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                           Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C. 20554


In the Matter of                )
                                )
Bud-Alpoca Cable Club, Inc.     )            File  No.  EB-05-CF-
267
                                )
Bud, West Virginia              )            NOV No. V20053234009
                                )


                       NOTICE OF VIOLATION

                                             
                                             Released: August 30, 
2005 

By the Columbia Office, Northeast Region, Enforcement Bureau:

  1.      This  is  a  Notice  of  Violation  ("Notice")   issued 
     pursuant to  Section  1.89  of  the  Federal  Communications 
     Commission's Rules  (``the  Rules''),1 to  Bud-Alpoca  Cable 
     Club, Inc. (``Bud-Alpoca''), operator of a cable  television 
     system serving Bud and Alpoca, West Virginia.

  2.      On August  3,  2005,  an agent  from  the  Commission's 
     Columbia Office inspected the cable systems located in  Bud, 
     West Virginia and observed the following violations:

         a)    Section 76.605(a)(12) of  the Rules requires  that 
           cable  operators maintain  their cable  system  signal 
           leakage below 20 µV/m when operating in the  frequency 
           band  between  54 MHz  and 216  MHz. 2   The  Columbia 
           Office agent measured signal leakages in excess of  20 
           µV/m at the following locations:


  Date    Fre-     Signal                  Location
         quency    Level 
          (MHz)    (µV/m)
8/3/2-   127.2-     477    At  the SW corner of  County Road 10/26 
005      50                (GPS    Coordinates:    37º31.88'N    X 
                           81º22.76'W)
8/3/2-   127.2-     220    In  front the  first house  on  Rt. 10, 
005      50                north    of    Herndon   School    (GPS 
                           Coordinates: 37º31.58'N X 81º22.36'W)
         b)     Section 76.612(a)(1) of  the Rules requires  that 
           cable   television  systems   that  operate   in   the 
           aeronautical  radio communication bands 118-137,  225-
           328.6   and   335.4-400   MHz   shall   offset   their 
           frequencies   by  12.5  KHz.    The  agent  from   the 
           Columbia Office observed a cable TV signal on  127.250 
           MHz with no offset.

  3.      Pursuant to Section  403 of the  Communications Act  of 
     1934, as  amended,3 and  Section  1.89 of  the  Commission's 
     Rules, Bud-Alpoca must submit a written statement concerning 
     this matter  within  twenty (20)  days  of release  of  this 
     Notice.  The  response must  fully explain  each  violation, 
     must contain a statement of the specific action(s) taken  to 
     correct each violation and  preclude recurrence, and  should 
     include a  time line  for completion  of pending  corrective 
     action(s).  The  response must  be  complete in  itself  and 
     signed by a principal or officer of Bud-Alpoca.  All replies 
     and documentation sent in response to this Notice should  be 
     marked with the File  No. and NOV  No. specified above,  and 
     mailed to the following address:

                 Federal Communications Commission
                 Columbia Office
                 9200 Farm House Lane
                 Columbia, MD 21046 

  4.      This Notice shall be sent to Bud-Alpoca at its  address 
     of record.

  5.      The Privacy Act  of 19744 requires  that we advise  you 
     that  the  Commission   will  use   all  relevant   material 
     information before it,  including any information  disclosed 
     in your reply, to determine what, if any, enforcement action 
     is required to ensure compliance.  Any false statement  made 
     knowingly  and  willfully  in   reply  to  this  Notice   is 
     punishable by fine  or imprisonment  under Title  18 of  the 
     U.S. Code.5


                                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION



                                Charles C. Magin
                                District Director
                                Columbia Office
                                Northeast Region
                                Enforcement Bureau
_________________________

147 C.F.R. § 1.89.
2
247 C.F.R. § 76.605(a)(12).


347 U.S.C. § 403.

4 P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).

5 18 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.