FCC denied must-carry complaint filed by N. Pacific International...
FCC denied must-carry complaint filed by N. Pacific International TV, licensee of commercial TV station KHCV (Ch. 45, Ind.) Seattle against DirecTV. KHCV said DirecTV was providing local-into-local satellite service in its market and had failed to meet its…
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must-carry obligations under broadcast signal carriage rules. DirecTV said it never received must-carry election notice from KHCV, which station said it sent June 19. DirecTV said there was no evidence it was properly and timely notified of KHCV’s must-carry election and complaint should be dismissed. Commission said satellite carriers shouldn’t be subject to election and carriage requests that failed to meet requirements of FCC rules, and KHCV had failed to establish adequately that its election was mailed or received. FCC denied similar complaint by N. Pacific against EchoStar, also for failing to prove that its election notice was sent or received. Commission denied must-carry complaint against DirecTV filed by Johnson Bcstg., licensee of KLDT (Ch. 55, Ind.) Lake Dallas, Tex.. It said KLDT had notified DirecTV of its election one day after Commission-imposed deadline of July, 1, 2001.