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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