§ 6-15. Equipment and operation.

In order to provide adequate civil defense and disaster service information and to prevent the distribution of obscene or libelous programs, every operator shall install a system with the capability, equipment, facilities and personnel necessary to immediately interrupt signals being distributed on one (1) channel or on all channels at once, and to transmit other programs or signals in the place of the signal or program interrupted. Every such operator shall provide at system activation a minimum of twenty-five (25) active channels, full bank FM radio service, and an emergency alert system. Additionally, operators shall distribute all UHF and VHF telecasts originating in Dallas or Tarrant Counties, programming from the three (3) major television networks in the United States, and distribute weather information service satisfactory to the city.

(Code 1965, § 6-16)