Cable Television Must-Carry Rules: Commission Requests Comment on Transitional Mechanisms

Summary

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking public comment on how to transition from using Arbitron's 'Areas of Dominant Influence' (ADIs) to Nielsen's 'Designated Market Areas' (DMAs) to define local markets for cable television broadcast signal carriage rules, with a deadline of October 1, 1996, for the triennial must-carry/retransmission consent election.