Irene Griffith at (202) 418-1385. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1997/pnwl7204.txt

TIME WARNER CABLE AND PARAGON CABLE OF MOUNT VERNON. Granted petition for special relief for modification of the television market of Station WHAI-TV, Bridgeport, Connecticut; dismissed complaint of Paxson New York License, Inc., for must-carry on cable systems serving Village of Cornwall, the Town of Cornwall, New Windsor, the Town of Newburgh, the City of Newburgh, Marlboro, Stewart Army Post, and Mount Vernon, New York. Action by Deputy Chief. Adopted: August 14, 1997. by MO&O. (DA No. 97-1755). CSB Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1997/da971755.txt

HARRON CABLEVISION OF MASSACHUSETTS D/B/A HARRON COMMUNICATIONS CORP. Granted petition filed by Harron Cablevision of Massachusetts d/b/a Harron Communications Corp. seeking special relief to modify the Boston, Massachusetts ADI to exclude Television Broadcast Station WNDS (Ch. 50), Derry, New Hampshire, from carriage on its cable system serving communities of Pembroke, Halifax, Plympton, Abington and Rockland, Massachusetts. Action by Deputy Chief. Adopted: August 14, 1997. by MO&O. (DA No. 97-1753). CSB Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1997/da971753.txt

ST. MARYS TELEVISION, INC. Dismissed a complaint regarding the cable programming service tier rates that St. Marys Television, Inc. was charging in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, because the complaint concerned a basic service tier rate that is outside the jurisdiction of the FCC. Action by Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division. Adopted: August 14, 1997. by Order. (DA No. 97-1751). CSB Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1997/da971751.txt

FCC FILINGS. OPA. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/filings.html

FCC CALENDAR OF EVENTS. OPA. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/calendar.html

Released: August 15, 1997. PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUBSCRIBER CARRIER SELECTION CHANGES PROVISIONS OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 AND POLICIES AND RULES CONCERNING UNAUTHORIZED CHANGES OF CONSUMERS' LONG DISTANCE CARRIERS.Comments Due September 15; replies September 30. (DA No. 97-1746). Dkt No.: CC- 94-129. Contact: Cathy Seidel, Enforcement Divison at (202) 418-0960. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/1997/da971746.txt

Released: August 15, 1997. CABLE SERVICES ACTION - DIGITAL BROADCASTING OVS FILES AN APPLICATION FOR OPEN VIDEO SYSTEM CERTIFICATION. (DA No. 97-1756). Contact: Royce Dickens at (202) 418-7200. News Media Contact: Morgan Broman (202) 418-2358. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Public_Notices/1997/da971756.txt

Report No: 24056B. Released: August 15, 1997. BROADCAST APPLICATION. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applications/pnmm7166.txt

ST. MARKS AND WOODVILLE, FL. Effective September 29, 1997, amended Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, the Table of FM Allotments, to allot Channel 250A to Woodville, Florida, as that community's first local FM broadcast service; filing window September 29-October 30; terminated proceeding. Dkt No.: MM- 96-142. Action by Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division. Adopted: August 6, 1997. by R&O. (DA No. 97-1692). MMB Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1997/da971692.txt

Released: August 14, 1997. SELF-CERTIFICATION AS A RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANY.Notifications of self-certification as a rural telephone company must be sent by April 30 of each year to Sheryl Todd, Universal Service Branch, Accounting and Audits Division, FCC. (DA No. 97-1748). Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/1997/da971748.html