TITLE 47 - TELECOMMUNICATION

CHAPTER I - FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

SUBCHAPTER C - BROADCAST RADIO SERVICES

PART 76 - MULTICHANNEL VIDEO AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE

subpart t - NOTICES

76.1617 - Initial must - carry notice.

  (a) Within 60 days of activation of a cable system, a cable operator must notify all qualified NCE stations of its designated principal headend by certified mail.

  (b) Within 60 days of activation of a cable system, a cable operator must notify all local commercial and NCE stations that may not be entitled to carriage because they either: (1) Fail to meet the standards for delivery of a good quality signal to the cable system's principal headend, or (2) May cause an increased copyright liability to the cable system.

  (c) Within 60 days of activation of a cable system, a cable operator must send by certified mail a copy of a list of all broadcast television stations carried by its system and their channel positions to all local commercial and noncommercial television stations, including those not designated as must-carry stations and those not carried on the system.