SC>>> I thought Fox was a pretty big network about now. I don't have
 SC>>> cable tv, but we have a Fox 8 and a local Fox 53 that I can
 SC>>> watch with an attenna. So they own those 2 stations along with
 SC>>> the Fox News on cable. Sounds pretty good to me.

 RY>> Sharon, how it works is there's Fox Network (the large company)
 RY>> that owns a few large-market television stations, but provides
 RY>> programming to local, smaller stations across the country. they
 RY>> are known as Affiliates, as opposed to the "Owned and
Operateds"
 RY>> (O&O's). That's what a network is, a banding together of small
 RY>> stations for nutual gain. Newscorp, which owns Fox among many
 RY>> other things (like mewpapers,and broadcastin companies here and
 RY>> in Europe and Australia) is a giant Empire, well diversified.

 SC> I forget what they call it from my college days, but what happened to
 SC> the law that says that one person/company can't own more than a
 SC> certain amount of radio, tv stations or newspapers. I think that went
 SC> out of the window a long time ago. Everything is turning into a
 SC> monopoly and nobody is stopping it.

"Monopoly".

There was a limit on how many total stations a corporation could own, but
about 10 years ago that was revised. Then, about 5 years after that it was
revised again. Then, last year, it was revised yet again after the Commission
changed Chairman.



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