DC> On 04 Sep 05  12:25:24, Raymond Yates got back to Danny Ceppa
 DC> -> Re: John's Surgery

 RY>>> will require the ABC station to be sold (It's no. 3 in the
 RY>>> ratings behind NBC and Fox.) -!-

 DC>> Is CBS at number 4?

 RY>> Yuo, it's so samll it doe not have a high-powered transmitter but
 RY>> only one that broadgasts a signal you can get about 5 blocks
 RY>> away.. but that's enough to get it in the cable system..

 DC> I think that the days of the "Big 3" broadcasting systems are
 DC> numbered.

 DC> It's actually a shame.

At some point Networks are going to realise that they can drop the affilliate
system entirely, and go to cable/satellite only, not lose a lot of customers,
and not have to share the revenues with the local stations...

The locals can fill the time slots with syndicated programming, of course.

It's only a matter of time..

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