From: "John Beamish" 

Okay then, why don't we see the "and on next week's episode"? 
(That's a rhetorical question.)


"Doug Bryce"  wrote in message
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> I *detest* that rule.....have done ever since we got cable almost 18
> years ago when we moved into this house.   At that time, we were
> getting US feeds from Buffalo, NY and Erie, PA.....and CBC still had
> an affiliate in London, On.    And at that time (and maybe still)
> Canadian stations could request that their feed be substituted for
> *other* Canadian stations, too !   There were times when I'd have the
> London feed on 4 channels....and it would go away -- all 4 channels
> would go blank.   Aarghh !! 
>
> I just checked with my son about commercial minutes in prime time.
> Apparently it did come up in his 'Media Law' class -- while he's not
> sure of the actual number of minutes allowed, we are lower and he
> thinks it's a couple of minutes per hour.
>
> doug
>
> On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 00:03:29 -0500, "John Beamish"
>  wrote:
>
> >Ahhhhh ... now I understand what you're talking about.  Oh, yeah,
> >definitely:  both channels carry the same Canadian feed.  You're
absolutely
> >right about that.  And, btw, you and I have exactly the same grumble.
> >
> >I'd be interested to hear what your son says.  My late cousin worked for
CBC
> >and, although it was on the radio side, he would certainly have known who
to
> >talk to on the TV side.
>

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