Tulsa stations may not ex- actly be rolling in dough, but managers there say they're not taking their economic lumps like much of the rest of the nation. Some report local business up around 5%; if flat is the new up, then up is the new way up. "The Tulsa market is probably one of the strongest in the country," says KOTV/KQCW VP/COO Regina Moon. "Nationally, we're not as strong, but we're better than most." Rich in oil, Oklahoma benefited from the spike in gas prices earlier in the year. Tulsa real estate, never invited to the boom party, hasn't been going bust. Retail is holding up all right, and unemployment is actually declining slightly. Residents are turning up at the new BOK Center for national touring acts (Celine Dion and Metallica are scheduled to play this week, though not together). Station managers use words like "isolated" and "protected" to describe local business, and hope their luck holds out.
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