21.   And ad spending in outlets like national broadcast television networks and local TV stations has slowed appreciably in the fourth quarter.

22.   And in recent years, media conglomerates have been gobbling local stations, and each other, with voracious appetites.

23.   And reporters, dispatched to New York in droves by local stations looking to plant their flags, were interviewing anyone holding a sign of a missing loved one.

24.   And local cable operators simply retransmit the signals of the local broadcast stations.

25.   And other legislators, like V-chip father Ed Markey of Massachusetts, have urged pressure campaigns directed at the general managers of local stations.

26.   And your local public TV station schedules things even more erratically than usual.

27.   And, CBS cannot promote its programs and local stations cannot air commercials.

28.   AOL-Time Warner, which does not own a local station, is a dark horse candidate.

29.   And, even if the local station does not do a news piece on the issue, the Chicago Hope episode should not mislead parents, the spokeswoman said.

30.   As a result, metropolitan areas like New York and Los Angeles will have all local broadcast stations available by satellite, up from the current handfuls.