Complex sentence: The same "must-carry" laws that kept WAWA off Time Warner eventually got them on Time Warner--the law gives full-powered stations the option of "retransmission consent", or requesting compensation from cable systems to carry their station.
Split into simpler sentences: The same "must-carry" laws that kept WAWA off Time Warner eventually got them on Time Warner. The law gives full-powered stations the option of "retransmission consent", or requesting compensation from cable systems to carry their station.