Re: WHDH drops playoffs

["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On 29 Sep 2000,  Mark Shneyder wrote:

> For the most part, they have a lot of freedom. But in order
> to preserve a good relationship with the networks, affils almost never
> pre-empt the brand name programming(Nightly News, 60 Minutes, World Series,
> SuperBowl,etc).
 
This, of course, raises once again my question about why there was such a 
proliferation of pre-emptions a few years ago and why pre-emptions are so 
much more rare, now.


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