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Re: Channel 50 sale challenge
- Subject: Re: Channel 50 sale challenge
- From: Larry Weil <kc1ih@tiac.net>
- Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 00:45:31 -0500
>How do we the public address the FCC regarding the recent sale of WNDS?
>
>I find that the addition of another UHF shopping channel IS NOT in the
>public interest.
>
>By the way, when the new owners bought the corporation, aren't they
>committed to paying for the syndicated programming
>that they had previously contracted for (some up to 2 years from now) and
>don't some of those contracts have a clause that
>states that the program MUST be aired within a certain time/date window?
>
>-gary
It's too late now. The time to challenge a sale is before it is approved
and papers passed. And, the chance of a challenge succeeding on the basis
of the proposed programming format is close to nil.
Larry Weil
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