Media Contact: 
Janice Wise, (202) 418-8165
janice.wise@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
FCC PROPOSES TO ELIMINATE OUTDATED LOCAL-OFFICE 
CHANNEL LINEUP REQUIREMENT FOR CABLE OPERATORS
Action Continues Commission’s Efforts to Modernize Its Media Rules
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WASHINGTON, April 17, 2018—The Federal Communications Commission today proposed 
to eliminate a rule adopted in 1972 that requires cable operators to maintain at their local office 
a current listing of the cable television channels that each cable system delivers to its 
subscribers.   
The Commission has tentatively concluded that this requirement, set forth in Section 76.1705 
of the Commission’s rules, is no longer necessary or useful now that channel lineup 
information is readily available through other means, including, in many cases, the websites of 
cable operators, on-screen electronic program guides, and paper guides.    
The NPRM also seeks comment on whether the Commission should eliminate the requirement 
in Section 76.1700(a)(4) of its rules that certain cable operators make their channel lineup 
available via their online public inspection file or instead require these operators to put channel 
lineup information on their own website.  Finally, the Commission asks what the channel 
lineup requirements for small cable operators should be if Section 76.1705 is eliminated.
Today’s action opens the ninth proceeding in the Commission’s ongoing effort to modernize its 
rules by eliminating or modifying regulations that are outdated, unnecessary, or unduly 
burdensome.
Action by the Commission April 17, 2018 by Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 18-47). 
Chairman Pai, Commissioners Clyburn, O’Rielly, Carr and Rosenworcel approving.  Chairman 
Pai, Commissioners Clyburn, and O’Rielly issuing separate statements.
MB Docket Nos. 18-92; 17-105
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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order 
constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).