<DIV>I just finished reading the full page ad that Time Warner placed in the Daily News on August 7, 2007. I was a little shocked at what I read because the response that I recieved this morning from Rick Adrycha the Director of Progamming at KAYU is just a tad bit different.</DIV> <DIV>Here is his response to the letter I wrote him asking what the deal was with fox.</DIV> <DIV>Dear Patty,<BR><BR>Thanks for your email.<BR><BR>I'm sorry but here's what's really going on:<BR><BR>Click on link below:<BR><BR>COEUR d'ALENE Press -- Let's Make A Deal?<BR><BR><A href="http://www.cdapress.com/articles/2007/01/10/business/bus01.txt" target=_blank><SPAN id=lw_1186546670_0 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%"><FONT color=#003399>http://www.cdapress.com/articles/2007/01/10/business/bus01.txt</FONT></SPAN></A><BR><BR><BR>Our contract with TW expired. We are first TV station out of the box<BR> locally<BR>to negotiate. The <SPAN id=lw_1186546670_1
style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">FCC</SPAN> has ruled that cable systems must either pay<BR>television, or can't carry them. We had been negotiating with TW for<BR> five<BR>months to no avail.<BR><BR>The reality is that cable subscribers are already being charged for us.<BR>We're just not getting the money. Do you really think subscribers would<BR> be<BR>willing to pay what they are for cable if they received NONE of the<BR> over the<BR>air stations?<BR><BR>We are compensated by other cable systems as well as by both satellite<BR>providers. <BR><BR>We continue to work hard to resolve the situation. We would like to get<BR> this<BR>settled today! Believe me, we are as frustrated as you. <BR><BR>If you have additional questions please feel free to call us.<BR><BR>Please know we are working hard to resolve this situation.<BR><BR>Thanks again.<BR><BR>Rick <BR><BR>Rick Andrycha<BR>Director of Programming &<BR>Broadcast
Operations<BR>Northwest Broadcasting</DIV> <DIV>KAYU</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I do not know who to believe or what to believe, I also wrote Time Warner but at the time of this posting they had yet to respond.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Patty</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>