1.   Alternatively, local broadcasters could buy space on leased-access channels that all cable operators are required to provide for community programming, the cable interests say.

2.   Among local broadcasters there is speculation that, if KCOP cannot hold its own, its news operation may be closed down.

3.   As the channel capacity of cable operators expands, they will be able to accommodate local broadcasters without booting any cable programs.

4.   Also cited are the influence of national television and the dearth of local broadcasters with thick-as-sorghum-syrup accents.

5.   But big-footing it into a foreign market with a fat checkbook can provoke the ire of local broadcasters.

6.   By scrambling and selectively unscrambling the signals, DirecTV will enable subscribers in any one local market to view only the local broadcasters from their home market.

7.   Diller said he had observed that station owners were using local broadcasters as cash cows to finance lots of other activities.

8.   Disputes between local broadcasters and satellite carriers have resulted in a number of court challenges.

9.   Even longtime local broadcasters Don Kennedy and Ludlow Porch have jumped into cyberspace with Internet sites featuring big band music and folksy chat.

10.   For example, this person said, when Court TV wanted to start local cable services, it hoped to hook up with local broadcasters, like NBC affiliates.