47 U.S.C. § 341 : US Code - Section 341: Carriage of television signals to certain subscribers

Search 47 U.S.C. § 341 : US Code - Section 341: Carriage of television signals to certain subscribers

(a)(1) In General. - A cable operator or satellite carrier may
elect to retransmit, to subscribers in an eligible county -
(A) any television broadcast stations that are located in the
State in which the county is located and that any cable operator
or satellite carrier was retransmitting to subscribers in the
county on January 1, 2004; or
(B) up to 2 television broadcast stations located in the State
in which the county is located, if the number of television
broadcast stations that the cable operator or satellite carrier
is authorized to carry under paragraph (1) is less than 3.
(2) Deemed Significantly Viewed. - A station described in
subsection (a) of this section is deemed to be significantly viewed
in the eligible county within the meaning of section 76.54 of the
Commission's regulations (47 CFR 76.54).
(3) Definition of Eligible County. - For purposes of this
section, the term "eligible county" means any 1 of 4 counties that -

(A) are all in a single State;
(B) on January 1, 2004, were each in designated market areas in
which the majority of counties were located in another State or
States; and
(C) as a group had a combined total of 41,340 television
households according to the U.S. Television Household Estimates
by Nielsen Media Research for 2003-2004.
(4) Limitation. - Carriage of a station under this section shall
be at the option of the cable operator or satellite carrier.
(b) Certain Markets. - Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, a satellite carrier may not carry the signal of a television
station into an adjacent local market that is comprised of only a
portion of a county, other than to unserved households located in
that county.