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| | US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation |
 | | Most television stations in this country are held by multi-station groups owned by large corporations headquartered in cities located far from their stationsâ communities of license â”Hearst-Argyle and the New York Times in New York, Tribune in Chicago, Cox in Atlanta, Belo in Dallas, Post-Newsweek in Detroit. |
 | | We do not own television stations in small markets, where unhealthy consolidation is more likely to occur, but we support relaxation of the local television ownership rule across all market sizes. |
 | | This rule, which limits ownership to TV stations serving 35% of the nation, is supported most ardently by network affiliates, the Network Affiliated Station Alliance, and their trade association, the National Association of Broadcasters. |
| commerce.senate.gov /hearings/testimony.cfm?id=758&wit_id=2049 (1875 words) |
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