[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 4, Parts 70 to 79]
[Revised as of October 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR76.58]

[Page 547]

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

PART 76--MULTICHANNEL VIDEO AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE--Table of Contents

           Subpart D--Carriage of Television Broadcast Signals

Sec. 76.58  Notification.

    (a) Effective April 2, 1993, a cable operator shall provide written
notice to any broadcast television station at least 30 days prior to
either deleting from carriage or repositioning that station. Such
notification shall also be provided to subscribers of the cable system.

    Note: No deletion or repositioning of a local commercial television
station shall occur during a period in which major television ratings
services measure the size of audiences of local television stations. For
this purpose, such periods are the four national four-week ratings
periods--generally including February, May, July and November--commonly
known as audience sweeps.

    (b) By May 3, 1993, a cable operator must notify all qualified NCE
stations of its designated principal headend by certified mail.
    (c) A cable operator shall provide written notice by certified mail
to all stations carried on its system pursuant to the must-carry rules
at least 60 days prior to any change in the designation of its principal
headend, and shall include the new designation in its public file.
    (d) By May 3, 1993, a cable operator must notify all local
commercial and NCE stations that may not be entitled to carriage because
they either
    (1) Fail to meet the standards for delivery of a good quality signal
to the cable system's principal headend or
    (2) May cause an increased copyright liability to the cable system.
    (e) By June 2, 1993, a cable operator must send by certified mail a
copy of a list of all broadcast television stations carried by its
system and their channel positions to all local commercial and
noncommercial television stations, including those not designated as
must-carry stations and those not carried on the system.

[58 FR 17361, Apr. 2, 1993]