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TCIP  S' xZfiled a Consolidated Opposition to the abovecaptioned proceedings,0l yO(' x^ ԍAccording to TCIP, it filed a Consolidated Opposition because the communities at issue in the two cases are served by the same headend facility located in Cayey, Puerto Rico. to which R y F replied. Between  xNovember 10, 1998 and March 26, 1999, R y F filed several motions for extension of time in which to respond to TCIP's Opposition.  S'MR BACKGROUND ă  S' e 52.` ` Pursuant to Section 614 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the  S' xTelevision Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 ("1992 Cable Act"),S@0l yOh%'ԍPub. L. No. 102385, 106 Stat. 1460 (1992).S and implementing  S`' xZrules adopted by the Commission in Implementation of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and  S:' xCompetition Act of 1992, Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues Report and Order ("Must Carry Order"),I:0l yO('ԍ8 FCC Rcd 2965, 29762977 (1993).I":` ,**88"  x7commercial television broadcast stations are entitled to assert mandatory carriage rights on cable systems  xlocated within the station's market. In areas outside the contiguous 48 states, such as Puerto Rico, station  S' x*markets are defined using Nielsen's 19911992 DMA Market and Demographic Rank Report, and Puerto  S' xRico is considered a single market.J  {O'ԍSee 47 C.F.R.  76.55(e).J Therefore, for the purposes of this proceeding, the Puerto Rico communities served by TCIP are considered to be in WZDE's market.  S' e 43.` ` Under the Commission's must carry rules, cable operators have the burden of showing that  S' x*a commercial station that is located in the same television market is not entitled to carriage.VZ  {O 'ԍSee Must Carry Order, 8 FCC Rcd at 2990.V 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  Sr' xheadend.Cr  yO 'ԍ47 C.F.R.  76.55(c)(3).C Should a station fail to provide the requisite overtheair signal quality to a cable systems's  x}principal headend, it still may obtain carriage rights because under our rules a television station may  xprovide a cable operator with specialized equipment, at the station's expense, to improve the station's  S 'signal to an acceptable quality at a cable system's principal headend.R |  {O'ԍMust Carry Order, 8 FCC Rcd at 2991.R  S 'W ALLEGATION OF THE PARTIES ă  SZ' e 4.` ` R y F is currently operating WZDE under program test authority pending issuance of a  xtlicense. According to R y F, by separate letters dated June 3, 1998, it requested carriage of WZDE on  S ' x@the TCIP cable system at issue.7   yO'ԍComplaint at 2.7 R y F asserts that since no response to that request from the cable  xoperator was received, the must carry complaints were timely filed pursuant to Section 76.7(c)(4)(iii) of  S' xthe Commission's rules.G   yO'ԍ47 C.F.R.  76.7(c)(4)(iii).G R y F further asserts that WZDE and the communities served by the cable  xsystem are both located within the San Juan, Puerto Rico DMA and that WZDE is a "local" station under  xSection 76.55(e) of the rules. Accordingly, R y F requests that the Commission issue an order requiring TCIP to carry WZDE.  S' e 5.` ` TCIP opposes the instant complaint, asserting that WZDE does not provide a good quality  xsignal to the Cayey headend. In support, TCIP provided the results of five readings of a signal strength  S' xstudy conducted between 5:05 p.m. and 7:05 p.m. on September 9, 1998.> .  yOp#'ԍOpposition, Exhibit 1.> TCIP contends that the study  xshows that WZDE is not entitled to carriage because of its failure to deliver an adequate signal to the Cayey cable system headend, and requests dismissal of WZDE's complaint.  S' e #6.` ` R y F asserts in reply that the study TCIP submitted was conducted while WZDE was  xtoff of the air and, therefore, does not provide any basis for denial of station carriage. R y F points out" ,p(p(888"  xMthat WZDE operated only between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily when TCIP conducted the study on  xkSeptember 9, 1998. R y F further states that, although TCIP has not met its burden to show that WZDE  xZfails to provide an adequate signal to the cable system in question, it will provide special equipment for  xdelivery of a good quality signal to the cable systems should that prove to be necessary. R y F requests  x3that an order requiring TCIP to cooperate with it in establishing WZDE's signal strength at the Cayey  S8'cable system headend and mandating carriage of WZDE consistent with precedent. 8  {O' x ԍCiting SAH Acquisition Corporation II, 13 FCC Rcd 16334 (CSB 1998), and Channel 44 of Tulsa, Inc., 13 FCC Rcd 7136 (CSB 1998).  S'X DISCUSSION ă  S' e 7.` ` We find that the representations made by R y F demonstrate that WZDE is a local full  xxpower commercial station qualified for carriage on TCIP's system serving Cayey, Aibonito, Barranquitas,  x&Comerio and Naranjito, Puerto Rico. Both WZDE and TCIP are located in the Puerto Rico television  xmarket. Moreover, as noted above, under the Commission's must carry rules, cable operators have the  xburden of showing that a commercial station that is located in the same television market is not entitled  S ' xQto carriage.R "  {O'ԍMust Carry Order, 8 FCC Rcd at 2990.R One method of doing so is for a cable operator to establish that a subject television station's  xMsignal, which would otherwise be entitled to carriage, does not provide a good quality signal to a cable  S ' xsystem's principal headend.C   yO'ԍ47 C.F.R.  76.55(c)(3).C However, a cable operator's burden of showing the inadequacy of a station's  x}signal is not satisfied by studies conducted while a station is not broadcasting. Such studies do not  xDprovide information that will assist broadcasters "in determining whether they wish to pay for appropriate  x*signal improvements" nor do they represent full cooperation by cable operators in supplying broadcasters  xwith relevant data, as contemplated by the Commission in connection with the resolution of disputes  S' xregarding the adequacy of signal levels delivered to cable system headends.RD  {O'ԍMust Carry Order, 8 FCC Rcd at 2991.R In the instant case, R y F's  xDletter requesting mandatory carriage provided TCIP with information, including a telephone number, that  xenabled the cable operator to contact the station and confirm whether the station would be broadcasting  xat the time the study was undertaken. In any event, R y F has made a commitment to acquire and install  xany and all necessary improvements and equipment needed to provide TCIP's Cayey headend with a good  S'quality signal.3"  yOf' x^ ԍUnder the Commission's rules, a station's failure to provide the requisite overtheair signal quality to a cable  x* system's principal headend will not foreclose its carriage if the station provides a cable operator with specialized  x equipment, at the station's expense, which will improve the station's signal to an acceptable quality at a cable system's  {O!'principal headend. Must Carry Order at 2991. See also U.S.C.  534(h)(1)(B)(iii).3 Accordingly, we grant R y F's Complaints. " ,p(p(88"  S'0: ORDERING CLAUSES ă  S' e 8.` ` Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED , pursuant to Section 614 of the Communications Act of  x@1934, as amended (47 U.S.C.  534), that the complaint filed by R y F Broadcasting, Inc. in Files No.  S`' x;CSR 5301M and CSR 5305M IS GRANTED , and TCI Cablevision of Puerto Rico, Inc. IS ORDERED  xto commence carriage of television station WZDE within sixty (60) days after R y F Broadcasting, Inc.  xVinstalls the necessary equipment for WZDE to deliver a good quality signal to the principal headend serving Cayey, Aibonito, Barranquitas, Comerio and Naranjito, Puerto Rico.  S' e 9.` ` This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated under Section 0.321 of the  Sp'Commission's rules.=p  yO 'ԍ47 C.F.R.  0.321.= ` `  hhCFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ` `  hhCDeborah E. Klein, Chief ` `  hhCConsumer Protection and Competition Division ` `  hhCCable Services Bureau