DC> On 03 Sep 05  19:32:44, Raymond Yates got back to Danny Ceppa   
    DC> -> Re: John's Surgery   
      
    RY>> At our rcompany, for example, we have two vice-presidents, one   
    RY>> for NBC, one for FOX, and soon, I would wager, one for ABC.. They   
    RY>> make their programming decisions seperatly, but may decide to   
    RY>> non-compete when it comes to offering bids on syndicated shows,   
    RY>> that's ok. The   
      
    DC> That kinda makes sense.   
      
    RY>> Sales staffs are different and theoretically isolated, but the   
    RY>> news staffs are shared,   
      
    DC> That concerns me the most.   
      
      
    RY>> As I said, we'll see how ti shakes out. It may be that the FCC   
    RY>> will require the ABC station to be sold (It's no. 3 in the   
    RY>> ratings behind NBC and Fox.) -!-   
      
    DC> Is CBS at number 4?   
      
   Yuo, it's so samll it doe not have a high-powered transmitter but only one   
   that broadgasts a signal you can get about 5 blocks away.. but that's enough   
   to get it in the cable system.. it's a 2-bit operation so small even I would   
   not work there.   
      
      
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