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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.
Bill Vaughan
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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
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St. Louis
Missouri
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