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...look like The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour: a visit to an Oklahoma ostrich farm; an interview with a Florida man who makes furniture out of junk; a live report on Hula-Hoopers in the park across the street. This is homemade TV -- and proud of it. On the show's first broadcast, Bergeron playfully chased his executive producer around the set and accidentally broke a lamp. "You're watching our final day on fX," joked Bergeron. "Tomorrow the Lint Channel will be here...
...other similarly superfluous channels created by broadcast networks are the most potent newcomers on the jammed cable dial. Fox's entry went on the air with a subscriber count of 18 million homes -- the largest start-up figure for any cable service in history. Nearly 11 million homes are expected to be on board July 4, when nbc introduces America's Talking, a new network consisting of -- are you ready, America? -- nothing but talk shows. Last October ABC launched ESPN2, a hipper, younger version of cable's largest sports network; it currently reaches 12.8 million cable homes...
...basic channels, how did fX and ESPN2 and America's Talking end up getting carried? It has less to do with must-see programming than with deals struck between the cable industry and Fox, ABC and NBC. Traditionally, cable systems have been able to retransmit local broadcast stations for free. The four broadcast networks, which own local stations in big markets, have always been frustrated by this situation, and in 1992 they were allowed to seek retransmission payments from the cable operators. The cable companies refused to pay, however, so a compromise was reached. The networks dropped their demand...
...part years, WHRB-FM, the student radio station, will broadcast the ceremonies, said Jeremy A. Rassen '95, the station's Commencement producer...
...have our own announcers and broadcast team out at the steps of Widener," Rassen said. The radio station will also be providing translations of the Latin oration...