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Re: WNDS-Lowell Sun partnership



If the Denver outfit buys WNDS and keeps it in Derry I don't think there
would be much of a problem since the Lowell Sun does not cover Southern
New Hampshire beyond Pelham.  My question comes if they purchase WNDS
then try to move it back to Lowell.

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On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:39:00 -0500 "Smyth, Sean (NEE-TAB)"
<ssmyth@cnc.com> writes:
> Mr. Faneuf wrote:
> >Wouldn't that be difficult since I don't believe (with all the 
> changes I
> >could be wrong) that the cross ownership ban has been lifted has 
> it?  I
> >know Senator John McCain (R) AZ filed a bill that would lift the 
> ban of
> >cross ownership in the same market but I had not heard that it was
> >approved.
> 
> Don't they really cover the same market already (MV)? Granted, the 
> Sun
> doesn't probably have much distribution in Windham or Londonderry, 
> or
> wherever WNDS is licensed to, but I would think that the current 
> rules
> would apply, even if Channel 50 didn't move to Lowell.
> 
>  -Sean