Voices: open mike.(letters to the editor)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)

THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF BROADCAST TV

Editor: I found your article ("Sink or Swim," 8/5, page 14) thought-provoking. You hit on the head the issue for local broadcasting's survival--a distribution. Your suggestions revolve around making the local broadcaster a distributor of programming and services--again.

The fundamental change has occurred over the last 20 years. Local broadcasting was the means of distributing programming for the New York mother ships. Now, with 85% of the US subscribing to wired cable or satellite TV, the local broadcaster is only impo