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The cable operators are paying to show content. The most important content you have is the broadcast stations. They take the position that over the air is free to people, so it should be free to them.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
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Broadcast
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Contention
Free
Cable
Show
Cables
Shows
Contentment
Take
Stations
Important
Paying
People
Content
Operators

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