-=> Quoting Mike Roberts to Danny Ceppa on 09-02-05  10:31 <=-   
      
    MR> It's weird   
    MR> up  here in Rochester, but the FOX station ( and I don't know how they   
    MR> can do  this ) Joined together with the CBS station as they are in   
    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>     
      
   Perhaps the financial trouble is only (or, primarily) on the local   
   scale?  And, it could be both local stations needing a financial boost,   
   for that matter, and each saving some money by sharing some aspects of   
   the work?  Economies of scale, and all that....   :)   
      
   Partnering with other stations has been getting a lot more prevalent   
   lately, but I've seen it more in the public radio networks, as I'm not   
   that tuned into TV.  Locally, WXXI-FM and AM have been simulcasting with   
   (I think it's) WJSU, at Houghton College, for a few years now, and   
   recently have been simulcasting the NPR newscasts with WRUR at the UofR   
   as well.  And then, of course, there are the joint ventures, such as the   
   Voice of the Voter, with WXXI-TV, WOKR (again, I think that's the right   
   one) and isn't that with the D&C as well?   
      
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