Broadcasting & Cable - August 10, 2003

House lawmakers leading the effort to retain the 35% cap on TV household reach claim to have found a smoking gun that proves network headquarters, not local managers, call the programming shots for their stations. But Fox, at whom the gun is pointed, says the legislators are firing blanks. Reps. John Dingell (D-Mich.

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• Will Billy Stay or Go?
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