71.   Problem is, her native talent and intelligence are more suited to the weather-reporting job she has at the local cable access station.

72.   Revenues were split between Don King Productions, Showtime and local cable providers.

73.   She said local cable systems were also given three minutes of advertising time during each hour of Olympics programming, a huge attraction to local advertisers.

74.   So some businesses are creating hybrid systems of satellite television and local cable.

75.   Some local cable operators also promise to pay for teacher training and curricular materials.

76.   So far, the companies have won the approval of their shareholders, European antitrust regulators and local cable franchising authorities.

77.   So I tried to call my local cable provider to get the service installed in the new home.

78.   That issue remains the responsibility of the local cable franchises, and by extension of the TV households who pay the cable companies to keep them entertained.

79.   That idea evolved from fare specials it offered on a local cable station outside Dallas every Wednesday for flights the following weekend.

80.   The best protection would be to forbid cable-phone and cable-broadcaster mergers with very few exceptions until local cable companies face competition.