NB> -=> 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   
    MR>> they can do  this ) Joined together with the CBS station as they   
    MR>> are in financial trouble.  I can understand FOX bein considered   
    MR>> the smaller of the networks, but I can't  see how they can be in   
    MR>> financial trouble.    
      
    NB> Perhaps the financial trouble is only (or, primarily) on the local   
    NB> scale?  And, it could be both local stations needing a financial   
    NB> boost, for that matter, and each saving some money by sharing some   
    NB> aspects of the work?  Economies of scale, and all that....   :)   
      
    NB> Partnering with other stations has been getting a lot more prevalent   
    NB> lately, but I've seen it more in the public radio networks, as I'm not   
    NB> that tuned into TV.  Locally, WXXI-FM and AM have been simulcasting   
    NB> with (I think it's) WJSU, at Houghton College, for a few years now,   
    NB> and recently have been simulcasting the NPR newscasts with WRUR at the   
    NB> UofR as well.  And then, of course, there are the joint ventures, such   
    NB> as the Voice of the Voter, with WXXI-TV, WOKR (again, I think that's   
    NB> the right one) and isn't that with the D&C as well?   
      
   You hit it right on the head. with a minor correction?   
      
   The public radio situation is more like the stations carry the same   
   national feed at the same time. Thay can do that, of course.   
      
   It's handy for me as I have to drive to Raleigh every once in a while, and can   
   listen to Morning Edition all they way up to there (it's three hours) without   
   missing a beat by changing stations. As for locally, it's neat that thay do   
   that, as it gives the listener choices if there's areas where the signal   
   fadews due to interference.   
      
   As I said someplace (probably here) we have one station that briadcasts on two   
   different frequencies,and transmitter loations and gets from a small station   
   (relatively) a signal pattern of some 100 miles circumference. This could   
   only be duplicated from a single transmitter location by quadrupling the power   
   output. That would be expensive.   
      
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