The FCC shouldn’t force Time Warner Cable (TWC) to carry...
The FCC shouldn’t force Time Warner Cable (TWC) to carry WOCB Marion, Ohio, a Class A TV station licensed to the Central Ohio Association of Christian Broadcasters (COACB), on some of its Ohio cable systems, TWC said in an opposition…
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to COACB’s must-carry complaint (http://bit.ly/WMR0fG). The operator said it already carries the station on its Marion systems. “Nevertheless COACB is seeking sweeping mandatory carriage for WOCB that encompass over 120 separate communities located in 11 counties and three separate designated market areas,” TWC said. Such carriage is far in excess of what’s guaranteed to any full-power TV station, it said. The station fails to deliver the required over-the-air signal to TWC’s Columbus headend, it said. TWC already carries several stations that address the local news and information needs of the communities where COACB seeks to have its station’s signal distributed, the opposition said.