Re: WIRY and WENT

[Garrett Wollman <wollman>]

<<On Thu, 16 Apr 1998 21:56:37 -0400, "Mark" <markbeth@netway.com> said:

> earlier post,WIRY is the only one of the 5 Plattsburgh-licensed stations to
> be live and local for that city,which is also a plus for them.             
                                                                           
Little-know fact:

Channel 5 started its life as WIRI-TV; it was owned by the same
people.  It later became WIRY-TV, and of course is now WPTZ (after
those calls were vacated in Philly).  The stations haven't been
co-owned for a long time, though.

- -GAWollman

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