[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 10503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3835]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[MM 99-339; DA 01-325]


Implementation of Video Description of Video Programming

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission seeks comment on The 
Weather Channel's request for clarification regarding the aural tone 
requirements of the Commission's video description rules. These rules 
require that, if a broadcast station or multichannel video programming 
distributor provides emergency information through a crawl or a scroll, 
it must accompany that information with an aural tone. The Weather 
Channel seeks clarification that it is in compliance with the rules 
when it provides an aural tone prior to the first time it provides a 
particular crawl or scroll; in other words, The Weather Channel seeks 
clarification that it need not accompany each otherwise identical crawl 
or scroll with an aural tone. In the alternative, it seeks an exemption 
from the rules.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before February 27, 2001; reply 
comments must be filed on or before March 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., 
Washington DC, 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Bash, Policy and Rules Division, 
Mass Media Bureau, at (202) 418-2130.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information is part of the record in MM 
Docket No. 99-339. Copies of the filing and other pleadings are also 
available for purchase from: ITS Inc. 1231 20th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC, 20036, www.itsdocs.com, (202) 837-3800, (202) 837-3805 
(fax), (202) 484-8831 (TTY). This document is available to individuals 
with disabilities requiring accessible formats (electronic ASCII text, 
Braille, large print, and audiocassette) by contacting Brian Millin at 
(202) 418-7426 (Voice), (202) 418-7365 (TTY), or by sending an email to 
[email protected]. This document is available to individuals with 
disabilities requiring accessible formats (electronic ASCII text, 
Braille, large print, and audiocassette) by contacting Brian Millin at 
(202) 418-7426 (Voice), (202) 418-7365 (TTY), or by sending an email to 
[email protected].

Federal Communications Commission.
Roy J. Stewart,
Chief, Mass Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-3835 Filed 2-14-01; 8:45 am]
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