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WTVE states that its city of license  x[and the communities Comcast serves are all located in the Philadelphia ADI, and that WTVE is  xthus entitled to carriage on Comcast's cable system. WTVE states that it has installed receiving  xequipment at its own expense on Comcast's tower to allow Comcast to receive a good quality  xsignal from the station. WTVE complains that despite this installation, as well as receiving an  xkoral assurance of carriage from Comcast's former General Manager, Comcast now refuses to  x>carry WTVE's signal. Accordingly, WTVE requests that the Commission order Comcast to commence carriage of WTVE's signal.  XP- ` Px9.` ` In response to WTVE, Comcast states that it is filing a petition to modify the ADI  xof WTVE to delete the communities Comcast serves from WTVE's ADI. Accordingly, states  x|Comcast, it need not carry the signal of WTVE pending resolution of this ADI market  X -modification petition.  x {O4%- x<ԍ Comcast cites the Report and Order in MM Docket No. 92259, 8 FCC Rcd at 2977, and Time Warner New  {O%-York City Cable Group, 11 FCC Rcd 6514, 65266527 (1996).  X-" ,N(N(ZZZ"Ԍ X- ` x10.` ` Market Modification Petition (CSR4951A). Comcast states that it has never  x-carried WTVE, even though the station began operation in November 1980. Comcast argues that  xthe Commission has previously stated that natural landforms and geographic distance should be  X- xconsidered in determining whether to delete communities from a station's ADI,~ ^ {O6- xԍ Comcast cites Rifkin/Narragansett South Florida CATV Limited Partnership, 11 FCC Rcd 21090, 21103 {O- xh21104 (1996); Montgomery Cablevision, L.P. d/b/a Cable TV Montgomery, 10 FCC Rcd 2732, 2735 (1995); Report  {O-and Order in MM Docket No. 92259, 8 FCC Rcd at 2977.~ and states that  x.WTVE's city of license is, on average, about 46.7 miles from Comcast's communities. Comcast  x]describes WTVE's programming as primarily children's programming, paid programming,  x/movies, Fox sports news, and Harrisburg and Hershey, Pennsylvania area sporting events.  xLComcast contends that this programming has no nexus with Comcast's communities. Comcast  x-notes that it does carry on its system several Philadelphia ADI licensees which provide coverage  X3- xof local news and sporting events. 3 yO - xZԍ Comcast supplies a channel lineup which indicates that Comcast carries Stations KYWTV (CBS, Channel  x;3), WPVITV (ABC, Channel 6), WCAUTV (NBC, Channel 10), WPHLTV (Ind., Channel 17), WTXFTV (Fox,  xChannel 29), WYBETV (Ind., Channel 35), and WGBSTV (Ind., Channel 57), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; WLVT xiTV (PBS, Channel 39) and WFMZTV (Ind., Channel 69), Allentown, Pennsylvania; WHYYTV (PBS, Channel  x12) and WTGITV (Ind., Channel 61), Wilmington, Delaware; WNJS (PBS, Channel 23), Camden, New Jersey; and WGTW (Ind., Channel 48), Burlington, New Jersey. In addition, Comcast carries education and government  xkaccess channels as well as local origination channels. Comcast further argues that WTVE's viewing in Montgomery County is minimal, and is not even listed by Nielsen for that county.  X - ` x11.` ` WTVE argues in opposition that it has no history of carriage on Comcast's system  x[because until passage of the Satellite Home Viewing Act in 1994, amending the Copyright Act,  xLWTVE had no right to mandatory carriage on Comcast's system unless it indemnified Comcast  xagainst costly copyright payments. WTVE notes that, based on Comcast's 1996 assurance of  xycarriage to WTVE, the station invested in installation and testing equipment to ensure delivery  xof a good quality signal to Comcast's principal headend. WTVE states that its Grade B signal  xcontour encompasses all of Comcast's communities, and that this is sufficient to demonstrate service to those communities.  X- ` Cx12.` ` In reply, Comcast argues that the question of a station's historic carriage is  xproperly weighed in analyzing market modification petitions, and notes that WTVE has not even  xibeen carried in the three years since the Copyright Act was amended. Comcast states that WTVE  xdoes not dispute that its city of license is distant from Comcast's communities, nor does WTVE  xaddress the question of its actual local programming. Comcast notes, too, that WTVE does not dispute its lack of measured viewing in the communities Comcast serves.  Xg- ANALYSIS AND DECISION ĐTP  X9- ` x13.` ` We turn first to Comcast's market modification petition, to determine whether the  xcommunities served by Comcast should be removed from WTVE's ADI. A resolution of this""f ,N(N(ZZ\" matter will determine whether WTVE is eligible to claim carriage rights in these communities.  X- ` nx14.` ` In view of all the facts and circumstances relevant to this proceeding, we find that  xthe communities Comcast serves in the Philadelphia ADI are not so attenuated from WTVE to  xwarrant deleting these communities from the station's ADI. While we recognize that WTVE has  X- xno history of carriage in the communities in question, where, as is the case here, a petitioner  xLseeks to delete its communities from a station's ADI with respect to a cable system, we believe  X_- xthat failure to establish historic carriage should not, by itself, be given determinative weight. _ {O-ԍ See, e.g., Kansas City Cable Partners d/b/a American Cablevision of Kansas City, 10 FCC Rcd 3807 (1995).  x[Nor do we believe that Comcast has succeeded in demonstrating that WTVE does not provide  xlocal service to Comcast's communities. All of the communities in question are encompassed  xkby WTVE's Grade B contour, and the communities nearest to WTVE's city of license lie just  xapproximately ten miles beyond the station's Grade A contour. We find this evidence of local  X - x=service to be decisive.y Z {O-ԍ See, e.g., Cablevision Systems Corporation, 12 FCC Rcd 2485, 2491 (1997).y This differentiates this case from Rifkin/Narragansett South Florida  X - xCATV Limited Partnership, supra, in which the stations in question failed even to place a Grade  X - xB contour over the communities in question. Comcast argues that the sports news and other  xsporting events coverage WTVE provides has no specific nexus with Comcast's cable  xcommunities. However, Comcast has not demonstrated that WTVE's sports programming does  x=not constitute "sporting . . . events of interest to the communit[ies]" within the meaning of the  Xf-Communications Act.Nf yO-ԍ 47 U.S.C. 534(h)(1)(C)(ii)(III).N  X8- ` Bx15.` ` The third factor to consider in market deletion cases is the availability of other  xxbroadcasters in the market. While carriage of other local stations may be used as an enhancement  x[factor to support a cable operator's deletion request when there is other evidence in the record  x=that the communities at issue are outside of the station's market, this is not the case before us.  xThat Comcast carries other stations which arguably provide news or other coverage of issue of  xconcern to Comcast's communities is not sufficient in this context to justify removal of the  xcommunities from WTVE's ADI. With respect to viewership (the fourth statutory factor),  xComcast argues that WTVE lacks viewing in the communities Comcast serves, and demonstrates  xthis with Nielsen viewership data, which records no viewing of WTVE in communities in Chester  xjor Delaware Counties. However, WTVE's lack of carriage in these heavily cabled communities,  XR- x[as well as the station's specialty station type programming format,uR| {O"-ԍ See, e.g., Channel 56 of Orlando, Inc., 12 FCC Rcd 4071, 4081 (1996).u likely explain why WTVE's  xLratings are low in Chester and Delaware Counties. We believe that in the circumstances of the  X$- xpresent case a station's limited viewership should not be given determinative weight, in view of"$,N(N(ZZ"  X-the heavily cabled nature of the communities. {Oy- xZԍ See The Chronicle Publishing Company d/b/a Ventura County Cablevision, 10 FCC Rcd 9474, 94819482 (1995).  X- ` x16.` ` In view of the foregoing, we find that Comcast has not demonstrated that WTVE  xlacks a sufficient nexus with the communities Comcast serves. Deletion of these communities from WTVE's ADI is therefore not warranted.  Xv- ` x17.` ` Turning to WTVE's signal carriage complaint, having found that grant of  xComcast's petition for market modification is not warranted, we find the only issue remaining  xis that of WTVE's signal strength. WTVE states that it has already installed receiving equipment  xat its own expense on Comcast's tower to allow Comcast to receive a good quality signal from  xthe station. Comcast does not deny this, nor refutes WTVE's contention that it provides a good quality signal to Comcast. Consequently, we shall order Suburban to carry WTVE's signal.  X -  X -  ORDERING CLAUSES  X -TP  X - ` 2x18.` ` Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED , that the petition for special relief (CSR4951A)  X-filed March 3, 1997 by Comcast Cablevision of Willow Grove, Inc. IS DENIED .  Xb- ` x19.` ` IT IS FURTHER ORDERED , that the "Complaint" (CSR4925M) filed January  XK- x30, 1997 by Reading Broadcasting, Inc., IS GRANTED , in accordance with 614(d)(3) of the  xCommunications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. 534) and 47 C.F.R. 76.56(b). Comcast  X- xCablevision of Willow Grove, Inc. IS ORDERED to commence carriage of television station  xWTVE within sixty (60) days from the release date of this Order. WTVE shall notify Comcast  xCablevision of Willow Grove, Inc. in writing of its carriage and channel position elections  x(76.56, 76.57, and 76.64(f) of the Commission's Rules) within thirty (30) days of the release date of this Order.  X- ` x20.` ` This 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