“Small town broadcasters” are the least likey originators of “local” programming, or any programming for that matter. Non-metropolitan-sited broadcast stations retransmit the vast majority of their content, scraping up their own local content only enough to comply with FCC local content rules (if that – check the geographic distribution of FCC enforcement actions over local content violations). Contrary to the implication of the opinion, perhaps that’s because those stations are the least likely to be locally owned. You’re more likely to see “local” content in Bethesda, MD than in Greenville, SC, in Seattle, WA than in Cheyenne, WY.

Catch a clue, dude…