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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  193 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  : 
 USA  Broadcasting,  Inc. 
 Video  Programming  Accessibility 


 Petition  for  Waiver  of  Closed  Captioning 
 Requirements 


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 CSR  5536 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  January  23,  2002  Released:  January  24,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Consumer  Protection  and  Competition  Division,  Cable  Services  Bureau: 
 1.  On  January  9,  2002,  the  Public  Notice  entitled,  “Request  For  Exemption  From 
 Commission’s  Closed  Captioning  Rules,”  DA  02-  29,  was  released.  Pursuant  to  Section  79.  1  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules,  USA  Broadcasting,  Inc.  (“  USAB”)  sought  an  exemption  from  the  closed  captioning 
 requirements  for  USAB’s  13  full-  power  television  stations.  Univision  recently  acquired  USAB  and 
 asserts  that  these  full-  power  television  stations  are  now  part  of  a  new  Spanish-  language  network  subject 
 to  different  closed  captioning  requirements.  Accordingly,  Univision  requests  termination  of  the  request 
 for  exemption  filed  by  USAB. 


 2.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  Univision’s  request  to  withdraw  the  petition  for 
 exemption  filed  by  USA  Broadcasting,  Inc.  IS  GRANTED. 


 3.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  by  Section  0.321  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.  321. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Deborah  Klein,  Chief 
 Consumer  Protection  and  Competition  Division 
 Cable  Services  Bureau 
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