95-16119. Cable Compulsory License: Specialty Station List  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 126 (Friday, June 30, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 34303-34304]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-16119]
    
    
    
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    LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
    
    Copyright Office
    [Docket No. RM 94-4A]
    
    
    Cable Compulsory 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 new and final list of 
    specialty stations that sent us affidavits claiming they meet specialty 
    station requirements. A specialty station is a commercial broadcast 
    television station that meets requirements set by the Federal 
    Communications Commission under its former distant signal carriage 
    rules at 47 CFR 76.5(kk)(1981). The Office will refer to the list to 
    check broadcast station status when cable systems file semi-annual 
    statements of account under 17 U.S.C. 111.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1995.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Marilyn J. Kretsinger, Acting General Counsel, Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. 
    Box 70400, Southwest Station, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 
    707-8380. Fax: (202) 707-8366.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the cable compulsory license, section 
    111 of title 17, United States Code, carriage of a specialty station 
    \1\ by a cable operator allows the operator to pay copyright fees at a 
    lower rate than the 3.75% rate that is usually incurred by an operator 
    when it carries non-permitted signals. Specialty station status is 
    determined by reference to former regulations of the Federal 
    Communications Commission at 47 CFR 76.5(kk)(1981). The FCC no longer 
    determines whether or not a station qualifies as a specialty station, 
    however, the Copyright Office updates the specialty station list 
    periodically, because the list remains relevant in connection with the 
    filing of statements of account by cable operators.
    
        \1\ The FCC 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 weekly 
    prime-time hours.'' 47 CFR 76.5(kk)(1976).
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        The Office created its first specialty station list in 1990, and 
    stated that it would compile new lists at approximately three year 
    intervals. Early this year we published a request for affidavits from 
    stations claiming current specialty station status. 60 FR 4639 (January 
    24, 1995). We extended the filing deadline from March 27, 1995, to 
    April 24, 1995, in order to accommodate specialty station owners who 
    had been unaware that we were updating the list. 60 FR 1826 (April 
    1995). On May 9, 1995, we published a list of stations whose affidavits 
    we had received, and requested that any party objecting to any claim to 
    specialty station status submit comments to the Office stating its 
    objections. 60 FR 24659 (May 9, 1995). We received no comments or 
    objections.The Office now publishes a final list of specialty stations, 
    effective July 1, 1995, for the accounting period 1995/2 and 
    thereafter. Copyright Office examiners will refer to this final 
    specialty station list in examining cable systems' claims on their 
    statements of account that particular broadcast stations they carry are 
    specialty stations. Although the Office does not officially place 
    stations filing affidavits after the closing date on the specialty 
    station list, we will accept these affidavits without objection. These 
    late claims will be placed in the public file in the Licensing Division 
    for reference purposes. If a cable system claims specialty station 
    status for a station not on this list, the examiner will determine 
    whether the station has filed an affidavit since the closing date for 
    submitting claims (April 24, 1995).
    Final List of Specialty Stations: Call Letters and Cities of 
    License \2\
    
    CBAFT  Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
    
        \2\ Several listings in today's Notice reflect corrections made 
    to more accurately show the markets stations serve. These include 
    KFTV Hanford/Fresno, California (formerly listed as KFTV Fresno, 
    California), KVEA Corona/Los Angeles, California (formerly listed as 
    KVEA Corona, California), WNJU New York, New York/Linden, New Jersey 
    (formerly listed as WNJU Linden, New Jersey), WOCD Amsterdam, New 
    York, (formerly listed as WOCD Amsterdam, Pennsylvania), WPCB 
    Greensburg/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (formerly listed as WPCB 
    Greensburg, Pennsylvania), and WPGD Hendersonville, Tennessee 
    (formerly listed as WPGD Nashville, Tennessee).
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    CBEFT  Windsor, Ontario, Canada
    CBFT  Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    CBGAT  Matane, Quebec, Canada
    CBKFT  Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
    CBLFT  Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    CBOFT  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    CBST  Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada
    CBUFT  Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
    CBVT  Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
    CBWFT  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    CBXFT  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    CFCM  Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
    CFER  Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
    CFTM  Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    CHEM  Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
    CHLT  Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
    CJPM  Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
    CKRN  Rouyn, Quebec, Canada
    CKRS  Jonquiere, Quebec, Canada
    CKRT  Riviere-Du-Loup, Quebec Canada
    CKSH  Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
    CKTM  Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
    KCHF  Santa Fe, New Mexico
    KCSO  Modesto, California
    KDTV  San Francisco, California
    KFCB  Concord, California
    KFTV  Hanford/Fresno, California
    KLUZ  Albuquerque, New Mexico
    KLXV  San Jose, California
    
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    KMEX  Los Angeles, California
    KMPX  Decatur, Texas
    KMSG  Sanger, California
    KNSO  Merced, California
    KNXT  Visalia, California
    KSBI  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
    KSTS  San Jose, California
    KTFH  Conroe, Texas
    KTMD  Galveston, Texas
    KTSF  San Francisco, California
    KTVW  Phoenix, Arizona
    KUVN  Garland, Texas
    KVDA  San Antonio, Texas
    KVEA  Corona/Los Angeles, California
    KWEX  San Antonio, Texas
    KWHY  Los Angeles, California
    KXLN  Rosenberg, Texas
    W09BI  Tallahassee, Florida
    W17AB  Tallahassee, Florida
    W64BW  Arlington, Virginia
    W65BX  Springfield, Massachusetts
    W69AY  Gainesville, Florida
    WACX  Leesburg, Florida
    WBUY  Memphis, Tennessee
    WCFC  Chicago, Illinois
    WCLF  Clearwater, Florida
    WCTD  Miami, Florida
    WECN  Naranjito, Puerto Rico
    WEFC  Roanoke, Virginia
    WEJC  Lexington, North Carolina
    WELF  Lookout Mountain, Georgia
    WFCT  Bradenton, Florida
    WFGC  Palm Beach, Florida
    WGBO  Joliet, Illinois
    WHBR  Pensacola, Florida/Mobile, Alabama
    WHTN  Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    WIRS  Yauco, Puerto Rico
    WKAQ  San Juan, Puerto Rico
    WKBS  Altoona, Pennsylvania
    WLCN  Madisonville, Kentucky
    WLFG  Grundy, Virginia
    WLTV  Miami, Florida
    WLYJ  Clarksburg, West Virginia
    WMBC  Newton, New Jersey
    WMCF  Montgomery, Alabama
    WMPV  Mobile, Alabama
    WNJU  New York, New York/Linden, New Jersey
    WOCD  Amsterdam, New York
    WPCB  Greensburg/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    WPGD  Hendersonville, Tennessee
    WPMC  Jellico, Tennessee
    WRXY  Tice, Florida
    WSCV  Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
    WSFJ  Newark, Ohio
    WSNS  Chicago, Illinois
    WSWS  Opelika, Alabama
    WTGI  Wilmington, Delaware
    WTGL  Cocoa, Florida
    WTLK  Rome, Georgia
    WTWS  New London, Connecticut
    WXTV  Secaucus, New Jersey
    
        Dated: June 27, 1995.
    Marilyn J. Kretsinger,
    Acting General Counsel.
    [FR Doc. 95-16119 Filed 6-29-95; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
7/1/1995
Published:
06/30/1995
Department:
U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of final specialty station list.
Document Number:
95-16119
Dates:
July 1, 1995.
Pages:
34303-34304 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. RM 94-4A
PDF File:
95-16119.pdf