TAT-5 APPLICATION BY A.T.&T. FOR AUTHORITY TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENTITIES IN EUROPE, HALF INTERESTS IN CIRCUITS IN THE TAT-5/MAT-1 SYSTEM AND TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL CIRCUITS IN THE SPAIN-PORTUGAL SEGMENT THEREOF AND IN THE PORTUGAL-UNITED KINGDOM SUBMARINE CABLE, GRANTED. AMER. TEL. & TEL. 925 TELEVISION BROADCAST TRANSLATOR STATIONS APPLICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION PERMITS FOR 5 UHF TV TRANSLATOR STATIONS WERE GRANTED SINCE THE PROPOSED OPERATION IS TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE AND THE APPLICANT IS FINANCIALLY QUALIFIED. UHF TELEVISION, INC. 102 TELEVISION BROADCAST TRANSLATOR STATIONS, ELIGIBILITY A JOINT PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF DENIAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR CONVERSION OF TV STATIONS TO TRANSLATORS DENIED, SINCE OPERATING ECONOMY BENEFITING ONLY APPLICANTS IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT WAIVER OF THE RULES, NOR IS IT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO REPLACE A TV STATION BY A TRANSLATOR. WESTERN TELESTATIONS, INC. 433 TELEVISION BROADCAST TRANSLATOR STATIONS, FREQUENCIES ORDERS TO SHOW CAUSE WHY VHF TRANSLATORS AUTHORIZATIONS SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED TO UHF FREQUENCIES WERE SET ASIDE SINCE ONE HAS CEASED OPERATION, AND INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY THE OTHER IS OFFSET BY DEPRIVATION OF SERVICE TO MANY PERSONS IF OPERATION WERE CEASED. TRI-STATE TV TRANSLATORS, INC. 186 TELEVISION BROADCAST TRANSLATOR STATIONS, INTERFERENCE ORDERS TO SHOW CAUSE WHY VHF TRANSLATORS AUTHORIZATIONS SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED TO UHF FREQUENCIES WERE SET ASIDE SINCE ONE HAS CEASED OPERATION, AND INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY THE OTHER IS OFFSET BY DEPRIVATION OF SERVICE TO MANY PERSONS IF OPERATION WERE CEASED. TRI-STATE TV TRANSLATORS, INC. 186 TELEVISION BROADCAST TRANSLATOR STATIONS, LIMITATIONS APPLICATIONS FOR TV TRANSLATOR STATIONS WERE GRANTED SUBJECT TO SAME-DAY NONDUPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND CONSENT OF THE DENVER, COLO. STATIONS TO REBROADCAST THEIR PROGRAMMING. LARAMIE PLAINS ANTENNA TV ASSN. 286 TELEVISION RECEIVER RADIATION SEC. 15.63(C) WAS AMENDED TO INCREASE THE RADIATION INTERFERENCE LEVEL FOR TELEVISION BROADCAST RECEIVERS FROM 500 UV/M TO 1,000 UV/M UNTIL JANUARY 31, 1970. TELEVISION RECEIVER RADIATION 521 TEN PERCENT RULE AN APPLICATION SEEKING NIGHTTIME AUTHORIZATION AND CHANGE OF SITE, GRANTED. THE 10 PERCENT RULE (SEC. 73.28(D)(3) WAS WAIVED SINCE THE APPLICANT PROVIDES BLACK-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING FOR WHICH THERE IS A PARTICULAR NEED IN THE COMMUNITY. MEL-LIN, INC. 705 THREE YEAR RULE APPLICATION FOR ASSIGNMENT OF CP AND WAIVER OF SEC. 1.597, GRANTED UPON SUCCESSFUL SHOWING BY ASSIGNOR OF UNAVAILABILITY OF CAPITAL WHICH CONSTITUTES AN EXCEPTION TO THE HEARING REQUIREMENT OF THE RULE. NEVADA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 516 TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF THE LICENSE OF A TV STATION WAS GRANTED SINCE THE TRANSFEROR HAS SHOWN THE UNAVAILABILITY OF CAPITAL, THUS CONSTITUTING AN EXCEPTION TO THE 3-YEAR RULE (SEC. 1.597) AND THE TRANSFEREE IS FINANCIALLY QUALIFIED. CHANNEL 20, INC. 583 TIME EXTENSION OF THE TIME WAS EXTENDED FOR FILING COMMENTS AND REPLY COMMENTS IN THE RULEMAKING PROCEEDING CONCERNING CIGARETTE ADVERTISING. AMENDMENT OF PART 73 256 AN APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO CONSTRUCT WAS DESIGNATED FOR ORAL ARGUMENT TO DETERMINE IF THE REASONS SET FORTH BY THE PERMITTEE FOR DELAY CONSTITUTE CAUSES NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE PERMITTEE (SEC. 319 AND 1.534(A)). BEACON RADIO, INC. 574 A MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE PETITIONS FOR ENLARGEMENT OF ISSUES DENIED, SINCE GOOD CAUSE FOR LATE FILING WAS NOT ALLEGED AT THE TIME THE REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED. DEWITT RADIO 644 TIME ZONES REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF THE PROGRAM EXCLUSIVITY REQUIREMENTS OF SEC. 74.1103(E), DENIED, SINCE DISRUPTION OF VIEWING HABITS BECAUSE OF A DIFFERENT TIME ZONE, COST OF EQUIPMENT, STATION PRIORITY AND UNFAIR COMPETITION WERE CONSIDERED AND DISCUSSED IN THE SECOND REPORT AND ORDER. OGALLALA COMMUNITY TV CO. 987 TIMELINESS A PETITION TO ENLARGE ISSUES FILED MORE THAN 15 DAYS AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE DESIGNATION ORDER (SEC. 1.229) WAS TIMELY FILED SINCE GOOD CAUSE FOR DELAY WAS SHOWN. TERRE HAUTE B/CING CORP. 815 A PETITION FOR PARTIAL RECONSIDERATION OR ADDITION OF A PROTECTIVE CONDITION FILED BY A MANUFACTURER OF ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS, DENIED SINCE THE PETITION WAS UNTIMELY AND PETITIONER FAILED TO SHOW WITH PARTICULARITY (SEC. 1.106(B)) THAT IT WILL RECEIVE INTERFERENCE OR SUFFER ECONOMIC INJURY FROM OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED TV STATION. WTCN TV, INC. 909 TRAFFICKING ASSIGNMENT OF A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT HELD LESS THAN 3 YEARS WAS GRANTED ON GROUNDS OF UNAVAILABILITY OF CAPITAL JUSTIFYING WAIVER OF THE HEARING REQUIREMENT OF SEC. 1.597 (A)(3). THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF TRAFFICKING. MAXWELL ELECTRONICS CORP. 29 SEC. 1.597 WAS WAIVED AND TRANSFER OF CONTROL WAS AUTHORIZED SINCE THE TRANSFEROR WILL RETAIN DE FACTO CONTROL OF THE STATION AND NO TRAFFICKING IS INVOLVED. MOONEY B/CING CORP. 404 TRANSFER OF CONTROL THE PURCHASE OF 3 TO 4 PERCENT OF THE OUTSTANDING STOCK OF A BROADCAST COMPANY UNDER A RESTRICTED STOCK PLANS BY ONE WHO WILL BE UNDER CONTRACT AS ITS PRESIDENT FOR 7 YEARS, DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A TRANSFER OF CONTROL REQUIRING PRIOR COMMISSION APPROVAL. LIN B/CING CORP. 288 UNOPPOSED APPLICATIONS TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF 47 MICROWAVE STATIONS. GRANTED SINCE TRANSFEREE WAS FOUND TO BE LEGALLY, TECHNICALLY, FINANCIALLY. AND OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO OPERATE THE STATIONS. AMERICAN TV RELAY, INC. 451 TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF THE LICENSEE OF A TV STATION WAS GRANTED SINCE THE TRANSFEREES INTERESTS IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE MULTIPLE OWNERSHIP RULES AND THE TRANSFEREE IS FINANCIALLY AND LEGALLY QUALIFIED. BEAUMONT TV CORP. 577 TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF THE LICENSE OF A TV STATION WAS GRANTED SINCE THE TRANSFEROR HAS SHOWN THE UNAVAILABILITY OF CAPITAL, THUS CONSTITUTING AN EXCEPTION TO THE 3-YEAR RULE (SEC. 1.597) AND THE TRANSFEREE IS FINANCIALLY QUALIFIED. CHANNEL 20, INC. 583 TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF THE LICENSEE OF AN INDEPENDENT UHF-TV STATION, GRANTED, SINCE THE STATION IS IN NEED OF NEW FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND THERE ARE NO SUBSTANTIAL OR MATERIAL QUESTIONS WHICH WOULD BAR A GRANT OF THE APPLICATION. WIBF B/CING CO. 876 TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF THE LICENSEE OF FOUR INTERNATIONAL FIXED PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS AND TWO SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO STATIONS, GRANTED, SINCE THE OPERATION OF THOSE STATIONS IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND THE ACQUISITION BY THE TRANSFEREE WILL NOT AFFECT THE POSITION OF THE LICENSEE IN THE OVERSEAS COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY. AMK CORP. 933 TRANSFER OF CONTROL, UNAUTHORIZED ADDITION OF AN ISSUE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN AN UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF THE PERMITTEE OF A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT, DENIED, SINCE THE RELEVANT QUESTIONS CAN BE FULLY DEVELOPED UNDER ISSUES CONCERNING THE PERMITTEES FAILURE TO CONSTRUCT. BAY VIDEO, INC. 628 CONCLUSIONS REGARDING UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS OF CONTROL WERE MODIFIED SINCE CLARIFYING CONSIDERATIONS HAVE BEEN REVEALED. HOWEVER, UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS OF CONTROL DID OCCUR AND A COMPARATIVE DEMERIT WAS PROPERLY AWARDED. WHDH INC. 856 TRANSLATOR A JOINT PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF DENIAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR CONVERSION OF TV STATIONS TO TRANSLATORS DENIED, SINCE OPERATING ECONOMY BENEFITING ONLY APPLICANTS IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT WAIVER OF THE RULES, NOR IS IT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO REPLACE A TV STATION BY A TRANSLATOR. WESTERN TELESTATIONS, INC. 433 TRANSLATOR MILEAGE SEPARATIONS IN THE EVENT THAT THE APPLICATION FOR A NEW TV BROADCAST STATION IS GRANTED, SEC. 73.610(B)(1) WILL BE WAIVED SINCE THE AMOUNT OF SHORT SPACING WITH A TRANSLATOR IS ONLY 1.6 MILES AND THE TRANSLATOR OPERATES WITH ONLY 100 W. OF OUTPUT POWER. NORTH DAKOTA B/CING CO., INC. 407 TRANSMITTER EQUIPMENT, INSPECTION FORFEITURE OF 1,000 WAS ORDERED FOR VIOLATION OF SECTIONS 73.217 AND 73.265(E), OPERATION WITHOUT PROGRAM TEST AUTHORITY AND FAILURE TO INSPECT TRANSMITTING EQUIPMENT AT PROPER INTERVALS. STEREPHONIC ALASKA, INC. 98 TRANSMITTER SITE THE BURDEN OF PROOF WAS REALLOCATED ON ISSUES AS TO UHF IMPACT, TRANSMITTER SITE, AND ANTENNA HEIGHT, FROM RESPONDENTS TO THE APPLICANT FOR A CHANGE OF FACILITIES INCLUDING A REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF SEC. 73.610(B)(1), (SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS). WLVA, INC. 896 UHF IMPACT REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF SEC. 73.652(A) TO CHANGE STATION IDENTIFICATION TO DUAL CITY DENIED, SINCE IT WILL HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON UHF DEVELOPMENT IN PUERTO RICO. PONCE TV CORP. 411 TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF THE LICENSEE OF AN INDEPENDENT UHF-TV STATION, GRANTED, SINCE THE STATION IS IN NEED OF NEW FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND THERE ARE NO SUBSTANTIAL OR MATERIAL QUESTIONS WHICH WOULD BAR A GRANT OF THE APPLICATION. WIBF B/CING CO. 876 THE BURDEN OF PROOF WAS REALLOCATED ON ISSUES AS TO UHF IMPACT, TRANSMITTER SITE, AND ANTENNA HEIGHT, FROM RESPONDENTS TO THE APPLICANT FOR A CHANGE OF FACILITIES INCLUDING A REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF SEC. 73.610(B)(1). (SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS). WLVA, INC. 896 A GRANT OF AN APPLICATION TO CHANGE FACILITIES BY THE CHIEF, BROADCAST BUREAU WAS SET ASIDE AND THE APPLICATION WAS DESIGNATED FOR HEARING ON A UHF IMPACT ISSUE. LOUISIANA TV B/CING CORP. 973 VIOLATIONS FCC RULES AND REGULATIONS CATV OPERATOR WERE DIRECTED TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THEY SHOULD NOT BE ORDERED TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND OFFERING OF CATV FACILITIES IN VIOLATION OF SEC. 214. TELE CABLE CORP. 517 A TELEPHONE COMPANY WAS ORDERED TO CEASE AN APPLICATION FOR SEC. 214 CERTIFICATION BY A CATV OPERATOR WERE DIRECTED TO SHOW CAUSE A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECES- SEC. 1.1203 AND 1.1207 WERE AMENDED TO CLASSIFY |