[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR76.70]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                         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

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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]