UPN, WB to merge (affect on 38, 56?)

[Scott Fybush]

>Didn't Burlington used to have two stations, one UPN and one WB? I
>seem to remember a Ch 39 and a Ch 27 and one went silent or
>something (a quick look at TVRadioWorld site says that Ch 27 is now
>an LPTV licensed to Plattsburgh NY). But I do remember a Ch 39 being on
>when I visited the area years ago...and heard something about them
>going dark...

27 has always been a Plattsburgh-licensed LPTV, with the WWBI calls 
(formerly W27BI, if memory serves). Daystar bought it last year, and 
it's now religious. It had been doing WB, then Pax after WFFF got the 
secondary WB affiliation. It even had Montreal cable carriage for a time.

39 was the key station in the UPN LPTV network. It was WBVT-CA, then 
went through bankruptcy and was off the air for a while, then 
returned as WGMU-CA. I think it's on the air now. Maybe BillO knows 
for sure...?

s