91.   Customers of another satellite TV company, EchoStar Communications Corp., use separate antennae to capture their local stations.

92.   Congress is considering legislation that would permit satellite television to carry local stations.

93.   Current law permits satellite companies to beam network signals if those customers cannot receive local stations using rooftop antennas.

94.   Conventional broadcasters oppose removing the restrictions on the satellite companies, fearing that this will drain advertising revenues from local stations.

95.   DBS also cannot carry any local stations.

96.   Despite trepidation expressed by some station managers, they said no local stations had moved to drop the show.

97.   Despite advice from top executives, Tisch balked at buying several local stations that were up for grabs a few years ago.

98.   Doing so would also make it more difficult to enforce the embargo against the use of footage before midnight each day by other networks and local stations.

99.   EchoStar, using a third satellite launched last October, now can begin offering some local stations in the top markets.

100.   Federal law requires local cable systems to carry these local stations.