>>> The Simpsons rule!   
      
    MR>> heheheheh! I know yer a big fan, Dan...  More power to you. It's   
    MR>> weird up here in Rochester, but the FOX station ( and I don't   
    MR>> know how they can do this ) Joined together with the CBS station   
    MR>> as they are in financial trouble. I can understand FOX bein   
    MR>> considered the smaller of the networks, but I can't see how they   
    MR>> can be in financial trouble.    
      
    SC> I thought Fox was a pretty big network about now. I don't have cable   
    SC> tv, but we have a Fox 8 and a local Fox 53 that I can watch with an   
    SC> attenna. So they own those 2 stations along with the Fox News on   
    SC> cable. Sounds pretty good to me.   
      
   Sharon, how it works is there's Fox Network (the large company) that owns a   
   few large-market television stations, but provides programming to local,   
   smaller stations across the country. they are known as Affiliates, as opposed   
   to the "Owned and Operateds" (O&O's). That's what a network is, a banding   
   together of small stations for nutual gain. Newscorp, which owns Fox among   
   many other things (like mewpapers,and broadcastin companies here and in Europe   
   and Australia) is a giant Empire, well diversified.   
      
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    * Origin: Ray's Rocket Shop - Out to Launch (1:3613/48)