Saturday, July 22, 2017

590 MIGHTY MEMORY #186

WARM TV GETS ABC AFFILIATION 

When WARM TV got its TV license via The Union Broadcasting Company, it needed a network affiliate. With WBRE having NBC and WDAU saddled up with CBS, ABC was the logical choice. William Scranton, later a Congressman, Governor and Ambassador was involved in the negotiation that brought ABC to 16. 
It is a relationship that still has endured from the sale of WARM TV to the Shelbourne Family and through various ownership through the years. But here's how it was announced from The Tribune on Oct. 7th and 1953. 
The second article is from the Times on Oct. 6th, 1953. 


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