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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