61. Both of those blockbusters just happened to air during sweeps periods when ratings are measured for local stations. 62. But a friend got him a job as a writer, director and performer at a local TV station. 63. But a new layer of local stations has begun to take shape. 64. Bunting got his start in television several years ago in Houston by producing a show on a local station to find leads for his computer sales business. 65. But by making programs available online, NBC risks angering its affiliated local stations at a time when it is trying to reorganize its relationship with them. 66. But ad skipping is particularly disturbing for local stations, which unlike cable or satellite companies, do not have revenue from subscriptions, he said. 67. But it will immediately put the video on its website and broadcast it on its local FM radio station. 68. But news coverage of the incident has mounted in recent days, and Whitman was followed by a television cameras from local stations and national networks. 69. But Murdoch will have to persuade Congress to grant licenses to his venture to retransmit local broadcast stations. 70. But local station managers say they are receiving few, if any, complaints about TV programming, especially about prime-time slots. |