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Cable systems that don't carry ANY PBS station

mvcg66b3r

mvcg66b3r

I did a thread about cable systems that don't carry the PBS member station in their own market, now I'm doing one about systems that don't carry ANY PBS station from ANY market. This was probably inspired by fellow poster ding12. Some examples please?
 
I would be very surprised if this were the case. I'm pretty sure every cable system is required to carry at least one PBS station.
 
Mine carries two. They could get rid of both and I wouldn't mind. I'd even like it if they replaced it with something better (of which there would be many choices).
 
Alliance Cable – Knox City, TX:
2 KXVA-FOX 15 Abilene, TX
3 Community Channel
4 QVC
5 HBO
6 Community Channel
7 C SPAN
8 KTAB-CBS 32 Abilene, TX
9 KRBC-NBC 9 Abilene, TX
10 Univision
11 WEATH
12 KTXS-ABC 12 Sweetwater, TX
13 Trinity Broadcasting Network
14 Spike TV
15 Discovery Channel
16 Showtime
17 CNN
18 National Geographic
19 TBS Superstation
20 A&E
21 TNT
22 ESPN
23 ESPN 2
24 ABC Family
25 GAC
26 Nickelodeon
27 Disney Channel
28 Headline News
29 TLC
30 Lifetime Television
31 AMC
32 Travel Channel
33 E!
34 USA
35 Cartoon Network
36 MSNBC
37 TV Land
38 Animal Planet
39 Fox Sports SW
40 FOX News
41 History
98 VH 1
99 fX
 
Alliance Cable – Rule, TX
2 HBO
3 USA
4 KTAB-CBS 32 Abilene, TX
5 Disney Channel
6 KIDZ-MNT (LP) Abilene, TX
7 KXVA-FOX 15 Abilene, TX
8 ABC Family
9 KRBC-NBC 9 Abilene, TX
10 WGN-America
11 TBS Superstation
12 KTXS-ABC 12 Sweetwater, TX
13 QVC
14 TNT
15 ESPN 2
16 ESPN
17 CMT
18 Cinemax
19 Discovery Channel
20 Nickelodeon
21 Turner Classic Movies
22 TLC
23 Trinity Broadcasting Network
24 VH 1
25 Syfy
26 Spike TV
27 TV Land
28 A&E
29 Weather Channel
30 AMC
31 History
32 E!
33 Lifetime Television
34 MSNBC
35 Comedy Central
36 Univision
37 HSN
38 Oxygen
39 MTV
40 CNN
 
Alliance Cable - Crowell, TX
2 KSWO-TMO 11.2 Lawton, OK
3 KFDX-NBC 28 Witchita Falls, TX
4 QVC
5 TV Land
6 KAUZ-CBS 22 Witchita Falls,TX
7 KSWO-ABC 11 Lawton, OK
8 KAUZ-CW 22.2 Witchita Falls, TX
9 National Geographic
10 Univision
11 GAC
12 WEATH
13 KJTL-FOX 18 Wichita Falls, TX
14 ABC Family
15 USA
16 Fox Sports SW
17 CNN
18 Spike TV
19 Discovery Channel
20 Cinemax
21 Disney Channel
22 HBO
23 TLC
24 ESPN
25 ESPN 2
26 TBS Superstation
27 Headline News
28 E!
29 Lifetime Television
30 AMC
31 TNT
32 A&E
33 Syfy
34 Cartoon Network
35 History
36 Nickelodeon
37 VH 1
38 fX
39 MSNBC
40 Trinity Broadcasting Network
41 Animal Planet
 
If they broadcast in a Market Area, don't they fall under 'shall carry'? I presume the markets where Alliance isn't carrying PBS, don't have a PBS outlet broadcasting in the area. They probably could pull one in from Austin, Dallas or Houston, but aren't required to, and why bother?
 
As I understand the 'Must Carry' rules, the PBS station should request that the Cable System carry their signal.
It gets a little fuzzy here. I believe that this rule only applies if the NCE (non-commercial, educational) station is located within 50 miles of the Cable Head-End.
I may be wrong on the last point.
I'd like some input from an FCC Law expert.
 
In Abilene, there is no PBS member station. Suddenlink carries KERA/13 from Dallas on Channel 13. I think the signal is microwaved. The smaller cable company in Knox City and Rule may not have access. There's no off-air signal available.

The Crowell system gets all of their network signals from Wichita Falls, and the only PBS station there is a low-power translator of KERA. So probably neither KERA's translator nor the OETA translators just across the border get any signal into Crowell.

I wonder if those cable companies are exempted from some rules because of their size.
 
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There are three Alliance systems in that same area that carry KRMA from Denver via satellite for a PBS member (Haskell, Munday, Stamford). Haskell and Stamford have digital cable and Munday has a larger lineup than the three PBS-less lineups mentioned above.
 
Sorry if I was unclear. I meant the size of the cable system by number of subscribers. But then, I really don't know the reason. I've tried searching the FCC site and I can't find anything definitive. (The few documents I can find are listed as "unavailable."
 
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