Re: Rex Trailer on WCAP

[Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>]

<<On Wed, 21 May 2003 10:12:23 -0400, "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@tmail.com> said:

> He came to Boston by accident when Westinghouse sold the former WPTZ in 
> Philly and offered Rex either WBZ or KYW Cleveland. Westinghouse would 
> later swap KYW with NBC and move back to Philadelphia but who did they 
> sell WPTZ to in the first place.

NBC.  KYW was a Philadelphia station, and NBC told Westinghouse ``swap
with our Cleveland operation or lose your affiliation''.  This became
a major court case in the 1960s which eventually blew up in RCA's
face.

-GAWollman