Something to watch out for...

[Dan.Strassberg]

Does NBC own in SanFrancisco/Oakland/San Jose/Silicon Valley? I don't 
believe so--and it's a WAY bigger market than Boston

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
To: "(newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest" 
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 10:09 PM
Subject: Something to watch out for...


> This week NBC and FOX have decided to set up a news bureau in
> Philadelphia to cut costs on local news.
>
> The local FOX and NBC will pool raw footage of news stories and then
> edit it the way they want. NBC and FOX plan to do the same in 
> Chicago
> and then in all markets where they both own stations.
>
> This may include Boston as the Miami Herald is hinting Sunbeam is
> ready to cash out by selling WSVN to FOX and possibly WHDH to NBC.
>
> NBC has sold stations in smaller markets to concentrate on larger
> markets and owing in Boston would make sense. Boston is one of he
> largest markets where they don't own (may well be the largest)