{"id":235,"date":"2020-01-08T18:11:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T18:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152-samplesite\/?page_id=235"},"modified":"2020-07-28T22:25:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T22:25:12","slug":"local-tv-radio-stations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152\/local-tv-radio-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"LOCAL TV &amp; RADIO STATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A local television or radio station is a business that produces and transmits programming to a specific&nbsp;<strong>DMA or Designated Market Area<\/strong>, such as the Chicago metropolitan area. &nbsp;Some TV local stations are&nbsp;<strong>network affiliates<\/strong>. &nbsp;They have contractual agreements with networks to show only network programming during&nbsp;<strong>primetime<\/strong>&nbsp;hours. &nbsp; &nbsp;Most TV local stations are independently owned, but some are&nbsp;<strong>owned and operated<\/strong>&nbsp;by TV networks (<strong>O&amp;O<\/strong>s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local radio stations usually produce their own programming, opting to only broadcast network news programming a few hours each day. &nbsp;Because of the high cost of producing TV shows, most local TV stations offer programs produced by either networks or&nbsp;<strong>syndication companies (syndicated shows)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>FCC (Federal Communications Commission)<\/strong>&nbsp;requires local TV stations to produce a certain amount of local programming each day in order to maintain their FCC Broadcast License. &nbsp;These TV stations will often produce local news, morning talk shows and\/or public affairs shows to serve their viewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Carol Basuru<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local television or radio station is a business that produces and transmits programming to a specific&nbsp;DMA or Designated Market Area, such as the Chicago metropolitan area. &nbsp;Some TV local stations are&nbsp;network affiliates. &nbsp;They have contractual agreements with networks to show only network programming during&nbsp;primetime&nbsp;hours. &nbsp; &nbsp;Most TV local stations are independently owned, but some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152\/local-tv-radio-stations\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;LOCAL TV &amp; RADIO STATIONS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-235","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions\/236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}