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Finally, WCEETV contends that its modest audience  xshare must be considered in the light of its nature as a struggling independent station with a  Xb- xKspecialty format,b 18 {O- xZԍ WCEETV cites Nationwide Communications, Inc., 10 FCC Rcd at 13053; Greater Worcester Cablevision,  {O-10 FCC Rcd at 12572; and the Home Shopping Report and Order, 8 FCC Rcd 5321, 5322, 5327 (1993). and notes that ACSL carries two other stations television broadcast stations  xKNLC (Ind., Channel 24), St. Louis, Missouri, and WHSL (Ind. Channel 46), East St. Louis,  xiIllinois [this latter a home shopping station] whose audience shares are not significantly greater than those of WCEETV.  X-  @12.xIn reply, ACSL argues that WCEETV has offered no evidence to refute the system's  X- x/showing that the communities in question should be deleted from WCEETV's ADI. ACSL  x=contends that modification of WCEETV's market is fully consistent with Congressional intent  x<and Commission precedent. ACSL claims that it has demonstrated that each of the four statutory  xfactors favor modification of WCEETV's market as requested, and that WCEETV has failed"&,N(N(ZZQ"  xto rebut this demonstration. ACSL notes that the cases cited by WCEETV to support its  xZcontention that a lack of carriage should not weigh against it all involved stations placing a Grade  xA or a Grade B contour over the communities in question, which WCEETV does not. ACSL  xargues that a distant outofstate station need not be carried on cable systems which lie beyond  X- xthe station's Grade B contour.18 {O- xiԍ ACSL cites TKR Cable Company, DA 961890 (released Nov. 18, 1996); Time Warner Cable, 11 FCC Rcd 13149 (1996). ACSL contends that WCEETV has demonstrated no particular  xnexus between its contemplated "infomercial" programming and the communities in question.  xMWith respect to "St. Louis Views," ACSL states that the program is simply listed as "Public  X_- xAffairs" in the Mount Vernon, Illinois RegisterNews, and is unknown to ACSL's subscribers  XJ- xbecause WCEETV is not listed in the St. Louis newspaper or the St. Louis edition of TV Guide.  x-In addition, ACSL states that WCEETV does not dispute that ACSL carries other stations which  X - xprovide local coverage, which supports ACSL's claim.b "18 {O -ԍ ACSL cites Time Warner Cable, 11 FCC Rcd at 13156.b Finally, ACSL contends that whatever  xjWCEETV's status, its limited viewing taken in the context of all other evidence argues in favor of deleting the communities in question from the station's ADI.  X - ANALYSIS AND DECISION T  X-  TP13.xWe will grant ACSL's request. We believe that, based upon the four statutory and other  xrelevant factors, ACSL has demonstrated that its systems' communities are sufficiently removed  xfrom WCEETV that they ought not be deemed part of the station's market for mandatory carriage purposes.  X!-  14. xAs an initial matter, we note that, according to the legislative history of the 1992 Cable  xAct, the use of ADI market areas is intended "to ensure that television stations be carried in the  X- xareas which they service and which form their economic market.\18 yOX-ԍ H.R. Rep. 102628, 102d Cong., 2d Sess. 97 (1992).\ Changes may be sought and  xgranted by the Commission "to better effectuate the purposes" of the mandatory carriage  X- xrequirements.?D18 yO-ԍ 47 U.S.C. 534(h).? The market change process incorporated into the Communications Act, however,  xzis not intended to be a process whereby cable operators may seek relief from the mandatory  xsignal carriage obligations apart from the question of whether a change in the market area  xyinvolved is warranted. When viewed against this backdrop, and considering all of the relevant  xfactual circumstances in the record, we believe that ACSL's deletion petition appears to be a legitimate request to redraw ADI boundaries to make them congruous with market realities.  X$-  m15.xTurning to the fourpart market modification test set forth in Section 614, we first find  xthat ACSL has met its burden in showing that WCEETV does not satisfy statutory factors I and  xLIV. WCEETV has no history of carriage in the cable communities, despite having been on the",N(N(ZZZ"  xair since 1983. With respect viewing patterns in the cable communities, we note that WCEETV  x>has no overtheair audience in the communities in question. No viewership is reported for  xWCEETV in St. Louis County, Missouri, in which all communities served by ACSL are located.  xThe station's failure to meet these criteria in tandem, in addition to the other factors in this case, support the decision to delete the cable communities at issue.  Xv-  16.xThe availability of other broadcasters in the market, the third statutory factor, must be  xKconsidered in market deletion cases such as this one. Where a cable operator is seeking to delete  xa station's mandatory carriage rights in certain communities within its ADI, and it is clear that  xthe station is not providing local service to those communities, the issue of local coverage by  xother stations becomes a factor which we will give greater weight than in cases where a party is  xseeking to add communities. In the present situation, ACSL's systems carry numerous network  X -affiliated and independent stations that provide coverage of local news and events.aX 18 yOe - xԍ These stations include KTVI (ABC, Channel 2), KMOV (CBS, Channel 4), KSDK (NBC, Channel 5), KETC  x(ETV, Channel 9), KPLRTV (Ind., Channel 11), KNLC (Ind., Channel 24), and KDNLTV (Ind., Channel 30), all St. Louis, Missouri, and WHSL (Ind., Channel 46), East St. Louis, Illinois.a  X -  ?17.xWith regard to local service, we first find that all of the communities served by ACSL lie  X - xwell beyond WCEETV's Grade B contour.X 18 yO@- xԍ The present factual circumstances are different from those found in the cases WCEETV cites to support its  xiposition, as they involved communities situated within the Grade B, Grade A, or even City Grade contours of the stations in question, and in most cases, within 35 or fewer miles of the stations' city of license or transmitter site. We believe that Grade B contour coverage is an  x\efficient tool to adjust market boundaries in those situations where the other factors do not  xxprovide a clear basis for distinguishing market boundaries; that is do not reveal whether particular  xcommunities within the larger geographic area involved are properly inside or outside of the  XK- xstation's market for purposes of Section 614(h).nK18 {O- x #X\  P6G;P#эSee Amendment of Section 76.51 (OrlandoDaytona Beach, Melbourne, and Cocoa, Florida), 102 FCC 2d 1062,  x1070 ("We believe that television stations actually do or logically can rely on the area within their Grade B contours for economic support."). n The Commission recognized this approach in  X4- xits Broadcast Signal Carriage Report and Order, when it stated that "to show that the station  xprovides coverage or other local service to the cable communities, parties may demonstrate that  xthe station places at least a Grade B coverage contour over the cable community or is located  X- xclose to the community in terms of mileage."f 18 yO\"-#X\  P6G;P#э8 FCC Rcd at 29762977.f While WCEETV may use a low power  xjtelevision station to deliver its signal to the cable communities, it presence does not lessen the  xrelevance, in a market modification proceeding, of the principal stations' failure to place a Grade  x.B contour over the subject cable communities. Moreover, the station concedes that even this  xdelivery mode does not guarantee the delivery of a good quality signal under Commission  xstandards. We also find that the station is distant, in terms of mileage and geography, from the"~J ,N(N(ZZ"  X- xycable communities.X18 yOy- x#X\  P6G;P#э The 1992 Cable Act's legislative history notes that when making its market determinations, the Commission  xmay conclude that a community within a station's ADI may be "so far removed" from the station that it cannot be deemed to be part of the station's market. H.R. Rep. No. 628, 102d Cong., 2d Sess.at 9798. Mt. Vernon, WCEETV's city of license, is on average, 75 miles away from the cable communities.  X-  18.xThe station's programming, which is also considered under the rubric of local service,  xdoes not weigh in WCEETV's favor here. Although WCEETV asserts that less than half of  xits air time will be comprised of programlength presentations from national and local businesses  xand community organizations within two years, the station provides no specific examples of any  xLpresentations tailored to the communities in question today. WCEETV attempts to show that  xyit does currently provide local programming through its broadcast of "St. Louis Views" and its  x]Sunday evening programming. We do not believe that these programming efforts are of  xevidentiary significance in this particular case because the current offerings are not specifically  xtailored to the cable communities at issue. We are unable to base our decision on programming  xwhich may or may not be provided at some future date. Consequently we will grant the petition.  xZThis decision is supported by the considerable geographic distance between the stations and the  xcable communities, the lack of Grade B contour coverage over each of the communities, the lack  x=of historical carriage on the cable system at issue, and the lack of audience in the communities served by ACSL.  Xb-; ORDER ă  X4-   19.xAccordingly, IT IS ORDERED , pursuant to 614(h) of the Communications Act of 1934,  xkas amended, 47 U.S.C. 534 and 76.59 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. 76.59, that the  xkpetition for special relief (CSR4848A) filed  j"4Q* October 2, 1996 by Time Warner Entertainment X-Advance/Newhouse Partnership, dba American Cablevision of Saint Louis IS GRANTED .  X-20.xThis action is taken pursuant to authority delegated by 0.321 of the Commission's Rules. x` `  hh@FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x` `  hh@William H. Johnson x` `  hh@Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau