Network newscasts on Boston radio

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 09:13:17 -0400, "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net> said:

> I've never quite understood why the Infinity stations that are CBS
> affiliates (such as 'BZ and WTIC) aren't required to carry the hourly
> network newscasts.  They're "CBS-owned," after all.  Can someone explain?

The local spot time is more valuable than CBS branding.

-GAWollman