On 08 Sep 05  11:11:29, Sharon Coyne got back to Danny Ceppa    
   -> Re: John's Surgery   
      
    RY>> with the local stations... The locals can fill the time slots   
    RY>> with syndicated programming, of course. It's only a matter of   
    RY>> time..   
       
    DC> What I'm thinking is of the loss of national news at the local level.   
    DC> Not everyone has cable.   
      
    SC> That is what I'm thinking too since I don't have cable. Would that   
    SC> mean I wouldn't be able to watch Nightline and shows like that? Those   
    SC> are my favorites after L & Os.   
      
   Well, as it is, I got very ticked off with ABC when they canned Bill    
   Mahr.     
      
   Too an extent, broadcast news has gotten too vanilla.  Then again,    
   the other stations have become to radical.     
      
   I want to see stations and broacasters I can trust.  I think it    
   all went south when Cronkite retired...     
      
      
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