Re: No more FOX in upstate NH

[Paul Anderson <plandrsn@ma.ultranet.com>]

On Monday, December 24, 2001, at 02:57 PM, John Bolduc wrote:

> I saw this posted at the WMUR-TV web site
>
> MANCHESTER, N.H. -- As of Dec. 19, 2001, Fox programming will no longer 
> be
> seen on our North Country channels, W27BL and WMUR-LP 29.
>
>  Your cable company is making provisions to provide FOX programming on
> affected cable systems. You can still see your local News 9 broadcasts 
> at
> their regular times. However, you may see no programming at all in 
> between
> newscasts.

Why bother to keep these low-power stations on the air then, if all 
they're doing is broadcasting the WMUR newscast to the few who get them 
over-the-air?  (Wouldn't WMUR be carried by cable systems in the area?)

Paul