[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR76.70]



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                       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. 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]