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Home My WebLink AboutFRA1978-0134 - Other - Federal Communications Commissions - Correspondence - 06/30/1981 ciiY Ali' T Before the AUG 3 1^'71 Federal Communications Commission Washington, D. C.20554 001895 In re: ) American Video Corporation ) CSR-1134 Telesystems of Conn. , Inc. ) CSR-1181 Consolidated Broadcasting Co. ) CSR-1311 Joseph S. Gans, dba Cable TV ) CSR=1315 Company ) Telcom General, Inc. ) CSR-1377 Eastern Shore Cable TV, Inc. ) CSR-1381 United Cable TV Corp. ) CSR-1390 Martin County Cable Co. , Inc. ) CSR-1391 Sterling Manhattan Cable TV, Inc.) CSR-1396 Television Cable Service, Inc. ) CSR-1402 Cablevision Systems Long Island ) CSR-1403 Corp. ) Chattanooga Cable TV Co. ) CSR-1406 Anderson Cablevision Associates ) CSR-1410 Telecable of Greenville, Inc. ) CSR-1411 Howard Cable Television Assoc. , ) CSR-1414 Inc. ) UA-Columbia Cablevision of ) CSR-1415 Westchester, Inc. ) Raritan Valley Cablevision Co. ) CSR-1417 Micro-Cable Communications Corp. ) CSR-1418 Warner Cable Corp. ) CSR-1420 Rensselaer County Cablevision ) CSR-1421 Corp. ) CSR-1422 Warner Cable Corp. } Robert F. McGinley, Sr. ) CSR-1425 Telecable Associates, Inc. ) CSR-1426 Warner Cable Corp. } CSR-1427 Cablecom-General, Inc. ) CSR-1428 Cab lecom-General, Inc. ) CSR-1429 Warner Cable Corp. ) CSR-1435 Cablecom-General ) CSR-1439 Northwest Georgia Cablevision ) CSR-1445 Battlefield Cablevision ) CSR-1447 Tri-Cities Broadcasting Co. ) CSR-1448 Rockport Cable TV ) CSR-1452 Ultracom of Haverford, Inc. ) CSR-1462 Cable Communications System, Inc.) CSR-1468 Cox Cable of Norfolk, Inc. ) CSR-1469 Cape Girardeau Cable TV ) CSR-1474 -2- Community Cablevision of ) CSR-1475 Odessa, Inc. ) Four Flags Cable TV Co. ) CSR-1478 Midwest Video Corp. ) CSR-1480 Hampton Roads Cablevision ) CSR-1481 Co. , Inc. ) Service Electric Cable TV, Inc. ) CSR-1482 Quint-Cities Cablevision Corp. ) CSR-1483 Buckeye Cablevision, Inc. ) CSR-1484 Putnam All Channel Cable ) CSR-1485 Vision, Inc. ) American TV and Comm. Corp. ) CSR-1487 Cedar Rapids Cable Communications) CSR-1488 _ Inc. ) Roanoke Valley Cablevision, Inc. ) CSR-1489 Cox Cable TV of Spokane, Inc. ) CSR-1490 T.V. Selection System, Inc. ) CSR-1493 Mickelson Media, Inc. ) CSR-1494 Owensboro on the Air, Inc. ) CSR-1495 Armstrong Utilities, Inc. ) CSR-1498 Cablevision of Augusta, Inc. ) CSR-1500 People's Cable Company ) CSR-1501 COMTEC, Inc. ) CSR-1502 National Cable Company ) CSR-1504 Wentronics, Inc. ) CSR-1506 Teleprompter Corporation ) CSR-1507 Idaho Video, Inc. ) CSR-1508 North County Cable Corp. ) CSR-1510 Cox Cablevision Corporation ) CSR-1513 San Juan Cable TV, Inc. ) CSR-1519 Telecable of Kokomo ) CSR-1520 People's Cable Company ) CSR-1522 Tri-Cities Broadcasting Co. ) CSR-1524 Sheyenne Cable T.V. , Inc. ) CSR-1525 Rapids Cable TV, Inc. ) CSR-1532 Teleprompter Corp. ) CSR-1533 Continental Cablevision of ) CSR-1534 Michigan, Inc. ) Joseph S. Gans dba North- ) CSR-1536 east Cable TV ) McCook Multi-Vue-TV Systems, Inc.) CSR-1539 Shen-Heights TV Associates, Inc. ) CSR-1540 Video Cable Co. dba Princeton ) CSR-1541 Telecable ) Gulf Coast Cable TV ) CSR-1545 Jackson Cable TV ) CSR-1547 Vision Cable Television Co. ) CSR-1548 T �r. ) Rapids Cable TV, Inc. 49 CSR-15CSR-1549 Gerity Broadcasting Co. ) CSR-1552 51 Teleprompter Southeast, Inc. CSR-1553 United Cable TV Corp. ) CSR-1554 Tower Cable, Inc. 58 Teleprompter Southeast, CSR-15 Inc. ) CSR-1558 Gloucester County CATV j 61 Associates R-1562 Community Cablevision, Inc. ) CSR-1563 Midwestern Cablevision Corp. ) CSR-1564 JRS Cable Television, Inc. ) CSR-1565 Gatesville Cable Vision, Inc. ) CSR-1569 Community Tele-Communications, j Inc. CSR-1571 Oxford Valley Cablevision, Inc. j CSR-1573 Comtec, Inc. ) Teleprompter Corp. CSR-157 5 CSR-157 American Cable TV, Inc. ) 6 ' Auburn Cablevision, Inc. ) CSR-158 CSR-157 Cablecom-General, Inc. CSR-1581 Huntington TV Cable Corp. CSR-1584 American Cablevision of ) Monroeville, Inc. ) CSR-1587 Bayou Cable TV, Inc. ) CSR-1592 Tri-Cities Broadcasting Company ) CSR-1593 Sandlando Cablevision, Inc. ) CSR-1595 Shore Television Company, Inc. ) CSR-1598 Cablevision of Chicago ) CSR-1599 Micro-Cable Communications ) CSR-1602 Greater New England Cablevision ) CSR-1603 Fresno Cable TV, Ltd. )Carthage Cablevision, Inc. ) CSR-1604 CSR-160 Irvine Community Television, Inc.)Ausable CSR-1609 Communications, Inc. ) CSR-1609 Quincy Cablevision, Inc. ) CSR-1612 10 Quincy Cablevision, Inc.Gill Industries CSR-161 CSR-1614 Raritan Valley Cablevision Co. j 5 CSR-161 Palm Cable, Inc. CSR-1616 Range Television Cable Co. , Inc. )Rollins Cablevue, Inc. ) CSR-1619 CSR-1620 Bay Cable TV Associates ) CSR-1622 Colby Cable Corp. ) CSR-1623 United Video Cablevision, Inc. ) CSR-1624 Alexandria Cablevision Company ) CSR-1625 Valley TV Cable Co. , Inc. )Tele-Ception of Winchester, Inc. ) CSR-16 CSR-16227 American TV and Comm. Corp. ) 8 Capital Cable Co. , Inc. ) CSR-163 CSR-163 Cablesystems of Carrollton, Inc. j CSR-169 Connecticut River Cable TV Co. -4- Cable Associates, Inc. ) CSR-1641 National Telecommunications ) CSR-1643 Services Kansas State Network, Inc. ) CSR-1644 Kansas State Network, Inc. ) CSR-1645 Coaxial Cable T.V. Corp. ) CSR-1648 New Milford Cablevision Company ) CSR-1649 Rollins Cablevue, Inc. ) CSR-1650 Teleprompter Corporation ) CSR-1652 Teleprompter Southeast, Inc. ) CSR-1653 Summit Communications, Inc. ) CSR-1654 Platte County Comm. Co. ) CSR-1657 Platte County' Comm. Co. ) CSR-1658 Clay County Comm. Co. ) CSR-1659 Platte County Comm. Co. ) CSR-1660 Teleprompter Corporation ) CSR-1661 Liberty TV Cable Co. ) CSR-1664 New Braunfels Cable Comm. , Inc. ) CSR-1666 Centex Cablevision Corporation ) CSR-1667 T.V. Transmission, Inc. dba ) CSR-1669 Cablevision ) Harron Communications Corp. ) CSR-1670 Nor Cal Cablevision, Inc. ) CSR-1675 Seguin Cable Communications, Inc.) CSR-1691 Liberty TV Cable, Inc. ) CSR-1684 Teleprompter of St. Bernard, Inc.) CSR-1685 Teleprompter of Middletown, Inc. ) CSR-1686 Teleprompter Southeast, Inc. ) CSR-1687 Service Electric Cable TV, Inc. ) CSR-1689 Cablevision, Inc. ) CSR-1691 Teleprompter Southeast, Inc. ) CSR-1695 Greater Easthampton Cablevision, ) CSR-1697 Inc. ) TV Cable of Alabama, Inc. ) CSR-1699 Platte County Communications ) CSR-1701 Company ) Telerama, Inc. ) CSR-1704 Hurst Cable Comm. Corp., ) CSR-1718 CPI of Arkansas, Inca ) CSR-1719 State TV Cable ) CSR-1720 Murfreesboro Cable Television ) CSR-1724 Co. ) Warner Cable Corp. of Pitts- ) CSR-1726 burgh ) Green Country Cable Systems, Inc. ) CSR-1727 Continental Cablevision of ) CSR-1729 Northampton, Inc. ) Continental Cablevision of New ) CSR-1730 Hampshire , Inc. ) Hawaiian Cable Vision Company ) CSR-1732 -5- �l CSR-1733 Teleprompter Southeast, Inc. ) CSR-1735 Central Washington Cable j Systems, Inc. CSR-1739 Continental Cablevision of j Massachusetts, Inc. CSR-1740 Continental Cablevision of j Massachusetts, Inc. CSR-1741 Texas Cablevision, Inc. ) CSR-1743 Hillcrest Cablevision Company CSR-1747 Sequoia Cablevision CSR-1748 Auburn Cablevision, Inc. CSR-1750 Cablecom-General of Kirksville, ) Inc. CSR-1751 Coaxial Communications of the j Suncoast, Inc. CSR-1766 Teleprompter of Tuscaloosa, Inc. ) Sun Cablevision of the South, ) CSR-1770 Ltd. CSR-1781 Cable Television, Inc. CSR-1791 Clear Picture, Inc. R-1797 Gerald R. Proctor dba Ft. Sill j Cable TV CSR-1806 Kaiser-Teleprompter of Hawaii j Inc. CSR-1821 Miami County Communications, Inc.) CSR-1830 Continental Cablevision of ) Massachusetts, Inc. CSR-1835 Storer Cable Communications, Inc.) CSR-1865 Mid-American Cable Systems of j Olathe ) CSR-1866 Longview Cable Television Co. , Inc. CSR-1871 Bossier City Cable Television, ) Inc. CSR-1872 Catawba Valley Communications, j Inc. CSR-1874 Storer Cable Communications j of Maryland, Inc. CSR-1879 West Boca Cablevision, Inc. CSR-1882 Pueblo TV Power, Inc. ) CSR-1883 Ft. Hood Cable TV, Inc. Live Line, Inc. CSR-1890CSR-1891 - Teleprompter Corporation )Erie Telecommunications, Inc. ) CSR-1894 CSR-189 Cablecom-General, Inc. ) T Cablecom-General, Inc. ) CSR-1CSR-1897897 Cablevision of Pennsylvania, Inc.) 900 Teleprompter Corporation dba ) CSR-1902 American Cablevision Co. CSR-1912 Big Valley Cablevision, Inc. CSR-1928 Capital Cable Co. , Inc. ) -6- Continental Cablevision of ) CSR-1932 Massachusetts ) Apple Valley Broadcasting, Inc. ) CSR-1936 Multiview Cable Company, Inc. ) CSR-1955 Hawkeye Cablevision, Inc. ) CAC-06540 Hawkeye Cablevision, Inc. ) CAC-06541 Hawkeye Cablevision, Inc. ) CAC-06542 Hawkeye Cablevision, Inc. ) CAC-06543 Hawkeye Cablevision, Inc. ) CAC-06544 Hawkeye Cablevision, Inc. ) CAC-06545 People's Cable Corp. ) CAC-08269 Crystal Cablevision ) CAC-09233 Crystal Cablevision ) CAC-09234 Northwest Cablevision ) CAC-09235 Northwest Cablevision ) CAC-09236 Newchannels ) CAC-09377 Newchannels ) CAC-09378 Newchannels ) CAC-09379 Newchannels ) CAC-09380 Newchannels ) CAC-09381 Newchannels ) CAC-09382 Newchannels ) CAC-09383 Cable Systems Incorporated ) CAC-09458 Cable Systems Incorporated ) CAC-09459 Cable Systems Incorporated ) CAC-09460 Cable Systems Incorporated ) CAC-09461 Cable Systems Incorporated ) CAC-09462 Cable Systems Incorporated ) CAC-09463 Telesystems- of Conn. , Inc. ) CAC-09806 Community Cable TV ) CAC-11991 Community Cable TV ) CAC-11992 Community Cable TV ) CAC-11993 Tar River Cable TV ) CAC-12581 Teleprompter Corp. ) CAC-12628 TV Cable of Bellefontaine ) CAC-13422 People's Cable Corp. ) CAC-13562 Cahlevision Systems , Inc. ) CSR-1960 Sitka Alaska Television , ) CSR-1961 Inc. ) Booth American Company dba ) CSR-1962 Cadillac Cable TV ) Requests for Special Relief ORDER Adopted: June 30, 1981 Released: July 2, 1981 By the Acting Chief, Cable Television Bureau: -7- t !R 1. In the Re ort and Order in Docket Nos. 20988 and 21284, FCC 80-443, 79 FCC 2d 663 (1980) , the Commission deleted the cable television distant signal and syndicated program exclusivity rules. Several parties filed motions to stay the effective date of the rule changes pending completion of judicial review. The Commission denied these motions, Memorandum Opinion and Order in Docket Nos. 20988 and 21284, FCC 80-611, 81 FCC 2d 395 (1980) , having previously ordered that the rule changes become effective on November 14, 1980. This date was subsequently extended to November 28, 1980. Memorandum Opinion and Order in Docket Nos. 20988 and 21284, FCC 80-622, 82 FCC 2d 375 (1980) . - 2. On November 20, 1980, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit entered an order staying the effectiveness of the rule changes. Malrite T.V. of New York, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, No. 80-4120 (2d Cir. , November 20, 1980) (order granting stay) . The court of appeals affirmed the Commission's deletion of the distant signal and syndicated program exclusivity rules on June 16, 1981, Malrite T.V. of New York, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, F.2d (2d Cir. 1981), and rescinded its stay in this proceeding on June 25, 1981. Consequently, the Order of this commission which deleted the signal carriage restriction and syndicated exclusivity rules is now in full force and effect. 3. The above-captioned petitions, currently pending before the Commission, all request waivers either of the former syndicated program exclusivity provisions or of the Commission's prior restrictions on cable carriage of distant broadcast signals. Since such requests are consistent with the above revisions of the Commission's Rules, these petitions have been rendered moot by the appellate court's decision in Malrite, supra. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 0.288(c) of the Commission's Rules, That the petitions for special relief captioned above ARE DISMISSED as moot. 1/ William H. JVsn, cting Chief Cable Televiau l/ In view of the dismissal of these petitions, however, petitioners who now plan to add broadcast signals are required to file registration statements, pursuant to Section 76.12 of the Commission's Rules.