I would assume that it could be considered to be a breach of the affiliation agreement in the same way that NBC said it would be if Boston's WHDH stopped airing the Leno at 10 PM disaster in favor of local news.
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > But what I want to focus on is the idea that there's a "required" > roadblock. So to adjust the example on the table, if NBC sent down the wire > that this was a "required" special report, but an affiliate disagrees and > decides not to take it because they don't think it's newsworthy enough to > break into programming, what happens to the affiliate. > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 6:35 AM JW <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Here's my question: assuming a station isn't >> > airing NBC programming at that exact moment, >> > in what way can NBC force them to take a >> > special report? >> >> I'll defer to anyone who actually works in the industry, but Special >> Reports are rare enough that stations can reasonably assume they're >> actually news worth breaking in for. >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- David J. Lynch [email protected] -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
