Re: a satellite question-- exclusivity?

["Tim Davisson" <timdav@bright.net>]

I know in sports most TV stations carry identical
clips of game-recaps....perhaps it's the same for
many news stories.

TD/Ohio

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> From: Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>
> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Cc: broadcast@broadcast.net
> Subject: a satellite question-- exclusivity?
> Date: Thursday, September 03, 1998 12:30 AM
> 
> Tonight during the news of a tragic plane crash, CNN switched off to the
> CBC and began to carry them live.  A few minutes later, NBC came on with
a
> bulletin and ran the same CBC feed.  I was wondering-- when I worked for
> ABC in the early 70s, we had an agreement that ONE station per market got
> our feeds.  Has that changed?  In other words, how can several stations
> from competing networks carry the same report or the same feed?  I have
> seen this not just emergencies (perhaps there are special dispensations
> given in a crisis?).  Does anybody know what the rule is, and is it the
> same for radio as well as TV?  (With all the consolidation, can the same
> report appear on stations that are with competitive networks, in other
> words?)  
> 

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