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TKR asserts that these local  xstations provide local news coverage for all of its service areas and have a closer nexus to the  X -communities than WFMZTV.b 6 {O*-#X\  P6G;IP#э Id. at 89.b  X - ` x14.` ` Finally, TKR asserts that, with regard to viewership levels, WFMZTV is not listed  X- xin the television listings of two newspapers local to TKR's service areas, the Trentonian and the  X{- x=Philadelphia Daily News.`{6 6 {Ob-#X\  P6G;IP#э Id. at 9.` TKR argues that WFMZTV's failure to provide Grade B contour  xcoverage over the Communities coupled with the fact that the television station is not carried by  xother area cable systems make it highly unlikely that WFMZTV has any measurable viewership in the Communities.  X - ` x15.` ` In its opposition, Maranatha asserts that TKR misapplies the four statutory factors  xrelevant to market modification analysis in order to justify its request to exclude the communities  X- xat issue from WFMZTV's television market.e 6 yOU#-#X\  P6G;IP#э ADI Opposition at 3.e Maranatha argues that the legislative history  xunderlying the ADI statute strongly suggests that the market modification process was intended"X ,-(-(ZZ"  X- xLto be used to demonstrate that a community is part of a particular television station's market. Z6 {Oy- x,#X\  P6G;IP#э Id., citing H.R. Report, No. 102628, 102d Cong., 2d Sess. 97 (1992). Maranatha notes that the community  x-of Allentown, NJ is served by TKR's Hamilton system but is located in Monmouth County, NJ which is not part of the Philadelphia ADI and therefore is not part of Maranatha's mustcarry request.  X- xMaranatha further argues that Congress did not intend to preserve the status quo which would  xbe the result of denying carriage of the signals of stations that did not have a history of cable  xcarriage in the relevant community or that had not established a record of viewership in cable  xhouseholds. Maranatha contends that it can not be excluded from the relevant market on the  x-solely on the basis of TKR's existing channel lineup, distance or the absence of Grade B contour  xicoverage. Maranatha notes that TKR currently carries WLVT, an educational station that has the  xsame city of license and broadcasts from the same mountain as does WFMZTV. Maranatha  x[contends that were the Delaware River, which is contiguous with the entire PennsylvaniaNew  xJersey border, to be treated as a market boundary, TKR would not be obligated to carry anything other than New Jersey stations.  X - ` x16.` ` Maranatha asserts that TKR's argument regarding WFMZTV's lack of historical  X - x=carriage overlooks the fact that, until recently, WFMZTV had no statutory right to carriage.! 6 yOr- x#X\  P6G;IP#э Apparently, prior to the passage of the Satellite Home Viewing Act in 1994, Maranatha considered the copyright fees prohibitive.  xLWith regard to carriage on other cable systems, Maranatha states that the station is carried on  xComcast's systems serving Trenton and Philadelphia; on the Lower Bucks system, Wade and  X- xjGreater Media systems in Philadelphia.v"\B6 {O- x#X\  P6G;IP#э Id. at 5. Maranatha notes that WFMZTV has been added to cable systems serving more than 500,000  {OO- xhouseholds and that it will be listed in the TV Guide magazine beginning with the beginning of the magazine's new fiscal year in June 1997.v Maranatha states that, with regard to local coverage,  x it provides significant local programming to the Communities which includes five live daily  Xd- xnewscasts pertaining to local news and public affairs._#df 6 {O{-#X\  P6G;IP#э Id.at 6._ Maranatha further states that it broadcasts  XM- xa regular rotation of prime time public affairs programs including Law Journal, Dollar Dynamics  X8- xand Talk to Your Doctor. Maranatha notes that its affiliated company, Maranatha Broadcasting  xCompany ("MBC"), has an application pending with the Commission to improve the facilities of  xkWFMZTV which would, when constructed, extend WFMZTV's Grade B contour to within  xapproximately one kilometer of Hamilton Square and within less than five kilometers from the  X- xcommunities of Gloucester and Mt. Ephraim.b$ 6 {O"-#X\  P6G;IP#э Id. at n.7.b Finally, Maranatha states that cable penetration  xrates in Burlington, Camden and Mercer Counties are 82, 79 and 82 percent, respectively, which  ximakes the factor of overtheair viewership levels as neutral to the ADI analysis as that of historic carriage.  Xk- ` _x17.` ` Maranatha argues that, with regard to coverage by other television stations, TKR"k $,-(-(ZZ"  xcited the number of broadcast stations currently carried on its system serving the Communities  xbut did not demonstrate that those stations provide coverage of local news and sporting events  xas required by the statute. Maranatha further argues that it is unlikely that any of the stations that  xyTKR currently carries provides the extensive coverage of New Jersey news offered by WFMZ xTV. Maranatha next asserts that as of January 1997, according to a Nielsen study of 1300  xhouseholds throughout the ADI, WFMZTV reached 120,000 households noonmidnight, Monday  Xv- xMthrough Friday.%v6 {O-#X\  P6G;IP#э Id. at 9. Maranatha states that the Nielsen study was commissioned by MBC. Maranatha notes that that figure compares favorably with those of other  x]stations carried by TKR, including WYBE with 178,000 households; WGTW with 51,000 households; and WTGI with 12,000 households.  X - ` x18.` ` In reply, TKR states that Maranatha mischaracterizes Congressional intent with its  xargument that the market modification process was not intended to be used to exclude  X - xxcommunities from a television station's market.`& Z6 yO-#X\  P6G;IP#э ADI Reply at 2.` TKR asserts that Congress clearly contemplated  xLthat, in some cases, ADIs may not accurately reflect the stations which are local to a particular  X - xcommunity.' 6 {OY-#X\  P6G;IP#э Id. at 3, citing H.R. Rep. No. 628, 102d Cong., 2d Sess. 97 (1992). TKR summarizes its position that WFMZTV is not part of TKR's service area  xLbecause: (i) the distance between WFMZTV and TKR's service area is great; (ii) the Delaware  xRiver and the congested Philadelphia and Trenton areas separate WFMZTV from TKR; (iii)  xWFMZTV lacks any appreciable measure of local programming; (iv) WFMZTV lacks historical  Xb-carriage in TKR's service area; and (v) WFMZTV lacks viewership in TKR's service area.`(b|6 {O-#X\  P6G;IP#э Id. at 4.`  X4- ` `x19.` ` Specifically, TKR argues that, with regard to historical carriage and viewership  xlevels, WFMZTV has never been carried on TKR's cable systems even though the television  xstation has been broadcasting for more than 20 years. TKR contends that WFMZTV has failed  xto garner an audience in the Communities because it is not considered a local station by viewers.  xKTKR further contends that WFMZTV's assertion that TKR currently carries WLVT,a station that  x.is as distant from TKR's service area as WFMZ, failed to include the fact that WLVT provides Grade B contour coverage to TKR's cable communities.  X|- ` nx20.` ` TKR states that Maranatha's opposition cites 31 cable systems on which WFMZ xTV is carried but failed to mention that, of the 31 cable systems, only five serve any communities  xin New Jersey, and three of those five systems are located in Warren and Sussex Counties in  x<northern New Jersey, which are not near TKR's systems. The remaining two New Jersey systems  xon which WFMZTV is carried are the Bridge cable system, serving Hopewell, New Hope and  xSolebury Township, and the Comcast system serving Trenton. TKR points out that a significant  xnumber of cable systems in the area do not carry WFMZTV, which shows that TKR is accurate" (,-(-(ZZZ"  X- xto assert that WFMZTV is not carried by other area cable systems.)\6 {Oy- x#X\  P6G;IP#э Id. at 67. TKR compares Maranatha's list of cable systems which carries the television station with the full  {OC- xlist of area cable systems in the 1996 Cable & Station Coverage Atlas, which lists all cable systems alphabetically by county and state. TKR further states that  xMaranatha's claim that WFMZTV has been added to cable systems serving 500,000 households  xZfails to note that none of the cable systems carrying the station is located in southern New Jersey or that none are outside of WFMZTV's Grade B contour as is TKR.  X- ` x21.` ` TKR reiterates that WFMZTV fails to place Grade B contour coverage over the  xCommunities and fails to offer news and public affairs programming which is truly local to the  xrelevant communities. TKR notes that the Communities can not be considered "fringe  x>communities" relative to WFMZTV's Grade B contour. TKR contends that, even if MBC's  xapplication for construction is approved, WFMZTV's Grade B contour will extend only two  X - xmiles closer to TKR's service area.*Z 6 yO- x#X\  P6G;IP#э In support of its assertion concerning WFMZTV's proposed Grade B contour, TKR compares WFMZTV's  xproposed Grade B contour map filed with its pending application with WFMZTV's currently effective Grade B  {OG-coverage map. Id. at Exhibit B and ADI Petition at Exhibit D. TKR argues that, with regard to programming, only a small  xfraction of WFMZTV's total news programming pertains to issues affecting communities in  X - xjTKR's service areas.+ 6 {O- x#X\  P6G;IP#э Id. at 9 and Exhibit B. TKR states that it has identified no news stories aired by WFMZTV which relate  xto Monmouth County, New Jersey, where part of TKR's Hamilton system is located, and a total of 11 stories about  xMercer County over a 14month period, four news stories about Camden County and three news stories about  x;Burlington County. TKR further states that the majority of WFMZTV's programming is geared towards Berks and  xReading Counties, Pennsylvania and that the focus of most of WFMZTV's new programming appears to be Pennsylvania and not southern New Jersey. TKR argues that WFMZTV's programming is geared primarily towards  xviewers located in the Lehigh River Valley, rather than viewers located in southern New Jersey, TKR's service area.  X- ` x22.` ` TKR restates that the Communities are wellserved by numerous other local  x/broadcast stations on its cable systems. TKR further states that the Cable Services Bureau  x("Bureau") has already found that other stations provide a closer economic nexus than WFMZTV  XK- xto TKR.y,K 6 {O-#X\  P6G;IP#э Id. at 15 and ADI Petition at 79.y TKR notes that the Bureau held that "[w]here an operator is seeking to delete a  xstation's mandatory carriage rights in certain communities within its ADI, and it is clear that the  xstation is not providing local service to those communities, the issue of local coverage by other  xstations becomes a factor which we will give greater weight than in cases where a party is  X-seeking to add communities."-6 {O$-#X\  P6G;IP#э Id., citing Time Warner EntertainmentAdvance/Newhouse Partnership, 11 FCC Rcd at 6554.  X- ` Px23.` ` TKR asserts that the Commission should give appropriate weight to WFMZTV's" -,-(-(ZZ"  xjlack of audience ratings in the Communities because this a statutory factor which indicates the  X- xjscope of a station's television market.A.6 {Ob- x#X\  P6G;IP#э Id. at 18, citing Clear Cablevision Inc. and Manchester Cablevision Inc., both d/b/a Adelphia Cable  {O,-Communications, CSR4669A, et. al., DA 96812 (Cab. Serv. Bur., rel. May 22, 1996).A In the instant case, TKR argues that WFMZTV's lack  X- xof viewership is significant because WFMZTV has been broadcasting for more than 20 years.Z/$6 {O-#X\  P6G;IP#э Id.Z  xkFinally, TKR states that WFMZTV's use of a Nielsen study to show that it reaches 120,000  xhouseholds in the Philadelphia ADI does not demonstrate that WFMZTV has established a presence in the particular communities at issue.  X_-w DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS ă  X1- ` x24.` ` We turn first to TKR's market modification petition, to determine whether the  xcommunities served by TKR should be removed from WFMZTV's ADI. A resolution of this  xmatter will determine whether WFMZTV is eligible to claim carriage rights in these communities.  X - ` x25.` ` Based on our analysis of the evidence relating to the four statutory and other  xlrelevant factors, TKR's petition will be denied. Philadelphia is the fourth nation's largest  xpopulous television market in terms of population. It is a large market in terms of geographic  xarea, stretching from Northamption County in the north to Atlantic City and into Delaware in the  xsouth. Allentown is some 45 miles to the north of Philadelphia, the core city of the market. The  xcable communities involved are in the New Jersey counties of Burlington, Camden, and Mercer.  x=The communities associated with the Maple Shade/Gloucester system are located immediately  x.across the Delaware River from the City of Philadelphia. The communities associated with the  xHamilton system are adjacent to Trenton, New Jersey. WFMZTV, licensed to Allentown,  xjPennsylvania began operation in 1976 and broadcasts on channel 69 from a transmitter located  xin Allentown. The cable communities are approximately 49 miles (Maple Shade/Gloucester) and 47 miles (Hamilton) from the station.  X- xA. Historic Signal Carriage  X|-  Xe- ` 2x26. ` ` Statutory factor one is "whether the station, or other stations located in the same  xarea, have been historically carried on the cable system or systems within such community."  x.WFMZTV has no history of carriage in the cable communities in question. WFMZTV is not  xa station of recent origin, having commenced operations more than 20 years ago. The systems  xdo carry the signal of another Allentown station, noncommercial educational station WLVTTV, which broadcasts from the same tower as WFMZTV.  X - ` x27. ` ` Carriage on nearby cable systems is not a factor specified in the statute, but it does  xseem likely, depending on the specific circumstances involved, that carriage on nearby systems"! /,-(-(ZZ "  X- xcould serve as evidence to define the logical scope of a station's market.06 {Oy-#X\  P6G;IP#э Fouce Amusement Enterprises, Inc., 10 FCC Rcd 668, 671 (CAB, 1995). Such carriage could  xserve to demonstrate the belief of both the stations and systems involved that there is a market  xnexus between the broadcast station and the communities where the station is carried and thus  xprovide evidence as to the scope of a station's market. The signal of WFMZTV is carried in  xLthe City of Philadelphia and in Trenton. The Maple Shade/Gloucester system communities are  x-immediately adjacent to Philadelphia. The Hamilton system communities are adjacent to Trenton.  X_-x B. Station Coverage of Communities  XH-  X1- ` _x28. ` ` Statutory factor two is "whether the television station provides coverage or other  xlocal service to such community." This factor incorporates both technical service and  xprogramming service. With respect to technical service coverage, the Commission has stated in  X - xiits Report and Order in MM Docket No. 92259 that "to show that the station provides coverage  xyor other local service to the cable communities, parties may demonstrate that the station places  xat least a Grade B coverage contour over the cable community or is located close to the  X - xcommunity in terms of mileage."h1 Z6 yO-#X\  P6G;IP#э 8 FCC Rcd at 29762977.h WFMZTV does not provide Grade B service to the cable  xcommunities. An application is pending, however, that will extend the station's Grade B service  xarea so that portions of Mercer and Burlington Counties in which the systems operate will be within or on the fringe of the station's contour.  X6- ` x29. ` ` With respect to programming service, TKR alleges that there is no significant  xamount of programming from the station that is specifically targeted to the cable communities  x\involved. There is evidence from the station, however, that its broadcasts material directed  xtoward New Jersey viewers, including stories specific to Burlington, Camden and Mercer  xCounties. The station's programming also is said to include regular coverage of games involving the minor league baseball and hockey teams in Trenton.  X-  Mx C. Coverage of News, Sporting Events, or Other Events of Interest by Other  X~-Stations Entitled to Carriage  XP- ` nx30. ` ` Statutory factor three is "whether any other television station that is eligible to be  xcarried by a cable system in such community in fulfillment of the requirements of this section  xprovides news coverage of issues of concern to such community or provides carriage or coverage  xof sporting and other events of interest to the community." In this instance TKR alleges that it  xprovides carriage to numerous Pennsylvania and New Jersey stations that provide local service  xto its subscribers. TKR includes on this list as well, the major network and independent stations  xzfrom New York City. Maranatha argues that some of these stations carry no news at all and disputes the significance of the coverage by the other stations. "" 1,-(-(ZZ!"Ԍ X- xD. Station Audience in Communities Served by Cable System  X- ` x31. ` ` Statutory factor four is "evidence of viewing patterns in cable and noncable  xyhouseholds within the areas served by the cable system or systems in such community." TKR  xhas presented no direct evidence as viewing of WFMZTV in the cable communities, suggesting  x=that the other indirect information that is available establishes that the station is unlikely to be viewed in these communities.  XH-x E. Other Considerations  X - ` $x32. ` ` The factors specified in 614(h) do not purport to be exclusive and thus other  xLevidence may be considered that is helpful in defining the scope of the markets of the stations  xinvolved. One such additional factor involves whether local newspaper or other listings of station  xkprogramming that have circulation in the cable communities include the programming of the  x=stations in question. WFMZTV is said to be now listed in the channel reference pages of the  X - xPhiladelphia metropolitan edition of TV Guide with a full program listing scheduled to commence in June of 1997.  Xd-x F. Summary  X6- ` "x33.` ` The cable television mandatory broadcast signal carriage rules were adopted as part  xof the 1992 Cable Act. According to the legislative history of that Act, the use of ADI market  xareas is intended "to ensure that television stations be carried in the areas which they serve and  X- xwhich form their economic market."26 yOj-#X\  P6G;IP#э H.R. Rep. 102628, 102d Cong., 2d Sess. 97 (1992). The Act specifically provided that the Commission was  x{to consider adding additional communities or excluding communities from the markets of  X- xtelevision stations "to better effectuate the purposes" of the mandatory carriage requirements.f3X6 yO-#X\  P6G;IP#э 47 U.S.C. 534(h).f  xIn acting on such requests the Commission was instructed to "afford particular attention to the  xvalue of localism, taking into account four specified statutory factors." These factors, however,  X~- xLwere "not intended to be exclusive."4~6 yO-#X\  P6G;IP#э H.R. Rep. 102628, 102d Cong., 2d Sess. 97 (1992). The market modification provisions of 614(h) are said,  x>in the legislative history, to "reflect a recognition that the Commission may conclude that a  xcommunity within a station's ADI may be so far removed from the station that it cannot be  X9- xdeemed part of the station's market."Z59x6 {Ob#-#X\  P6G;IP#э Id.Z We do not believe that the requested exclusion of the  xcommunities served by TKR's cable systems from the markets of WFMZTV will better effectuate the purposes of the mustcarry statutory provisions.  X- ` x34. ` ` In reaching this conclusion, we have considered the statutory factors as well as" 5,-(-(ZZ;"  xother relevant information. WFMZTV has never been carried in the communities in question  x(factor I) and provides no overtheair television broadcast service to the communities (factor II).  xOther stations that are entitled to carriage do provide news and other information regarding issues  x=of concern to the communities (factor III). Given the statutory directive, weight must be given  xto these factors, but that must be done bearing in mind that the objective of the 614(h) process  xiis to "better effectuate the purposes" of the broadcast signal carriage scheme. Thus, with respect  xto the question of historical carriage patterns, attention must be paid to the circumstances from  x-which such patterns developed. Some stations have not had the opportunity to build a record of  xhistorical carriage for specific reasons that do not necessarily reflect a judgment as to the  x\geography of the market involved. Thus, these factors to the extent they are reflective of  x?circumstances outside of the shape of the market are not by themselves controlling in  xcircumstances where such an implementation of the 1992 Cable Act would, in effect, prevent  xyweaker stations like WFMZTV, that cable systems had previously declined to carry, from ever obtaining carriage rights.  X - ` x35.` ` Another factor to consider is the availability of other broadcasters in the market  x=that are eligible for carriage and provide coverage of news, sporting events, or other events of  x.interest to the communities at issue. We have stated, however, that where a cable operator is  xseeking to delete a station's mandatory carriage rights in certain communities within its ADI and  x[it is clear that the station is not providing local service to those communities, the issue of local  xjcoverage by other stations becomes a factor to which we will give greater weight than in cases  X- xwhere a party is seeking to add communities.66 {O-#X\  P6G;IP#э Nationwide Communications, Inc., 10 FCC Rcd 13050, 13053 (1995). Carriage of other local stations may be used as  xan enhancement factor to support a cable operator's deletion request when there is other evidence  X- x.in the record that the communities at issue are outside of the station's market.7Z6 {O-#X\  P6G;IP#э TCI of Illinois, DA 971002, para. 26, 1997 WL 241995 (F.C.C.) (CSB released May 12, 1997). In the present  xcase, TKR carries numerous other stations licensed to communities in the Philadelphia ADI that  xare closer to the cable communicates and provide coverage of local news and events. There is, however, also evidence of WFMZTV's service to the cable communities.  X|- ` x36.` ` Given the difficulties of relying exclusively and explicitly on the statutory factors  xof historical carriage and viewing patterns, which could severely narrow the carriage rights of  xstations even within what is undeniably their local market area, we have found it necessary to  xfocus more heavily on factors that are not influenced by the type or age of the stations involved  X - xor historical carriage.|8 6 {O"-#X\  P6G;IP#э See Cablevision Systems Corp., supra.| The scope of a local station's market may be measured through  xgeographic means by examining the distance between the station and the cable community subject  xto the deletion request and by taking into account natural phenomena such as waterways,  x<mountains, and valleys that may tend to separate communities and define natural markets basic  xgeographic, demographic, and political features that provide the best available alternative evidence  xjof the market boundaries of the stations involved. In this regard the Commission has explicitly"!~8,-(-(ZZ "  X- xynoted the relevance of Grade B contours.96 yOy- x-#X\  P6G;IP#э As a general matter, Grade B coverage demonstrates service to cable communities and serves as a measure  {OA- xof a station's natural economic market. See Report and Order in MM Docket No. 92259, 8 FCC Rcd at 2977. See  {O - xalso Amendment of Section 76.51 (OrlandoDaytona Beach, Melbourne, and Cocoa, Florida), 102 FCC 2d 1062,  x1070 (1984)("We believe that television stations actually do or logically can rely on the area within their Grade B contours for economic support."). In the absence of other information, station service  xcontours provide at least one objective measure of the scope of a stations local market. Here we  X- x[note that WFMZTV does not presently provide Grade B service to the cable communities but  xis in the process of improving its facilities so that they will be on the edge of its service area.  xjThe station is also geographically separated from the cable communities in terms of mileage by  x/approximately 47 to 49 miles, it is on the far side of the Delaware River from Allentown, and is in a different state.  XH- ` _x37. ` ` Weighing against the grant of the petition is evidence relating to cable carriage in  xother adjoining communities and the fact that station has demonstrated some efforts to provide  x/programming targeted to New Jersey, including Burlington, Camden, and Mercer Counties.  xThese two factors are of significant importance in our analysis of this petition and persuade us,  xalong with the other facts as to the station's broadcast service area and the distances and  xgeography involved that exclusion of these communities from the market of WFMZTV is not  xLwarranted. We recognize that a number of the other factors weigh in TKR's favor, including in  xMparticular the absence of any historical carriage in the areas in question after many years of  xoperation. The station's facilities were improved in 1993 and a further improvement has been  xapplied for, so that the lack of historical carriage is based circumstances that no longer exist.  xSignificantly, WFMZTV is carried on the Trenton, New Jersey cable system which is located  x<in Mercer County, where TKR's cable communities of Hamilton and Washington are also located.  xLOf further significance is the fact that WFMZ is carried on all three Philadelphia cable systems  xjwhich are closely proximate to TKR's cable communities of Gloucester City, Brooklawn, Mount  x{Ephraim, all of which are located in Camden County, and also to Maple Shade in western  x.Burlinton County. The listing of the station and its schedule in TV listings relevant at least to  xthe Maple Shade/Gloucester communities also provides some evidence that the market regards  xthis area to be within the economic market and service area of the station. The distances and  xgeography involved are not so extreme as to suggest no market nexus with the communities  xexists. In addition to WFMZTV's carriage on nearby cable systems, is the fact that TKR carries  xWLVTTV, a station which operates from the same transmitter site as WFMZTV and is likewise  xzseparated from TKR's cable communities by Philadelphia and by the Delaware River. TKR's  xargument that WFMZTV is separated from the cable communities at issue by natural barriers does not prevent it from finding WLVTTV of sufficient local interest to warrant carriage.  X - ` Qx38.` ` We have carefully considered each statutory and other relevant factors in the" |9,-(-(ZZ"  X- xcontext of the circumstances presented here and, on balance,:6 yOy- xZ#X\  P6G;IP#э We are under no obligation to give particular weight to any particular one of the several statutory factors.  {OA- xSee Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. FCC, 56 F.3d 151, 175 (D.C. Cir. 1995); accord, Omnipoint Corp. v. FCC,  x78 F.3d 620, 633634 (D.C. Cir. 1996) (When Congress directs an agency to consider certain factors, the agency  xisimply "must reach an express and considered conclusion about the bearing of a factor, but is not required to give any specific weight to it."). we find that TKR has not  x[demonstrated that the communities it serves lack a sufficient nexus with WFMZTV to warrant deletion of these communities from the station's ADI.  X- ` Sx39.` ` Having found that grant of TKR's petition for market modification is not  xwarranted, we now turn to Maranatha's signal carriage complaint. We note that, although TKR  xfailed to provide any response to Maranatha's request for carriage, Maranatha has committed to  xproviding, at its own expense, the equipment necessary for WFMZTV to deliver a good quality  xsignal to TKR's principal headends. We find that WFMZTV is a qualified commercial television station entitled to carriage on TKR's systems serving the communities at issue.  X -   ORDERING CLAUSES ă  X - ` x40.` ` Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED , pursuant to 614(h) of the Communications Act  x\of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 534, and 76.59 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 76.59,  X -that the petition for special relief (CSR4933A) filed by TKR Cable Company IS DENIED .  Xy< ` x41.` ` IT IS FURTHER ORDERED  that the complaint filed on behalf of WFMZTV  Xc- xMby Maranatha Broadcasting Company, Inc., (CSR4893M) against TKR's cable systems IS  XL- xGRANTED , in accordance with 614(d)(3) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,  X5-47 U.S.C. 534 and Section 76.56(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 76.56(b).  X- ` x42.` ` IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the affected cable systems shall commence carriage of WFMZTV sixty (60) days from the effective date of this Order.  X- ` x43.` ` This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated under 0.321, 47 C.F.R. 0.321 of the Commission's rules.  h<x` `  hh@FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x` `  hh@William H. Johnson, x` `  hh@Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau