Best buy

Election 2008 | Huge fundraising aside, culture-makers have granted Obama icon status for free | Jamie Dean

Bebeto Matthews/AP

Voters weary of political advertising on television may want to avoid DISH Network's Channel 73: It's all Obama, all the time. The Democratic candidate's campaign bought all the satellite station's airtime through Nov. 4 and broadcasts a continual loop of Obama campaign ads and biographical videos.

That's not the campaign's only big buy: The Obama camp has also purchased 30 minutes of prime time spots on CBS, NBC, and Fox networks for nearly $1 million each. (Federal law requires networks to sell airtime to political candidates at reduced rates.) The Oct. 29 mega-ad could collide with a possible Game 6 of the World Series, but Major League Baseball made a mega-concession: They'll delay the game's start by 15 minutes if necessary.

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