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The petition is unopposed.  S-M# BACKGROUND ă  SH- ` x2.` ` Pursuant to 614 of the Communications Act and implementing rules adopted by the  S - xCommission in its Report and Order in MM Docket No. 92259,M 2 yO-ԍ 8 FCC Rcd 2965, 29762977 (1993). M a commercial television broadcast station  xzis entitled to assert mandatory carriage rights on cable systems located within the station's market. A  xstation's market for this purpose is its "area of dominant influence," or ADI, as defined by the Arbitron  S- xaudience research organization.z2 yO"- xԍ Section 4 of the 1992 Cable Act specifies that a commercial broadcasting station's market shall be determined  xin the manner provided in 73.3555(d)(3)(i) of the Commission's Rules, as in effect on May 1, 1991. This section  x<of the rules, now redesignated 73.3555(e)(3)(i), refers to Arbitron's ADI for purposes of the broadcast multiple  xownership rules. Section 76.55(e) of the Commission's Rules provides that the ADIs to be used for purposes of the  {O%- xinitial implementation of the mandatory carriage rules are those published in Arbitron's 19911992 Television Market  {O&-Guide. An ADI is a geographic market designation that defines each television  xmarket exclusive of others, based on measured viewing patterns. Essentially, each county in the United  x>States is allocated to a market based on which homemarket stations receive a preponderance of total  S2- xviewing hours in the county. For purposes of this calculation, both overtheair and cable television"2 ,**88"  S-viewing are included." yOh- xԍ Certain counties are divided into more than one sampling unit because of the topography involved. Also, in  xcertain circumstances, a station may have its home county assigned to an ADI even though it receives less than a  {O- xpreponderance of the audience in that county. Refer to Arbitron's Description of Methodology handbook for a more complete description of how counties are allocated.  S- ` ~x3.` ` Under the Act, however, the Commission is also directed to consider changes in market areas. Section 614(h)(1)(C) provides that the Commission may:  ~Xxwith respect to a particular television broadcast station, include additional communities  within its television market or exclude communities from such station's television market to better effectuate the purposes of this section.  In considering such requests, the Act provides that: Xxthe Commission shall afford particular attention to the value of localism by  taking into account such factors as  Xx(I) whether the station, or other stations located in the same area, have been historically carried on the cable system or systems within such community;   Xx(II) whether the television station provides coverage or other local service to such community;   `Xx(III) whether any other television station that is eligible to be carried by a cable system  Cin such community in fulfillment of the requirements of this section provides news  coverage of issues of concern to such community or provides carriage or coverage of sporting and other events of interest to the community; and   pXx(IV) evidence of viewing patterns in cable and noncable households within the areas served by the cable system or systems in such community.   S-x4.` ` The legislative history of this provision indicates that:  Xxwhere the presumption in favor of ADI carriage would result in cable subscribers losing  Baccess to local stations because they are outside the ADI in which a local cable system  operates, the FCC may make an adjustment to include or exclude particular communities  pfrom a television station's market consistent with Congress' objective to ensure that  #television stations be carried in the areas which they serve and which form their economic market.  * * * * *  S - nXx[This subsection] establishes certain criteria which the Commission shall consider in acting  $on requests to modify the geographic area in which stations have signal carriage rights.  These factors are not intended to be exclusive, but may be used to demonstrate that a"!,`(`(887#"  S-community is part of a particular station's market.\ yOh-ԍ H.R. Rep. 102628, 102d Cong., 2d Sess. 97 (1992).\   S- ` x5.` ` The Commission provided guidance in its Report and Order in MM Docket. 92259,  S-supra, to aid decision making in these matters, as follows:  S<- ~XxFor example, the historical carriage of the station could be illustrated by the submission  S- Qof documents listing the cable system's channel lineup (e.g., rate cards) for a period of  years. To show that the station provides coverage or other local service to the cable  community (factor 2), parties may demonstrate that the station places at least a Grade B  coverage contour over the cable community or is located close to the community in terms  of mileage. Coverage of news or other programming of interest to the community could  obe demonstrated by program logs or other descriptions of local program offerings. The  S& - pfinal factor concerns viewing patterns in the cable community in cable and noncable  homes. Audience data clearly provide appropriate evidence about this factor. In this  nregard, we note that surveys such as those used to demonstrate significantly viewed status  Dcould be useful. However, since this factor requires us to evaluate viewing on a  }community basis for cable and noncable homes, and significantly viewed surveys typically  nmeasure viewing only in noncable households, such surveys may need to be supplemented  S8-with additional data concerning viewing in cable homes.S8X yO0-ԍ 8 FCC Rcd at 2977 (emphasis in original).S   S- ` x6.` ` As for deletions of communities from a station's market, the legislative history of this provision indicates that:  XxThe provisions of [this subsection] reflect a recognition that the Commission may  Pconclude that a community within a station's ADI may be so far removed from the station  that it cannot be deemed part of the station's market. It is not the Committee's intention  that these provisions be used by cable systems to manipulate their carriage obligations to  avoid compliance with the objectives of this section. Further, this section is not intended  to permit a cable system to discriminate among several stations licensed to the same  Scommunity. Unless a cable system can point to particularized evidence that its  3community is not part of one station's market, it should not be permitted to single out  individual stations serving the same area and request that the cable system's community  S-be deleted from the station's television market._ yO -ԍ H.R. Rep. 102628, 102d Cong., 2d Sess. 9798 (1992)._   S- ` x7.` ` In adopting rules to implement this provision, the Commission indicated that requested  S- xchanges should be considered on a communitybycommunity basis rather than on a countybycounty  x.basis, and that they should be treated as specific to particular stations rather than applicable in common"hx,`(`(88"  S- x.to all stations in the market. " yOh- xԍ 8 FCC Rcd at 2977 n.139. Viewership information cited herein is county data, rather than community xspecific data. However, absent evidence that such data is not fairly reflective of viewing in the actual communities  {O- x,in question, we accept such data as probative in cases of this type. See, e.g., RKZ Television, Inc., 8 FCC Rcd 8008, 8010 (1993). The rules further provide, in accordance with the requirements of the Act,  S-that a station not be deleted from carriage during the pendency of an ADI change request.=  yO*-ԍ 47 C.F.R. 76.59.=  S-  MARKET FACTS AND ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTIES  S8- ` _ x8.` ` The New Jersey communities here in question are all served by Garden State's Cherry Hill  xsystem. The cable communities are located in the New Jersey counties of Burlington, Camden,  S- xGloucester, and Salem.C XB yO - x[ԍGarden State seeks to delete the community of Plumstead Township from WTVETV's ADI. Plumstead  x,Township is located in Ocean County, which is part of the New York ADI. Accordingly, with respect to Plumstead Township, Garden State's petition is moot. C WTVETV is located in the Philadelphia area of dominant influence ("ADI")  xwhich is the nation's fourth largest television market in terms of population. It is also a large market in  xterms of geographic area, stretching from Northampton County, Pennsylvania in the north to Atlantic City  xand into Delaware in the South. WTVETV, located in the southeastern portion of Pennsylvania, and the  xcommunities, generally located in the southwestern portion of New Jersey across the Delaware River from  x Pennsylvania, share a common assignment in the Philadelphia ADI. According to Garden State, this  xzcommon connection does not justify compelling a Cherry Hill, New Jersey, cable system to carry the  x/signal of a station assigned to the opposite end of the ADI. As such, Garden State seeks to have the communities served by its Cherry Hill system deleted from WTVETV's television market.  g#f   g#f   SX- ` x9.` ` In support of its petition, Garden State argues that WTVETV should be excluded from  xzcarriage on its Cherry Hill cable system because the station fails to meet any of the market factors set  xforth in the 1992 Cable Act and the Commission's rules. First, Garden State asserts that WTVETV lacks  S- xlongterm historic carriage. Although WTVETV began operation in November 1980,y b  {O-ԍTelevision & Cable Factbook, No. 65, Cable Volume at A964 (1997 Edition). y Garden State notes  x>that it has never been carried on the Cherry Hill System. Thus, Garden State argues that deleting the  xLcommunities at issue from WTVETV's television market would be consistent with Congressional intent  xwhich would be to avoid disruption of established viewing patterns and to ensure that stations do not lose  S@-access to existing cable audiences.d @  {O -ԍSee H.R. Rep. No. 628, 102d Cong., 2d Sess. 97 (1992).d  S- ` ox10.` ` Second, with regard to coverage or local service to the communities, Garden State notes  xythat concerning geographic proximity, the communities served by the Cherry Hill system are, on average,  xapproximately 58.72 miles from Reading, Pennsylvania, WTVETV's city of license, and extend as far  Sx- x=as almost 75 miles from Reading.x  yO&- xԍGarden State notes that the nearest community to Reading is Woodlynne Borough, which is 42.81 miles away. The most distant community is Woodland Township, which is 74.64 miles from Reading. Garden State also represents that all of the New Jersey communities"x,`(`(88"  xserved by the Cherry Hill system fall outside of WTVETV's Grade B contour, which does not reach New  S- xJersey.S yO@-ԍGarden State Petition at 5 and Exhibit 3. S Garden State further represents that it conducted actual field tests at four different system sites  x.and, in each instance, the test showed a weak or nonexistent picture. Garden State does note, however,  S- xthat WTVETV has recently received the Commission's approval to increase its signal.iX {O-ԍSee FCC File No. BPCT960320KF (granted December 18, 1996).i However,  xaccording to Garden State, even after the upgrade is completed, Garden State's service area will only be  xon the fringe of the WTVETV's Grade B contour and a number of the communities will remain outside  S- xof the Grade B.Q yO -ԍGarden State Petition at 5 and Exhibit 4.Q Finally, Garden State adds that WTVETV provides no significant programming with  x.any particular nexus to the communities. The programming provided, according to WTVETV, consists  xprimarily of children's programs and cartoons, movies, paid programming, Fox Sports News, and sporting events local to the Harrisburg and Hershey, Pennsylvania, areas.  SH - ` x11.` ` With regard to the third factor, Garden State argues that other qualified stations provide  xample coverage of local news and sporting events. Garden State notes that its channel lineup shows that  xit carries numerous stations licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and these stations provide extensive  S - xcoverage of local news and sporting events.X z yO- xhԍGarden State reports that the New Jerseylicensed stations carried on its system include WNJS, WHSP, WGTW,  xWWAC, and WWOR. The Philadelphialicensed stations include KYW, WPHL, WTXF, WGBS, WPVI, WCAU, and WYBE. Garden State points out that its system also carries "local  S - xorigination" and "local access" channels that contain local news and sports coverage.  yO- xxԍGarden State carries "The New Jersey Channel" (WNJS) and "The Cable Television Network of New Jersey" (CTN). Garden State also  xadds that even if WTVETV were to provide programming of local interest to Garden State's  xcommunities, the fact that other local stations in the area provide superior local coverage would undermine any special benefits associated with WTVETV.  S- ` x12.` ` Garden State also argues with regard to the fourth statutory factor that it has been unable  xto identify any measurable ratings for WTVETV in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean, and Salem  x[Counties in New Jersey, where the communities served by Garden State are located. Garden State notes  Sh-that WTVETV's call letters are not even listed by Nielsen for these counties.bXh  yO- x<ԍIn support of its argument, Garden State submits a letter dated December 6, 1996, from "Media Strategies,"  xa marketing and research group, stating that its review of Nielsen's County Coverage Report for 1996 revealed that WTVETV did not have any viewing in the counties at issue. b  S- ` x13.` ` Garden State also notes that in addition to not meeting the statutory test, there are other  x=considerations that weigh in favor of granting the requested relief. For instance, Garden State points out  S- xthat WTVETV is not listed in any of the various editions of the Philadelphia Inquirer's weekly  S- xprogramming guide, nor is WTVETV included in the weekly television listings published by the Courier S|- xzPost, a Southern New Jersey Newspaper. Garden State also notes that WTVETV is not carried on a  x/number of nearby cable systems including Comcast's Woodbury and Willingboro systems, Suburban"V,`(`(88"  xCable's Gloucester system, TKR Cable's Camden South, Maple Shade and Delaware Valley North  S-systems, and Cablevision Systems' Upper Freehold system. yO@-ԍIn support, Garden State submits channel lineup cards for the various local systems.   S-W ANALYSIS AND DECISION  S8- ` Ax 14.` ` Based on the four statutory and other relevant factors, Garden State's unopposed petition  xwill be granted. As an initial matter, we note that, according to the legislative history of the 1992 Cable  x\Act, the use of ADI market areas is intended "to ensure that television stations be carried in the areas  S- xwhich they serve and which form their economic market."ZX yO -ԍH.R. Rep. 102628, 102d Cong., 2d Sess. 97 (1992).Z Changes may be sought and granted by the  S- xKCommission "to better effectuate the purposes" of the mandatory carriage requirements.= yO -ԍ47 U.S.C. 534(h).= The ADI market  x change process incorporated into the Communications Act, however, is not intended to be a process  xwhereby cable operators may seek relief from the mandatory signal carriage obligations apart from the  x0question of whether a change in the market area involved is warranted. When viewed against this  xbackdrop, and considering all of the relevant factual circumstances in the record, we believe that the  xoperator's deletion petition appears to be a legitimate request to redraw ADI boundaries to make them  xcongruous with market realities. Garden State's actions do not reflect an intention to skirt its signal  xzcarriage responsibilities under the 1992 Cable Act and the Commission's rules, nor do they evidence a  x[pattern of discriminatory conduct against the station. Based on the geography and the statutory factors,  xwe believe that the New Jersey communities in question are sufficiently removed from WTVETV that  xthey ought not be deemed part of the station's market for mandatory carriage purposes. The evidence  x.before us, which has not been disputed by WTVETV, distinguishes the communities served by Garden  xState's Cherry Hill system and persuades us that the action requested would "better effectuate the  x\purposes" of Section 614 of the 1992 Cable Act. We believe Congress enacted Section 614(h) with a deletion provision so that market anomalies such as this one could be properly reviewed and rectified.  S@-  S- ` _x15.` ` Although WTVETV has been in operation for 17 years, the station has never been carried  xon Garden State's Cherry Hill system. Therefore, for purposes of our analysis, WTVETV has no history  xof carriage in this area and does not fulfill the first statutory factor. We also have no indication that  x>WTVETV is carried by other cable systems serving the counties where the communities at issue are  Sx- x[located.xx yO- xjԍThe New Jersey counties at issue are Burlington County, Camden County, Gloucester County, and Salem  {O- xCounty. A review of Television & Cable Factbook, Volume No. 64, (Cable Systems, 1996 Edition) does not indicate  {OJ -that WTVETV is carried by any other cable systems serving these counties.  Ę Carriage of the station at issue on nearby cable systems is not a factor specified in the statute,  xbut it does seem likely, depending on the specific circumstances involved, that carriage on nearby systems  S(- x\could serve as evidence to define the logical scope of a station's market.l( {O#-ԍFouce Amusement Enterprises, Inc., 10 FCC Rcd 668, 671 (1995).l In the instant case, the fact  S- xthat WTVETV is not carried by other nearby systems is a further indication that there is no market nexus"V ,`(`(88k"  S-between WTVETV and the communities at issue. yOh- xԍThe Commission recently denied Garden State's request to delete the same 58 communities at issue here from  xKthe television market of WFMZTV, Allentown, Pennsylvania, which is located in relatively close proximity to  {O- xWTVETV, the station here at issue. Maranatha Broadcasting, CSR4882M and CSR4932A, DA 971167  x[(released June 5, 1997). The WFMZTV case can be distinguished here because weighing against grant of the  xWFMZTV petition, among other factors, was evidence relating to cable carriage of WFMZTV in other adjoining communities.   S- ` 4x16.` ` From the information before us, we also cannot conclude that WTVETV provides  xcoverage or other local service to the communities served by the Cherry Hill system. Garden State has  xzdemonstrated that all of the New Jersey communities served by its Cherry Hill system fall outside of  xWTVETV's existing Grade B contour. In addition, based on the record before us, we also have no indication the WTVETV provides any programming specifically tailored to the communities in question.  S- ` ~x17.` ` We also believe that Garden State's carriage of other local stations provides support for  xthe action requested. Where a cable operator is seeking to delete a station's mandatory carriage rights in  xzcertain communities, the issue of local coverage by other stations becomes a factor which we will give  x\greater weight than in cases where a party is seeking to add communities. In the instant case, Garden  xState carries five New Jerseylicensed stations and seven Philadelphia licensed stations, as well as local  S - xorigination and local access channels which provide more focused local programming than WTVETV. B {O-ԍSee also Comcast Cablevision of Monmouth County et al., 11 FCC Rcd 4226, 4233 (1996).  đ  xGarden State also demonstrates that WTVETV has no audience in the communities served by its Cherry  xHill system. Indeed, the Nielsen County/Coverage Study 1995 does not even list WTVETV's call letters in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties.  S0- ` x18.` ` In light of all of the circumstances in this matter, we cannot conclude that the  xcommunities at issue are a logical part of WTVETV's television market. Garden State has sufficiently  xdemonstrated that the communities served by its Cherry Hill system lack a sufficient nexus to WTVETV and that deletion of these communities from the station's ADI is warranted.  Sh-1 ORDERING CLAUSES  S- ` x 19.` ` Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED , that the petition for special relief (CSR5035A) filed  S-by Garden State Cable TV IS GRANTED .  S-x20.` ` This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated by 0.321 of the Commission's Rules x` `  hhFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x` `  hhWilliam H. Johnson  S- x` `  hh Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau  S`- "8,`(`(88 "  X- g#f #Xj\  P6G;9XP# g#f x` `  hh Appendix A  X-  Garden State Cable TV Communities  X-  Xv-Community` `  hhCountyhppCUID NO .  xx *Distance (#(#X  XH-Audubon Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0174  xx44.03  X -Audubon Park BoroughhhCamdenhppNJ0172  xx44.05  X -Barrington Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0230  xx46.63  X -Bellmawr Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0229  xx45.24  X-Berlin Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0308  xx54.69  Xb-Berlin Township hhCamdenhppNJ0327  xx54.76  X4-Camden City` `  hhCamdenhppNJ0388  xx41.43  X-Carneys Point TownshiphhSalem@hppNJ0537  xx45.29  X-Cherry Hill TownshiphhCamdenhppNJ0241  xx44.97  X-Chesterfield TownshiphhBurlingtonhppNJ0395  xx58.05  X|-Clementon Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0316  xx52.35  XN-Collingswood BoroughhhCamdenhppNJ0209  xx43.66  X -Eastampton TownshiphhBurlingtonhppNJ0416  xx54.49  X-Evesham Township hhBurlingtonhppNJ0355  xx55.13  X -Fieldsboro Borough hhBurlingtonhppNJ0384  xx53.00  X"-Florence Township hhBurlingtonhppNJ0387  xx50.83  Xh$-Fort Dix` `  hhBurlingtonhppNJ0255  xx60.81  X:&-Gibbsboro Borough  hhCamdenhppNJ0334  xx51.74 "#',`(`(88%"Ԍ X-Gloucester Township hhCamdenhppNJ0309  xx51.19  X-Haddon Township hhCamdenhppNJ0192  xx44.68  X-Haddonfield BoroughhhCamdenhppNJ0301  xx46.23  Xv-Haddon Heights BoroughhhCamdenhppNJ0205  xx45.74  XH-Hainesport Borough hhBurlingtonhppNJ0385  xx51.97  X -HiNella Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0335  xx49.49  X -Laurel Springs BoroughhhCamdenhppNJ0357  xx50.82  X -Lawnside Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0303  xx47.73  X-Lindenwold BoroughhhCamdenhppNJ0199  xx51.63  Xb-Lumberton Borough hhBurlingtonhppNJ0389  xx53.56  X4-Magnolia Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0256  xx47.98  X-Mansfield Township hhBurlingtonhppNJ0419  xx54.71  X-McGuire Air Force Base hhBurlingtonhppNJ0113  xx62.41  X-Medford Lakes BoroughhhBurlingtonhppNJ0386  xx57.37  X|-Medford Township hhBurlingtonhppNJ0410  xx57.99  XN-Merchantville BoroughhhCamdenhppNJ0343  xx43.20  X -Moorestown TownshiphhBurlingtonhppNJ0320  xx47.07  X-Mount Holly TownshiphhBurlingtonhppNJ0356  xx53.14  X -Mount Laurel TownshiphhBurlingtonhppNJ0328  xx50.76  X"-New Hanover TownshiphhBurlingtonhppNJ0392  xx63.68  Xh$-North Hanover TownshiphhBurlingtonhppNJ0393  xx61.02  X:&-Oaklyn Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0173  xx45.73 "#' ,`(`(88%"Ԍ X-Pemberton Borough hhBurlingtonhppNJ0390  xx65.79  X-Pemberton TownshiphhBurlingtonhppNJ0310  xx73.14  X-Pennsauken TownshiphhCamdenhppNJ0257  xx46.65  Xv-Pine Hill Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0347  xx52.74  XH-Pitman Borough hhGloucesterhppNJ0340  xx47.07  X -Plumsted Township hhOcean@hppNJ0391  xx76.34  X -Runnemede Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0231  xx46.87  X -Shamong Township hhBurlingtonhppNJ0594  xx67.02  X-Somerdale Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0302  xx49.64  Xb-Southampton TownshiphhBurlingtonhppNJ0418  xx65.46  X4-Springfield Township hhBurlingtonhppNJ0411  xx61.37  X-Stratford Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0307  xx50.38  X-Tabernacle TownshiphhBurlingtonhppNJ0595  xx67.32  X-Voorhees Township hhCamdenhppNJ0321  xx52.87  X|-Westampton TownshiphhBurlingtonhppNJ0417  xx57.86  XN-Woodland Township hhBurlingtonhppNJ0596  xx79.23  X -Woodlynne Borough hhCamdenhppNJ0258  xx44.75  X-Wrightstown BoroughhhBurlingtonhppNJ0394  xx68.55 * Represents the distance in miles from the community to WTVETV's city of license.