scattered markets

The decision comes six months after Seagram began defying the ban by running television and radio spots for several brands in scattered markets.

This season of the show was seen in Canada on the CBC, and in scattered markets in the US in syndication.

The code-sharing arrangement already exists in a few scattered markets but would become nationwide for the two carriers if the Transportation Department gives them the antitrust immunity they would need to cooperate on pricing.

"When the chips were down, you could not count on John Kerry," one of the veterans, Larry Thurlow, says in the 60-second advertisement, scheduled to begin running today in scattered markets in Ohio, West Virginia and Wisconsin.