Media Bureau Finds for Parker Broadcasting on Must-Carry

KRDK-TV Valley City, North Dakota, qualifies for carriage as a local TV station on the Otter Com and Arvig cable systems in the Fargo area, the FCC Media Bureau ordered Friday in response to Parker Broadcasting must-carry complaints against the systems. MB said Parker met its obligation by pledging to buy and install any equipment needed to deliver an adequate signal to the cable headend. The two have 60 days from when KRDK provides a good quality signal to their headend to initiate carriage. Otter is happy to carry KRDK, but the broadcaster hasn't provided its signal or any information about how it intends to do so, said Business Operations Manager Eric Engler. Arvig didn't comment.