On 03 Sep 05  19:32:44, Raymond Yates got back to Danny Ceppa 
-> Re: John's Surgery

 RY> At our rcompany, for example, we have two vice-presidents, one for
 RY> NBC, one for FOX, and soon, I would wager, one for ABC.. They make
 RY> their programming decisions seperatly, but may decide to non-compete
 RY> when it comes to offering bids on syndicated shows, that's ok. The

That kinda makes sense.  

 RY> Sales staffs are different and theoretically isolated, but the news
 RY> staffs are shared, 

That concerns me the most.  


 RY> As I said, we'll see how ti shakes out. It may be that the FCC will
 RY> require the ABC station to be sold (It's no. 3 in the ratings behind
 RY> NBC and Fox.) -!-

Is CBS at number 4?  


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