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S- xya commercial station that is located in the same television market is not entitled to carriage.)f {Oh- xk#X\  P6G;IP#эSee Must Carry Order at 2990. As noted earlier, Commission staff has determined that each of these communities is located in the DallasFort Worth ADI along with television station KINZTV.) One method  xof doing so is for a cable operator to establish that a subject television station's signal, which would  xotherwise be entitled to carriage, does not provide a good quality signal to a cable system's principal  S- x/headend.o"f yOJ-#X\  P6G;IP#э47 C.F.R. 76.55(c)(3).o Should a station fail to provide the requisite overtheair signal quality to a cable system's  S`- xjprincipal headend, its carriage nevertheless may not be foreclosed, because under our rules, a station may  xkprovide a cable operator with specialized equipment, at the station's expense, which will improve the  S-station's signal to an acceptable quality at a cable system's principal headend.n f {Ob -#X\  P6G;IP#эMust Carry Order at 2991.n  S- ` }x7.` ` The signal strength test reports provided by Northland show that United does not provide  S- xan offair signal of 45 dBm or betterA Df yO|- x#X\  P6G;IP#э47 C.F.R. 76.55(c)(3). Northlands condedes that KINZ(TV) provides a good quality singal over its headend servicng Kaufman, Texas and is complying with the must carry requirements by carrying KINZ(TV) on that system.A to the headends of Northland's cable systems serving Corsicana,  Sp- xTeagueFairfield, Hillsboro, Kerens, and Wortham, Texas.H pf yO- x;#X\  P6G;IP#эWe find the showing of "facts and considerations relied on" in Northland's opposition to be properly supported  {Ot-by the factual statements in the affidavit of James A. Penny. See 47 C.F.R.  76.7(d).H On the other hand, the signal strength tests  xreports provided by Northland show that the test equipment had not been calibrated within a year prior,  x?as recommended by the test equipment manufacturers, for the tests for the cable systems serving  x|Berryville, Chandler, Dublin, Gun Barrel, Hico, Jackson's Landing, Malakoff, Red Ackers, and  S - xStephenville, Texas.  f {Of- x,#X\  P6G;IP#эThe most recent calibration date for any of this equipment was June 7, 1995. See Opposition, Attachments A and B, for example. For that reason, Northland failed to establish by means of signal tests following  x.good engineering practices that KINZ(TV) does not provide an offair signal of 45 dBm or better to the  x\headends of Northland's cable systems serving the communities of Berryville, Chandler, Dublin, Gun Barrel, Hico, Jackson's Landing, Malakoff, Red Ackers, and Stephenville, Texas.  S- ` px8.` ` We will grant United's complaint. United has made a commitment on this record to  xjdeliver an adequate signal to all of Northland's cable systems serving those communities at issue here and  xto pay any associated costs, in accordance with 614(h)(1)(B)(iii) of the Communications Act of 1934.  xWith respect to the Northland systems serving Corsicana, TeagueFairfield, Hillsboro, Kerens, and  xWortham, Texas, where Northland established that KINZTV failed to provide a good quality signal to  xthese systems' headends, we will direct Northland to carry KINZTV within sixty (60) days after United  xprovides a good quality signal to the principal headends of Northland's cable systems. With respect to  x{the Northland systems serving Berryville, Chandler, Dublin, Gun Barrel, Hico, Jackson's Landing,  xMalakoff, Red Ackers, and Stephenville, Texas, where Northland failed to meet its burden of establishing,  xby means of tests conducted in accordance with good engineering practices, that KINZTV does not  x=provide a good quality signal to these systems' headends, we will direct Northland to commence carriage of KINZTV within sixty (60) days of the release date of this order."PP ,>(>(II"Ԍ S-ԙ 1ORDERING CLAUSES ă  S- ` x9.` ` Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED , pursuant to Section 614 of the Communications Act of  x1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. 534), that the petition filed by Complaint of United Broadcast Group II,  S`- xInc. ("United") IS GRANTED . Northland Cable Properties Five Limited Partnership, Northland Cable  S8- xTelevision, Inc., and Northland Cable Properties, Inc. ("Northland") ARE ORDERED to commence  xcarriage of television station KINZ(TV) on their cable systems serving Corsicana, TeagueFairfield,  xHillsboro, Kerens, and Wortham, Texas within sixty (60) days after United installs the equipment  xnecessary to provide a good quality signal to Northland's headends of those systems, and on their cable  xsystems serving Berryville, Chandler, Dublin, Gun Barrel, Hico, Jackson's Landing, Malakoff, Red Ackers, and Stephenville, Texas within sixty (60) days of the release date of this Order.  S - ` Bx10.` ` This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated under 0.321 of the Commission's Rules. x` `  hhFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x` `  hhGary M. Laden, Chief x` `  hhConsumer Protection and Competition Division x` `  hhCable Services Bureau