that horrible BEEP

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 22 Jan 2008 at 18:23, Scott Fybush wrote:

> And from it we learn that Hudson Valley Broadcasting and Capital
> Cities were the same company, at least after 1954, when the existing
> (and failing!) shell of Hudson Valley Broadcasting was sold by WROW
> founder Harry Goldman to a consortium led by Frank Smith and Lowell
> Thomas. The "new" Hudson Valley Broadcasting became Cap Cities in
> December 1957, as it grew beyond Albany to acquire WTVD Durham NC and
> KTRK Houston - but it was essentially the same company from 1954
> through the eventual sales of WTEN and WROW-AM/FM and, ultimately, the
> 1986 acquisition of ABC (and the later sale to Disney.)
 
Aha!  Mystery solved.  That explains both my memory and Dan's.  What 
a neat solution!

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