Newspaper survival

[kvahey@comcast.net]

Scott may know the background better than myself on this.

About 30 years ago the Buffalo Evening News where WBEN got its calls
from sensed trouble. They reinvented themselves as The Buffalo News
and soon the morning Courier-Express was toast.

Now I can't remember if the paper sold channel 4 when it became WIVB
or just let radio keep the calls. The Courier while not owning a TV
station did own the Buffalo cable franchise (Courier Cable) which
wound up being owned by Aldelphia which turned disastrous and almost
cost the city their beloved hockey team.