Federal Communications Commission FCC 08-65
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Johnson Broadcasting of Dallas, Inc.
Johnson Broadcasting, Inc.
Requests for Mandatory Carriage of 
Television Stations KLDT-TV, 
Lake Dallas, TX  and KNWS-TV, Katy, TX 
Applications for Review
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CSR-5741-M
CSR-5742-M
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Adopted:  February 21, 2008 Released:  February 26, 2008
By the Commission:
1. Johnson Broadcasting of Dallas, Inc., licensee of television station KLDT-TV, Channel 55, 
Lake Dallas, Texas (“KLDT”) and Johnson Broadcasting, Inc., licensee of television station KNWS (TV), 
Channel 51, Katy, Texas, (“KNWS”) (collectively, “Johnson”) filed applications for review of the Cable 
Services Bureau’s (the “Bureau”)1 Memorandum Opinion and Orders in Johnson Broadcasting of Dallas, 
Inc. and Johnson Broadcasting, Inc. (the “Bureau Orders”).2 The Bureau Orders denied Johnson’s must 
carry complaints against DIRECTV, Inc. (“DIRECTV”), a satellite carrier offering local-into-local service 
within the Dallas designated market area within which KLDT operates and the Houston designated market 
area within which KNWS operates. DIRECTV filed oppositions to Johnson’s applications for review.  In 
response, Johnson filed replies.  Both parties made supplemental filings.  Because the issues raised in each 
of Johnson’s applications are substantially similar, we consolidate them for the purposes of this 
Memorandum Opinion and Order.  For the reasons discussed below, we dismiss the applications for review 
as moot.
2. Section 338 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Communications 
Act”), requires satellite carriers to carry on request all local television broadcast stations’ signals in local 
markets in which the satellite carrier carries at least one local television broadcast signal pursuant to the 
statutory copyright license.3 Under Section 338, in the DBS Must Carry Report and Order, the 
  
1 On March 25, 2002, the former Cable Services and Mass Media Bureaus were merged into the existing Media 
Bureau.
2 Johnson Broadcasting of Dallas, Inc., 17 FCC Rcd 886 (2002); Johnson Broadcasting, Inc., 16 FCC Rcd 21329 
(2001).  
3 See 47 U.S.C. § 338.
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Commission adopted implementing rules detailing the procedures and policies governing local television 
signal retransmission.4  
3. Since Johnson filed its Applications, both stations gained carriage on DIRECTV in their 
respective markets.5 Therefore, we find that there is no remaining dispute in this case, and no requested 
relief remaining for us to grant.6 Accordingly, we dismiss the pending applications for review as moot.
4. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, that the Applications for Review filed by Johnson 
Broadcasting of Dallas, Inc., licensee of KLDT-TV, Lake Dallas, Texas, and Johnson Broadcasting, Inc.,
licensee of KNWS (TV), Katy, Texas, against DIRECTV ARE DISMISSED.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Marlene H. Dortch
Secretary
  
4 See Implementation of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999:  Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues,
16 FCC Rcd 1918 (2000) (“DBS Must Carry Report and Order”).
5 See http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/packProg/localChannels.jsp?_requestid=160926 and  
http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/packProg/localChannels.jsp?_requestid=162517 (visited Mar. 1, 2007).
6 See APCC Services, Inc., et al. v. IDT Corp., 21 FCC Rcd 7817, 7820-22 & n.28 (EB 2006).