It's been tried before and the NEOCON DC insiders consider them to be too big a threat. They worm their way in and destroy it from within. Back in the mid 1990's Paul Weyrich launched such a network. It was good while it lasted. Then came the NEOCON's and with them the Liberals.
You mean NET?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Empowerment_Television
Net isn’t what I’m talking about. NET is more like Fox than anything, even worse. From what I’m seeing, NET was based solely on ‘dish networks’.
At least Fox enjoys both cable and satellite support.
I’d like to see what NET’s viewership numbers were. But given that it was limited to ‘dish networks’, it couldn’t have even come near to what Fox is able to do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cable_and_satellite_television_networks
I hate to say it, but I’m not surprised it failed. Who would buy a dish/service simply to get one single channel?
See, part of the problem is decentralization.(which I should’ve brought up sooner) Fox already has stations all over the nation. I have a fox affiliate right here in my market.
For someone to come in brand new, create affiliates all over the nation would take a tremendous amount of capital. Billions, if not even trillions, who knows?
We need conservatism(broadcast) that can be had with a set of rabbit ears and nothing more; that goes above and beyond AM radio.