In setting up a local antenna and HD Home Run for my TV, I learned that the local Fox and CBS affiliates are actually the same channel, KRQE. They even broadcast on the same channel (digital 13.1 and 13.2).

Some of this is probably due to history and New Mexico being a large and sparsely populated state. The TV stations here are also unique in that they have a more or less statewide footprint. In fact, KRQE seems to also broadcast out of Durango, CO.

There was a time when a single owner of two local TV channels would have been unthinkable. Today I find the US news media all similar in tone and content, just with different emphasis on stories. I tend to get most most of my information from reputable international news sources such as BBC, El Pais, Al Jazeera and The Onion.