The FCC Media Bureau should force Charter’s Los Angeles-area systems to resume...
The FCC Media Bureau should force Charter’s Los Angeles-area systems to resume carrying KJLA Ventura’s signal on Charter’s analog tier until the cable operator gives the station and subscribers the proper notice that the it would no longer be available…
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in analog, KJLA said (http://bit.ly/XR5qvM). In a petition for an order to show cause, the broadcaster said Charter violated the procedure the FCC spelled out when it allowed the FCC’s viewability rules to sunset last year by removing KJLA’s analog signal without first telling the station. Those rules had required cable operators to deliver must-carry TV stations in analog and digital to subscribers for three years following the DTV transition. “Charter’s failure to provide proper notification to KJLA violates the notice requirements of Section 76.1601 of the Commission’s Rules, and marks a clear departure from the commitments cable operators made to the Commission,” the station said.