[Federal Register: October 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 204)]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office
[Docket No. 2007-10]
Cable Statutory License: Specialty Station List
AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice of final specialty station list.
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SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is publishing a final list of stations
listed in affidavits sent to the Copyright Office in which the owner or
licensee of the station attests that the station qualifies as a
specialty station in accordance with the Federal Communications
Commission`s (FCC) definition of specialty station in effect on June
24, 1981. The list shall be used to verify the specialty station status
of those stations identified as such by cable systems on their semi-
annual statements of account.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2008
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tanya M. Sandros, General Counsel,
Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box 70400, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone:
(202) 707-8380. Telefax: (202) 252-3423.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the cable statutory license, section
111 of title 17, United States Code, a cable operator may carry the
signal of a television station classified as a specialty station at the
base rate rather than at the higher 3.75% rate that is incurred for the
carriage of a non-permitted signal. 37 CFR 256.2(c). Specialty station
status is determined by reference to the former regulations of the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which defined a specialty
station as ``a commercial television broadcast station that generally
carries foreign-language, religious, and/or automated programming in
one-third of the hours of an average broadcast week and one-third of
the weekly prime-time hours.'' 47 CFR 76.5(kk) (1981). The FCC no
longer determines whether a station qualifies as a specialty station;
however, the Copyright Office updates the list periodically, because
the list remains relevant to the cable statutory license scheme.
The Copyright Office published its first specialty station list in
1990 under a procedure which allowed the owner of the station to file
an affidavit with the Office attesting to the fact that the station's
programming comports with the 1981 FCC definition, and hence, qualifies
it as a specialty station. 55 FR 40021 (October 1, 1990). The Office
agreed at that time to periodically update the list.
Accordingly, on February 8, 2007, the Copyright Office published a
notice asking the owner, or a valid agent of the owner, to file a sworn
affidavit with the Copyright Office stating that the station's
programming satisfies the FCC's former requirements for specialty
station status. 72 FR 6008 (February 8, 2007).
On June 15, 2007, the Office published a notice listing the sixty-
one broadcast stations for which the owner or licensee of the station
had filed the requested affidavit. 72 FR 33251 (June 15, 2007). In the
notice, the Office also requested that any party objecting to any claim
to specialty station status submit comments to the Office stating his
or her objections. No comments or objections were filed with the
Office.
Since the publication of the initial list, the Office has received
one additional affidavit, attesting to the specialty station status of
the identified station. Because this station was not listed in the
earlier published list, the station has been identified with an
asterisk (*) in the final list. Any interested party may file an
objection to a newly listed station or to any other late-filed
affidavit, and the objection shall be filed together with the
corresponding affidavit. All affidavits and related comments or
objections shall be kept on file in the Licensing Division of the
Copyright Office.
The final list of specialty stations, published herein, shall be
effective January 1, 2008, for the accounting period 2008/1 and
thereafter. Copyright Office licensing examiners shall refer to the
final annotated list in examining a statement of account where a cable
system operator claims specialty station status for a particular
station. If a cable system operator claims specialty station status for
a station not on the published final list, the examiner determines
whether the owner of the station has filed an affidavit since
publication of the list.
List of Specialty Stations: Call Letter and Cities of License
KBLN, Grants Pass, OR
KAKW, Kileen, TX
KTFO-CA, Austin, TX
KDTV(TV), San Francisco, CA
KDTV-CA, Santa Rosa, CA
KFTV(TV), Hanford, CA
KMEX-TV, Los Angeles, CA
KNIC-TV, Blanco, TX
KTVW-TV, Phoenix, AZ
KTVW-CA, Flagstaff, AZ
KUTH(TV), Provo, UT
KUVE-TV, Green Valley, AZ
KUVE-CA, Tuscon, AZ
KUVN-TV, Garland, TX
KUVN-CA, Fort Worth, TX
KUVS-TV, Modesto, CA
KWEX-TV, San Antonio, TX
KXLN-TV, Rosenberg, TX
WGBO-TV, Joliet, IL
WFDC-TV, Arlington, VA
WLTV(TV), Miami, FL
WHQS-TV, Cleveland, OH
WUVG-TV, Athens, GA
WTNC-LP, Durham, NC
WUVC-TV, Fayetteville, NC
WUVP-TV, Vineland, NJ
WXTV(TV), Paterson, NJ
K48GX, Tuscon, AZ
KABE-LP, Bakersfield, CA
KFPH-TV, Flagstaff, AZ
KFPH-CA, Phoenix, AZ
KFSF-TV, Vallejo, CA
KFTH-TV, Alvin, TX
KFTR-TV, Ontatio, CA
KFTU-TV, Douglas, AZ
KFTU-CA, Tuscon, AZ
KSTR-TV, Irving, TX
KTFD-TV, Boulder, CO
KTFF-TV, Portersville, CA
KTFF-LP, Fresno, CA
KTFK-TV, Stockton, CA
KTFQ-TV, Albuquerque, NM
WAMI-TV, Hollywood, FL
WFTT-TV, Tampa, FL
WFTY-TV, Smithtown, NY
WFUT-TV, Newark, NJ
WOTF-TV, Melbourne, FL
WUTF-TV, Marlborough, MA
WXFT-TV, Aurora, IL
WLII(TV), Caguas, Puerto Rico
WSUR-TV Ponce, Puerto Rico
KBTF-CA, Bakersfield, CA
KFTO-CA, San Antonio, TX
KNIC-CA, San Antonio, TX
KTFB-CA, Bakersfield, CA
WFPA-CA, Philadelphia, PA
K21GC, Safford, AZ
K45DX, Floresville, TX
KZOL-LP, Safford, AZ
K16FB, Globe, AZ
KDOS-LP, Globe, AZ
KTSF, San Francisco, California*
Dated: October 16, 2007.
Marybeth Peters,
Register of Copyrights.
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