The vehicle has a radio that carries only religious programming, she said.

Two additional channels would carry educational programming, mostly from public television, and education news for teachers.

There are also other radio stations from nearby cities that carry local programming.

All three of the major television networks carried Saturday morning cartoons and various other children's programming during this time.

The network also had to pay higher affiliation fees to television stations that carry its programming.

Tensions between the networks and the stations that carry their programming are hardly new.

In addition, the companies plan to spend at least $2 billion a year each to modernize and develop the telephone lines that would carry programming.

Fox also benefits by owning seven independent stations that carry its programming.

As noted above, it now carries very little American programming apart from some syndicated daytime shows.

Since that time, a number of cable television stations have also agreed to carry its locally-oriented programming.