TV & Video - April 7, 1987

The increasing web of cable television wires may be interfering with police, fire and aviation radio, and the Federal Communications Commission has put cable companies on notice that they face fines unless they detect and correct leakage of radio frequency energy from cable lines. “The quantity and level of leaks found during our inspections indicate that many monitoring and maintenance programs are either inadequate or nonexistent,” the agency said in a notice issued last week.