[Cheerio]

NBC, cbs, abc still broadcast over-air tv. It HDTV now.

Nobody understands what I am saying. The local broadcasters are not the NETWORK NBC - they carry the feed and use the public airwaves. Microwave & satellites are not using the "public broadcast airwaves" and of course neither is cable. You get comcast or direct TV via a paid subscription. I give up trying to help folk understand he cannot go after a network's public broadcast license - unless they local station is fully owned by the network. That is not usually the case, but I suppose there can be exceptions perhaps in NY and CA.

[fruser1]

Ok, that makes sense. So only the WJLA, WDCA, etc. carry the license - the guys w/the antenna. “NBC” has no antenna. I had thought they bought up stations or what not, sort of like how AT&T would run lines and COs everywhere. I didn’t know how the industry worked at that level. Thanks for clarifying (unless of course I still missed the point in which case your head may explode!) :)