Reg Edwards wrote:

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I imagine the revenue comes solely from advertisers. Which makes me
wonder what percentage of program time is allocated to adverts. Are
such matters also regulated? Are any broadcast stations State or City
owned?

$$$ from advertisers ... YEP!

Amount of advertising time is regulated. I can't state with any
authority, but it seems to be 15 to 20 minutes per hour.

Ownership is generally private. International propaganda, err news, may
be indirectly government controlled through a straw man corporation.
Certain public service stations, e.g. WWV, are government 'owned'.

An several additional non sequitor comments. In the USA, although we
claim FREE ENTERPRISE, it is a government influenced economy via
interest rates, international treaties, anti-trust regulations, etc.

Finally, the USA is succumbing to a creeping Socialism. This is contrary
to the words of John F Kennedy: "Ask NOT what your country can do for
you; ask what you can do for your country." Forty-five years after that
statement from President Kennedy a large portion of the population want
the government to do everything for them.

A Keag


In this (UK) relatively densely populated country things settled down
about 20 years ago. Few MF antennas have more than one tower (or masts
as we call them). Although there is much broadcasting at MF for
individual cities, most broadcasting takes place at FM VHF where
'capture effects' reduce interference from co-channel transmitters.

It may be of interest that the BBC, still the World's finest
broadcasting system, including its overseas services, no longer owns
any transmitting stations, Mrs Thatcher quietly sold them off to a
private party. Do some Googles for who the eventual owners are?
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Reg.