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Essentially, each county in the United States is allocated to a market based on  xwhich homemarket stations receive a prepondence of total viewing hours in the county. For purposes of this calculation, both overtheair and cable television viewing are included. "0#",**88$"Ԍ S- ` x3.` ` A commercial television station serving a community of license that is located within the  S- x]same ADI as the principal headend of a cable system has a right of carriage on that cable system.\ yO@-ԍ47 U.S.C. 534 (h)(1)(A); 47 C.F.R. 76.56(b).\  xHowever, this right is subject to several conditions: 1) a cable system operator is generally required to  xdevote no more than onethird of its activated channel capacity in order to comply with the mandatory  S`- xsignal carriage obligations;D`XM yOX-ԍ47 U.S.C. 534(b)(1)(B). D 2) the station is responsible for delivering a good quality signal to the  S8- xprincipal headend of the system;H8M yO -ԍ47 U.S.C. 534(h)(1)(B)(iii).H 3) indemnification may be required for any increase in copyright liability  S- xresulting from carriage;HxM yO( -ԍ47 U.S.C. 534 (h)(1)(B)(ii).H 4) the system operator is not required to carry the signal of any station whose  xsignal substantially duplicates the signal of any other local signal carried or the signals of more than one  S- x=local station affiliated with a particular broadcast network.@M yOh-ԍ47 U.S.C. 534(b)(5).@ If, pursuant to these requirements a system  x=operator elects to carry the signal of only a single affiliate of a broadcast network, it is obligated to carry  xthe affiliate from within the market whose city of license is closest to the principal headend of the cable  SH -system.:H M yO-ԍ8 FCC Rcd at 2981.:  S - x III.` ` SUMMARY OF PLEADINGS  S - ` 3x 4.` ` In its petition, KINZ notes that it is assigned to the DallasFort Worth ADI, the same  xtelevision market served by Willow Cable's cable systems. KINZ states that on December 11, 1996, it  xnotified Willow Cable of the station's election of mustcarry status on Willow Cable's systems serving  xthe Communities. KINZ further states that on December 15, 1996, Willow Park responded to KINZ's  xrequest and informed KINZ that certain of the communities at issue, namely, Olsen Green Acres, Palo  xPinto, Santo, Perrin and Gordon, were not within the relevant ADI. KINZ further states that Willow Park  x>maintained that, with respect to communities located in River Oaks and Parker, Johnson and Tarrant  x^Counties, Willow Park had already fulfilled its obligation to carry the required number of local  x\commercial television stations. KINZ next states that it concluded from its review of Willow Cable's  x.channel lineups that two of Willow Cable's systems those serving River Oaks and Parker Counties  xyhad not met their obligation to carry the required number of local commercial stations. KINZ alleges that  xzWillow Cable's River Oaks system has 38 activated channels and is therefore required to carry twelve  xklocal commercial stations but carries only eleven local commercial stations. KINZ further alleges that  S- xWillow Cable's system serving Parker County has 34 activated channels and is therefore required to carry  Sx- x11 local commercial stations but carries only ten local commercial stations. KINZ states that on  xJanuary "R_ Ԡ "R_ 7, 1997, it informed Willow Cable of KINZ's conclusions with respect to the carriage of local  xcommercial stations on its River Oaks and Parker County systems. KINZ asserts that Willow Park did"(( ,-(-(ZZ"  xnot respond. As a result, KINZ argues that Willow Cable is required to carry KINZ on its cable systems  S-serving River Oaks and Parker Counties pursuant to Section 76.56 of the Commission's rules.<M yO@-ԍ47 C.F.R. 76.56.<  S-x IV.` ` DISCUSSION  S8- ` x5.` ` We will grant KINZ's petition for mandatory carriage with respect to Willow Cable's  xcable systems serving River Oaks and Parker Counties. Section 614(a) of the Communications Act states  xthat each cable operator shall carry the signals of local commercial television stations. A local commercial  xtelevision station is defined as any full power broadcast television station that is within the same television  S- xmarket as the cable system.C XM yO -ԍ47 U.S.C. 534(h)(1)(A).C It is undisputed that KINZ and Willow Cable are located within the same  xADI. A cable operator is required to carry the signals of a local commercial station unless that station  x>fails to deliver a good quality signal to the cable system's principal headend; the station substantially  xduplicates the signal of another local commercial station which is carried on the system; or the cable  xLoperator (with a system of more than 12 usable activated channels) has already allocated up to onethird  S - xof the aggregate number of its usable activated channels to other local commercial stations. M {OX-ԍSee Clarification Order, 8 FCC Rcd 4142 (1993); see also 47 U.S.C. 534(b)(5) and (b)(1)(B). Commission  xrules also require a local commercial station that believes that a cable operator has failed to meet its  S - xobligations to complain in writing to the operator.D zM yO-ԍ47 C.F.R. 76.61(a)(1). D The cable operator must respond in writing to the  xLstation's complaint within 30 days of receipt. The operator must either commence carriage of the signal,  S0- x[or explain its reasons for failing to do so.D 0 M yO-ԍ47 C.F.R. 76.61(a)(2). D If the Commission determines that a cable operator has failed to meet its mustcarry obligations, it may order an operator to commence carriage of a station.  S- ` x6.` ` In the instant case, Willow Cable responded to KINZ's initial request for mandatory  xLcarriage by explaining its reasons for failing to commence carriage of KINZ's signal. The record indicates  xthat Willow Cable did not respond to KINZ's second more limited request for carriage with respect to  x\Willow Cable's systems serving River Oaks and Parker Counties. KINZ alleged that, with respect to  xLRiver Oaks and Parker County systems, Willow Cable had not allocated onethird of its usable activated  xchannel capacity to local commercial television stations. Willow Cable did not dispute nor respond to  x>KINZ's allegations. We find that Willow Cable's channel lineups indicate that it carries 38 activated  S- x[channels on its River Oaks system and 34 activated channels on its Parker County system.> M yO!-ԍPetition at Exhibit B.> We further  x[find that Willow Cable is required to carry 12 local commercial stations on its River Oaks system and 11  xlocal commercial stations on its Parker County system. Accordingly, to the extent that Willow Cable had  xMnot fully allocated the required capacity to local commercial television stations at the time of KINZ's  xrequest for carriage, we order Willow Cable to commence carriage of KINZ's signal on its cable systems serving River Oaks and Parker Counties. "* ,-(-(ZZ<"Ԍ S-x V.` ` ORDERING CLAUSES  S- ` x7.` ` Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the petition filed by United Broadcast Group II, Inc.  x=against Willow Park Cable TV [CSR4939M] pursuant to 614 of the Communications Act of 1934, as  xamended, 47 U.S.C. 534 and Section 76.61(a)(2) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 76.61(a)(2), IS  xGRANTED with respect to Willow Cable's cable systems serving River Oaks and Parker County, respectively.  S- ` x8.` ` IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Willow Cable SHALL COMMENCE CARRIAGE of  xthe signal KINZ(TV) within sixty (60) days from the release date of this Order on its cable system serving Burleson, Millsap, River Oaks and Willow Park, Texas.  S - ` #x9.` ` This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated by 0.321 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 0.321. x` `  hhFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x` `  hhGary M. Laden x` `  hhChief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division x` `  hhCable Services Bureau