51.   In the last three years of record sales, their appearances have switched from tiny local cable stations to segments on network affiliates.

52.   Instead, the cable box is linked to a powerful computer at the local cable system.

53.   It became an underground favorite in Los Angeles and San Francisco three years ago, when local cable stations broadcast it during Japanese-language programming blocks.

54.   It was learned that Nichols on Thursday made a request to a local cable company for an immediate hook-up to a news channel.

55.   Jones Intercable will start building its first interactive system next June in Olathe, where it built its first local cable system.

56.   Largent cut an ad that aired on local cable outlets.

57.   Like RCN in Boston, Sigecom competes directly with local cable companies Insight and Adelphia.

58.   Local cable operators report a positive and unexpectedly vigorous reaction to the channel.

59.   Local cable providers wondered if the channel would appeal to a nationwide audience, like the Discovery Channel, because its appeal is limited.

60.   Local cable companies are bracing for the worst, since there is hardly any way they will consider taking ESPN off their system.