[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR76.70]

[Page 607-608]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 76_MULTICHANNEL VIDEO AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart D_Carriage of Television Broadcast Signals
 
Sec. 76.70  Exemption from input selector switch rules.

    (a) In any case of cable systems serving communities where no 
portion of the community is covered by the predicted Grade B contour of 
at least one full service broadcast television station, or non-
commercial educational television translator station operating with 5 or 
more watts output power and where the signals of no such broadcast 
stations are ``significantly viewed'' in the county where such a cable 
system is located, the cable system shall be exempt from the provisions 
of Sec. 76.66.

[[Page 608]]

Cable systems may be eligible for this exemption where they demonstrate 
with engineering studies prepared in accordance with Sec. 73.686 of 
this chapter or other showings that broadcast signals meeting the above 
criteria are not actually viewable within the community.
    (b) Where a new full service broadcast television station, or new 
non-commercial educational television translator station with 5 or more 
watts, or an existing such station of either type with newly upgraded 
facilities provides predicted Grade B service to a community served by a 
cable system previously exempt under paragraph (a) of this section, or 
the signal of any such broadcast station is newly determined to be 
``significantly viewed'' in the county where such a cable system is 
located, the cable system at that time is required to comply fully with 
the provisions of Sec. 76.66. Cable systems may retain their exemption 
under paragraph (a) of this section where they demonstrate with 
engineering studies prepared in accordance with Sec. 73.686 of this 
chapter or other showings that broadcast signals meeting the above 
criteria are not actually viewable within the community.

[54 FR 25716, June 19, 1989]