This is a question that's always important with markets—making sure it's not anti-competitive when you really don't have much competition.
All the independent broadcasters aren't going to get 9(1)(h) service even if it was brought in. So I want to go back to the question of negotiating a place on the cable networks. The pipes aren't dumb, and neither are the people who make money off them. Why the heck would they give you guys channels 2, 3, and 4 when they can put their own channels on? That's what people are going to watch.
So how do you get on that dial at a fair price, when you don't have much leverage?