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

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

 DC> That kinda makes sense.

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

 DC> That concerns me the most.


 RY>> As I said, we'll see how ti shakes out. It may be that the FCC
 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?

Yuo, it's so samll it doe not have a high-powered transmitter but only one
that broadgasts a signal you can get about 5 blocks away.. but that's enough
to get it in the cable system.. it's a 2-bit operation so small even I would
not work there.


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