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

 RY> "Monopoly".

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

Gotta keep big business going. :-( When are those jobs leaving the country?

Sharon

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