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Published on: 4/19/2001
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But according to a source , all of WTXL's non-programming personnel became Sinclair employees as of Oct. 1. Dennis LeClair , who was general manager of WTXL , is now a Sinclair employee and GM of both stations.A WTXL source said all stations personnel are moving to Sinclair's building.
FCC rules generally bar broadcasters from acquiring a second TV station in a market as small as Tallahassee or in any area where fewer than eight independently owned stations would remain behind.
But Sinclair representatives said the Tallahassee deal had been carefully structured to avoid conflict with FCC ownership regulations , including the agency's new prohibitions on local marketing agreements , or LMAs.
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