Re: WFLY and the Empire Network

["Mark Watson" <markwats@mediaone.net>]

    Ed Brouder wrote:

> During my days at WGIR in the late 70s/early 80s, KQS maintained its own
> weather center at WSRS Worcester.  Roger LaPlante, Art Douglas, Dave
> Watts and others fed forecasts via the WSRS subcarrier and it was picked
> up in Fitchburg (WEIM) and Manchester (GIR).

   Roger LaPlante also handled the forecasting duties for the 10 PM news on
WSMW (Ch. 27 Worcester) back in the early and mid 70's. After WSMW dropped
their local news, I don't recall hearing much of LaPlante after that.

Mark Watson