Bucky
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I'm afraid you got this backwards. The stations have greatly increased the carrying fees they want the cable and satellite companies to pay for the "privilege" of retransmitting the local stations' signals. When each contract expires a new one must be negotiated, and the station owners sometimes withdraw the retransmission rights as a negotiation ploy to try to bring the carriers to their knees. At the current time, Nexstar's contract with Directv is in negotiation and they've withdrawn all of their nearly 200 stations around the country from Directv.
Exactly. But, the stations love to blame it on DISH/Directv. They all run the banners saying they were pulled by DISH/Directv and please call and tell them you want it back!
Talk about two faced!