41.   The bids competed on the extent of investment, black empowerment, local programming, plans to train local talent, and financial viability.

42.   The bill would give satellite television companies a six-month grace period to work out retransmission agreements with the networks to broadcast local programming.

43.   The local debates are to be either before or after those between the congressional leaders, depending on local programming.

44.   The networks make a lot of money on the stations they themselves own because the affiliates can charge more for their local ads and bolster local programming during sweeps.

45.   The media mogul wants to establish his brand of local programming in Boston.

46.   The regional channels usually will show local programming but some major events, ads and news shows could be shown on all channels simultaneously.

47.   The service in Persian, a language close to Dhari, has replaced hours of local programming with news of the war in Afghanistan.

48.   There was only one serious query about local programming.

49.   Those broadcasters often carry local programming and allow viewers to receive a variety of shows without subscribing to cable, Congress reasoned when it wrote the law.

50.   To get local programming, subscribers must either resort to an antenna or buy a stripped-down cable package, as the Allens have done in South Burlington.