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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  97 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  re  Petition  of  )  ) 
 WXTV  License  Partnership,  G.  P.  )  CSR-  5327-  M  ) 
 )  Petition  for  Special  Relief  Concerning  ) 
 Carriage  of  WXTV,  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  )  On  Certain  Cablevision  Cable  Systems  ) 
 In  the  New  York  ADI  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  January  14,  2000  Released:  January  20,  2000 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Cable  Services  Bureau: 
 1.  This  Order  addresses  the  “Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  To  Comply  with  the  Final  Stages  of  the  Cable  Services  Bureau’s  April  16,  1999  Order”  filed  by  CSC  Holdings,  Inc.  (“  Cablevision”).  WXTV 
 License  Partnership,  G.  P.,  licensee  of  WXTV  (TV),  Channel  41,  Paterson,  New  Jersey  (“  WXTV”)  filed  a  response  to  Cablevision’s  request  for  additional  time  and  Cablevision  filed  a  reply.  To  secure  a  uniform 
 channel  position  for  WXTV  throughout  the  New  York  ADI,  the  Bureau  directed  Cablevision  to  comply  with  the  statutory  channel  positioning  requirements  with  respect  to  21  cable  systems  within  45  days  of  the  release 
 of  the  Order  and  to  come  into  compliance  within  six  months  for  the  17  remaining  systems.  1  As  discussed  below,  we  grant  the  extension  of  time. 


 2.  Cablevision  requests  an  extension  of  time  to  complete  repositioning  of  WXTV  to  Channel  41,  a  process  which  Cablevision  asserts  would  involve  the  removal  of  traps  in  the  homes  of  at  least  80,000 
 subscribers.  During  this  conversion,  Cablevision  states  that  it  also  intends  to  install  interdiction  devices  in  its  New  York  systems  and  that  the  entire  process  can  be  completed  by  March  31,  2000.  In  its  response,  WXTV 
 requests  that  Cablevision  be  required  to  move  WXTV  to  Channel  41  on  the  remaining  systems  after  the  Nielsen  ratings  period  on  March  30-  31,  2000,  regardless  of  the  state  of  the  interdiction  installation. 


 3.  In  view  of  the  foregoing,  we  grant  Cablevision’s  motion  for  extension  of  time  with  the  limitation  that  it  complete  the  repositioning  of  WXTV  on  the  remaining  systems  by  March  31,  2000.  Should 
 Cablevision  not  be  able  to  complete  the  installation  of  interdiction  technology  by  March  31,  2000,  Cablevision  shall  take  whatever  steps  necessary  to  insure  the  carriage  of  WXTV  on  Channel  41  by 
 March  31,  2000.  We  agree  as  requested  by  WXTV  that  carriage  should  remain  in  its  current  configuration  until  March  31,  2000.  Accordingly,  the  motion  for  extension  of  time  filed  by  CSC  Holdings,  Inc.,  is  granted 
 to  the  extent  discussed  herein. 


 1  See  WXTV  License  Partnership,  G.  P.,  14  FCC  Rcd  6482  (1999). 
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 4.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  delegated  authority  under  Section  0.321  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  2 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 William  H.  Johnson  Deputy  Chief 
 Cable  Services  Bureau 


 2  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.321. 
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