71.   But some broadcasters are also unnerved because they fear that Sky will beam only local stations from major markets.

72.   But sweeps will continue as long as it helps local affiliated stations set high advertising rates.

73.   But the local stations are thinking more seriously about a rotation.

74.   But the number might be low because this does not include money contributed by many cable networks and local stations.

75.   But television crews from two local stations recorded the event, and the activists who organized it welcomed the free publicity for their cause.

76.   But that was nothing compared with the losses local stations have sustained over the long term.

77.   Cable companies are allowed to offer local stations, but if they offer one, they must offer every station in a market.

78.   Cable television companies today lost a long legal battle with the federal government about whether they must include local broadcast stations in their channel lineup.

79.   Cable attacks the minidish for its upfront costs, for sometimes losing its signal during storms, for picture imperfections, for its inability to receive local stations.

80.   Cable systems, they said, could add channel capacity that would let them include these local stations, along with any other channels they wanted.