No-cut contract. (TV Stations).(sales of KPXF to Univision)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, September, 2002 by McConnell, Bill

The terms of Bud Paxson's planned sale of KPXF(TV) Fresno, Calif., have raised complaints in Washington. Media Access Project is asking the FCC to block the S35 million sale to Univision, claiming terms of the deal would violate the station's right to reject network programming. That's because the contract requires KPXF to carry Paxson-founded Worship Network for the next 50 years during the midnight-5 a.m.

slot. Univision's agreement to carry the net "in perpetuity" without ability to review whether other programming is mare appropriate violates the law, said MAP President Andrew Schwartzman.