On 02 Sep 05  09:18:49, Raymond Yates got back to Mike Roberts 
-> Re: John's Surgery

 MR> financial trouble. I can understand FOX bein considered the smaller of
 MR> the networks, but I can't see how they can be in financial trouble.
 MR> 

 RY> Times are tough in the TV biz.. Ad sales are down, and equipment costs
 RY> keep rising... here, the largets TV station just bought the local ABC
 RY> affialiate and it already runs the Fox affiliate as well. Rules allow
 RY> it, it seems. 

I'm only midly surprised by that.  

 RY> Combining resources s not a bad thing, it may improve both stations as
 RY> a result. That however, remains to be seen..

I guess a lot of that has to do on how the National Networks decide that 
the conjoining is working out.  

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