******************************************************** NOTICE ******************************************************** This document was converted from WordPerfect to ASCII Text format. Content from the original version of the document such as headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, graphics, and page numbers will not show up in this text version. All text attributes such as bold, italic, underlining, etc. from the original document will not show up in this text version. Features of the original document layout such as columns, tables, line and letter spacing, pagination, and margins will not be preserved in the text version. If you need the complete document, download the WordPerfect version or Adobe Acrobat version, if available. ***************************************************************** Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of: ) ) CS Docket No. 95-178 Definition of Markets for Purposes of the) Cable Television Broadcast Signal Carriage) Rules ) ERRATUM Adopted: July 26, 1999 Released: July 28, 1999 By the Chief, Cable Services Bureau: 1. In the Report and Order in the above-captioned proceeding, FCC 99-116, which was released May 26, 1999 ("Order"), the Commission amended Section 76.55(e). This Erratum clarifies the sources of the Nielsen data necessary to determine county and station assignments for broadcast signal carriage purposes and amends Section 76.55(e)(2) to read: (2) Effective January 1, 2000, a commercial broadcast television station's market, unless amended pursuant to 76.59, shall be defined as its Designated Market Area (DMA) as determined by Nielsen Media Research and published in its Nielsen Station Index Directory and Nielsen Station Index US Television Household Estimates or any successor publications. (i) For the 1999 election pursuant to 76.64(f), which becomes effective on January 1, 2000, DMA assignments specified in the 1997-98 Nielsen Station Index Directory and September 1997 Nielsen Station Index US Television Household Estimates, available from Nielsen Media Research, 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY, shall be used. (ii) The applicable DMA list for the 2002 election pursuant to 76.64(f) will be the DMA assignments specified in the 2000-2001 list, and so forth for each triennial election pursuant to 76.64(f). 2. This change reflects the fact that there are two Nielsen publications that are necessary to determine the counties comprising a television market and the television stations assigned to each of the 211 markets in the United States. To find out to which market a station is assigned for the 1999 election, the proper publication is Nielsen's Station Index: 1997-98 Directory. To find out to which market a county is assigned, the proper publication is Nielsen's Station Index: September 1997 U.S. Television Household Estimates. These publications should be available from Nielsen at the same address noted in the above rule. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Deborah Lathen Chief, Cable Services Bureau