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In article <83hcfr$8be$1@athena.netset.com>,
  "Betsey" <betseyk@netset.com> wrote:
> Anyone have any opinions on this? See if we can get back to Ohio  :o)

This is one of those debates that few outside our little Camelot of
metro Columbus care about, though I am curious if anyone whose ONN was
recently snipped in Warren and elsewhere is upset (or even noticed that
it's gone).  But hey, we're here & it does concern at least part of
Ohio. :-)

I heard an interesting theory/prediction which went something along the
lines of this:  The chicken game lasts past the deadline, and WBNS
prohibits its signal from being carried on Time Warner.  Time Warner
carries WKRC in Cincinnati or some other affiliate (possibly WCBS in
New York?) as a stopgap to provide CBS programming to its subscribers.
Lengthy SHVA lawsuit ensues.  In the meantime, CBS/Viacom, which owns
WWHO in Chillicothe/Columbus and was thinking about unloading it in the
merger, decides to hold on to it long enough for the ratings to come
out, showing WBNS's experiment of going wireless to much of the city as
a dismal failure.  CBS/Viacom yanks WBNS's affiliation and turns 53
into a CBS O&O, figuring a wholly owned UHF station on cable is better
than a renegade VHF station offline.  WBNS then abandons ONN and
scrambles for some kind of network affiliation, possibly even winding
up with WB.  Sweet irony...

--
Jeff Billman
Columbus, OH


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