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WNAB indicates that, at that time, Rifkin's representative"!,**88F#"  xindicated that the system would most likely carry the station once the additional equipment was installed  xyand that WNAB need only contact the system's legal administrator to finalize plans for carriage. WNAB  xstates, however, that on the several occasions on which it contacted Rifkin's legal administrator the station  x was told that carriage could not proceed as data from the May 15th signal strength test had not been  xreceived from Rifkin's engineer. By letter dated July 11, 1997, WNAB states that it formally requested  xcarriage on Rifkin's Alexandria system. To date, the station maintains that it has received no reply.  xWNAB argues that since it satisfies all the criteria to be considered a qualified must carry station and it  xzis willing to provide, at its own expense, any equipment necessary to insure a good quality signal, the Commission should order Rifkin to commence carriage of its signal.  Sp-( DISCUSSION ă  S - ` 5x4. ` ` We will grant WNAB's carriage complaint against Rifkin. Section 614(a) of the  x.Communications Act of 1934, as amended, states that each cable operator shall carry the signals of local  x?commercial television stations. A local commercial television station is defined as any full power  S - xNbroadcast television station which is within the same television market as the cable system.M = {O-ԍSee 47 U.S.C. 534(h)(1)(A).M It is  xundisputed that WNAB and Rifkin are located in the same ADI. A cable operator is required to carry the  xsignals of a local commercial station unless that station fails to deliver a good quality signal to the cable  xNsystem's principal headend; the station's signal substantially duplicates the signal of another local  x.commercial station which is carried on the system; or the cable operator (with a system of more than 12  xusual activated channels) has already activated up to onethird of the aggregate number of its usable  S- x.activated channels to other local commercial stations.Z= {O-ԍSee Clarification Order, 8 FCC Rcd 4142 (1993). See also 47 U.S.C. 534(b)(5) and (b)(1)(B). Commission rules also require a local commercial  xjstation that believes that a cable operator has failed to meet its carriage obligations to complain in writing  Sh- xto the operator.Bh= yO-ԍ47 C.F.R. 76.61(a)(1).B The cable operator must respond in writing to the station's complaint within 30 days of  x\receipt. The operator must either commence carriage of the signal, or explain its reasons for failing to  S- x=do so.|= yO4- x[ԍ47 C.F.R. 76.61(a)(2). If a refusal for carriage is based on the station's distance from the cable system's  xprincipal headend, the operator's response shall include the location of such headend. If a cable operator denies  xcarriage on the basis of the failure of the station to deliver a good quality signal at the cable system's principal  xheadend, the cable operator must provide a list of equipment used to make the measurements, the point of  {OT-measurement and a list of the reception and overtheair signal processing equipment used. Id.ī If the Commission determines that a cable operator has failed to meet its must carry obligations,  xit may order an operator to commence carriage of a station. In this case, Rifkin failed to respond within  xy30 days to WNAB's letter requesting carriage, as is required by Commission Rules. Nor has it submitted  x/any evidence in this proceeding that Station WNAB is not entitled to carriage on the subject system. Consequently, we will order Rifkin to carry WNAB.  SP-  S(-1 ORDERING CLAUSES ă  S- ` x5. ` ` Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to 614 of the Communications Act of  x1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 534, and 76.61(a)(2), 47 C.F.R. 76.61(a)(2) of the Commission's Rules,". ,`(`(88"  xthe must carry complaint (CSR5111M) filed by Speer Communications Holdings I Limited Partnership  S- x IS GRANTED and Rifkin shall commence carriage of WNAB within sixty (60) days of the release date of this order.  S`- ` x6. ` ` IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that WNAB shall notify Rifkin in writing of its carriage  xand channel position elections (76.56, 76.57, and 76.64(f) of the Commission's Rules) within thirty (30) days of this order.  S-x7. ` ` This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated by 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