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   
    SC>>> watch with an attenna. So they own those 2 stations along with   
    SC>>> the Fox News on cable. Sounds pretty good to me.   
      
    RY>> Sharon, how it works is there's Fox Network (the large company)   
    RY>> that owns a few large-market television stations, but provides   
    RY>> programming to local, smaller stations across the country. they   
    RY>> are known as Affiliates, as opposed to the "Owned and Operateds"   
    RY>> (O&O's). That's what a network is, a banding together of small   
    RY>> stations for nutual gain. Newscorp, which owns Fox among many   
    RY>> other things (like mewpapers,and broadcastin companies here and   
    RY>> in Europe and Australia) is a giant Empire, well diversified.   
      
    SC> I forget what they call it from my college days, but what happened to   
    SC> the law that says that one person/company can't own more than a   
    SC> certain amount of radio, tv stations or newspapers. I think that went   
    SC> out of the window a long time ago. Everything is turning into a   
    SC> monopoly and nobody is stopping it.   
      
   "Monopoly".   
      
   There was a limit on how many total stations a corporation could own, but   
   about 10 years ago that was revised. Then, about 5 years after that it was   
   revised again. Then, last year, it was revised yet again after the Commission   
   changed Chairman.   
      
      
      
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    * Origin: Ray's Rocket Shop - Out to Launch (1:3613/48)