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bp5COPY@, !@ 3 C A% u,: ANNOUNCEMENT (a4 from the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20559-6000 '@Y OF c/ NOTICE OF FILINGS, REQUEST FOR COMMENT3 CABLE COMPULSORY LICENSE: SPECLALTY STATION LIST The following excerpt is taken from Volume 60, Number 89 of the Federal Register for Tuesday, May 9,1995 (pp.24659-24660) Marilyn J. Kretsinger, Acting General stations may be carried as distant signals LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Counsel, Copyright GC/I&R, PO. Box by cable television systems at a 70400, Southwest Station, Washington, sigruficantly lower rate than the 3.75% rate Copyright Office D.C. 20024. Telephone: (202) 707-8380. that is usually incurred by a system when Telefax: (202) 707-8366. it canies non-permitted signals. [Docket No. RM 944AI SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The The Office created its first specialty Cable Compulsory License: Specialty Copyright Office is compiling a new station list in 1990, and stated that it would Station List specialty station list of television broadcast compile a new list at approximately three stations that quahfy as specialty stations year intervals. Ninety stations filed affidavits this year claiming specialty AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of under the former distant signal camage Congress. rules of the Federal Communications station status. These stations are listed Commission (47 CFR 76.5(kkX1981)).We below. We ask that any party who objects to another party's claim to specialty station ACTION: Notice of filings, request for published a Notice of Inquiry asking comments. quahfymg stations to submit sworn status submit specific and factual affidavits to the Office stating that the comments as to which station(s) they object to, and why. The Office will publish a final SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is pro~ammingof their stations satisfies the FCC s former requirements for specialty annotated list of specialty stations that publishing a list of stations that sent us includes references to objections to stations' affidavits claiming that they legally qualify station status' by March 27,1995.60 FR for specialty station status. Specialty 4639 (lanuary 24,1995). The number of claims. Cable systems considering carriage station status means a commercial filings received indicated that many of stations as a specialty station may then stations had not seen the Federal Register venfy the station's status and program broadcast television station qualifies as a carriage before spedalty station under former distant notice. To assure the new list is complete, making a final decision. signal carriage rules of the Federal we extended the deadline to April 24,1995. Copyright Office licensing examiners Communications Commission (FCC) for 60 FR 18426 (April 11,1995). will refer to the final annotated specialty purposes of administering section 111 of station list in examining cable systems' Background claims on their Statements of Account that title 17, United States Code. Any party The FCC did not consider the specialty objecting to a listed station's claim should particular stations are specialty stations. If station status of distant signals carried by a cable system claims specialty station send the objection and the reasons for it to cable systems after it deleted its distant the Copyright Office. status for a station not on the final signal carriage rules.* However, specialty annotated list, the examiner will check to DATES: Comments must be received by station status is still relevant for see if the station has filed an affidavit since June 8,1995. The effectivedate of the administration of section 111 of the publication of the list. Although the Office annotated list will coincide with the Copyright Aa of 1976, because specialty does not offidally place stations filing beginning of the accounting period that affidavits after publication of the final list starts after the final list is published in the on this list, it will accept these affidavits for Federal Register. ' The FCC defined a specialty station as "a commercial the record. television broadcast station that generally carries ADDRESSES: By Mail: Copyright GC/I&R, foreign-language, religious, and/or automated Specialty Station List: Call Letters and PO. Box 70400, Southwest Station, programming in one-third of the hours of an average Cities of License Washington, DC 20024. By Hand: Office of broadcast weekand one-third of the weekly prime-time the General Counsel, U.S. Copyright hours."47 CFR 76.5 (kk)(1976). Office,James Madison Memorial Building, CBAFT MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, Room LM 407. SeeMalrite T. V. of New York v. FCC, 652 F2d 1140 (2d cir. CANADA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 1981), cert. den., 454 U.S.1143 (1982). CBEm WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA May 1995-500 @ PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Page 1 of 2 ML-504 CBFT MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA WEJC LEXINGTON, NORTH CBGAT MATANE, QUEBEC, CANADA CAROLINA CBKFT REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN, WELF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, CANADA GEORGIA ~BLFT TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA WFCT BRADENTON, FLORIDA CBOiT OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA WFGC PALM BEACH, FLORIDA CBST SEPT-ILES, QUEBEC, CANADA WGBO JOLIET, ILLINOIS CBUET VANCOUVER, BRlTISH WHBR PENSACOLA, FLORIDA/ COLOMBIA, CANADA MOBILE, ALABAMA CBVT QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC, WHTN MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE CANADA WIRS YAUCO, PUERTO RICO CBWFT WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, WKAQ SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO CANADA WKBS ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA CBXFT EDMONTON, ALBERTA, WLCN MADISONVILLE, KENTUCKY CANADA WLFG GRUNDY, VIRGINIA CFCM QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC, WLTV MIAMI, FLORIDA CANADA WLYJ CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA CFER RIMOUSKI, QUEBEC, CANADA WMCF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA CFTM MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA WMBC NEWTON, NEW JERSEY CHEM TROISRMERES, QUEBEC, wvMOBILE, ALABAMA CANADA WNTU LINDEN, NEW JERSEY CHLT SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, WOCD mRDAM,PENNSYLVANIA CANADA WPCB GREENBURG, PENNSYLVANIA CJPM CHICOUTIMI, QUEBEC, WPGD NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE CANADA WPMC JELLICO, TENNESSEE CKRN ROUYN, QUEBEC, CANADA WRXY TICE, FLORIDA CKR. JONQUIERE, QUEBEC, CANADA WSCV FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA CKRT RIVERE-DU-LOUP, QUEBEC, WSFJ NEWARK, OHIO CANADA WSNS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS CKSH SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, wsws OPELJKA, ALABAMA CANADA WGI WILMINGTON, DELEWARE CKTM TROISRIVIERES, QUEBEC, WGL COCOA, FLORIDA CANADA WTLK ROME, GEORGIA KCHF SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO WTWS NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT KCSO MODESTO, CALIFORNIA WXTV SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY KDTV SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA KFCB CONCORD, CALIFORNIA Dated. May 3,1995 KFTV FRESNO, CALIFORNIA KLUZ ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO Marybeth Peters KLXV SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA Register of Copyrights Kh4EX LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA KMPX DECATUR, TEXAS [FR Doc. 95-11396 Filed 5-8-95;8:45 am] Kh4SG SANGER, CALIFORNIA KNSO MERCED, CALIFORNIA Billlng Cod.: 141031-P 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, CALIFORNIA KWEX SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS KWHY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA KXLN ROSENBERG, TEXAS W09BI TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA W17AB TALWSEE,FLORIDA W64BW ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA W65BX SPRZNGFIELD, MASSACHUSFITS W69AY GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA WACX LEESBURG, FLORIDA WBW MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE WCFC CHICAGO, ILLINOIS WCLF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA WCTD MIAMI, FLORIDA WECN NARANJITO, PUERTO RICO WEFC ROANOKE, VIRGINIA Page 2 of 2 May 1995-500 ML-504 .