He discovered that a station nearby sold the fuel for $2.67 a gallon.

The two stations sold for a reported total of $2.45 million.

By 1990, the station was bankrupt and then sold again.

Many stations, the survey also found, are selling regular gasoline below $1.80.

The two stations sold for a reported total of $375,000.

No money changes hands, but each station sells half the commercial time in the newscast.

The Tribune company and the local stations each can sell six minutes of advertising.

For many hours a day, the station sold blocks of time to churches.

Sometimes they find that a station doesn't sell sufficient amounts of gas to make the cost worth their while.

The station sold for a total cash price of $244,000.