On 05 Sep 05  08:20:26, Raymond Yates got back to Danny Ceppa 
-> Re: John's Surgery

 DC> I think that the days of the "Big 3" broadcasting systems are
 DC> numbered.
 
 DC> It's actually a shame.

 RY> At some point Networks are going to realise that they can drop the
 RY> affilliate system entirely, and go to cable/satellite only, not lose a
 RY> lot of customers, and not have to share the revenues with the local
 RY> stations... 
 RY> The locals can fill the time slots with syndicated programming, of
 RY> course. 
 RY> It's only a matter of time..

What I'm thinking is of the loss of national news at the local level.  
Not everyone has cable.  


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