SC>> I thought Fox was a pretty big network about now. I don't have   
    SC>> cable tv, but we have a Fox 8 and a local Fox 53 that I can watch   
    SC>> with an attenna. So they own those 2 stations along with the Fox   
    SC>> News on cable. Sounds pretty good to me.   
      
    RY> Sharon, how it works is there's Fox Network (the large company) that   
    RY> owns a few large-market television stations, but provides programming   
    RY> to local, smaller stations across the country. they are known as   
    RY> Affiliates, as opposed   
    RY> to the "Owned and Operateds" (O&O's). That's what a network is, a   
    RY> banding   
    RY> together of small stations for nutual gain. Newscorp, which owns Fox   
    RY> among many other things (like mewpapers,and broadcastin companies here   
    RY> and in Europe and Australia) is a giant Empire, well diversified.   
      
   I forget what they call it from my college days, but what happened to the law   
   that says that one person/company can't own more than a certain amount of   
   radio, tv stations or newspapers. I think that went out of the window a long   
   time ago. Everything is turning into a monopoly and nobody is stopping it.   
      
   Sharon   
      
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