Sentence:  Sipping their coffee , discussing the weather , the day 's shopping , Fritzie 's commitments at the <WSD>network</WSD> ( all of which he would cancel ) , they avoided the radio , the morning TV news show , even the front page of the Santa Luisa Register , resting on the kitchen bar . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs