I understand that local affiliates produce their own content, especially local content that's not interesting to bigger outlets. I was calling the delivery syst

I understand that local affiliates produce their own content, especially local content that's not interesting to bigger outlets. I was calling the delivery system outmoded, the need for local broadcast affiliates to facilitate distribution. It's a cost that doesn't need to exist in the age of saturated 4G, and I think that in the medium-term, this issue will become larger, especially as more and more cars get cellular modems. Unfortunately, just saying "We produce Car Talk/Fresh Air/whatever" is going to be enough to salvage the affiliate as presently composed; if they have a show of value, they'll have to make it available independently and will just be the Fresh Air company, not WHYY in Philadelphia.