Investigates whether size of broadcast market is associated with the variety of information broadcast by television stations in a community and describes what each station within a market contributes to a community's information with respect to unique news stories. Concludes that the larger the market, the more unique stories broadcast. (FL)

Presents the results of a content analysis of network evening news coverage of the TWA hijacking of June 1985. Finds that hostages and relatives are the most frequent sources in the TWA hijacking story. (RS)