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rsdsharp

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8. That's very sad.

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:56 AM

Nov 2018

KGAN (formerly WMT) was a great station when I was growing up in Northeast Iowa in the 1960s. Hey, they had Dr. Max in the afternoos, and Leo Greco on Saturday nights!

I lived between 2 TV markets (Mason City, IA -- KGLO/CBS, Austin, MN -- KAUS/ABC, Rochester, MN -- KROC/NBC) (Cedar Rapids, IA -- WMT/CBS, KCRG/ABC, Waterloo, IA -- KWWL/NBC).

Both KAUS (originally KMMT) and KCRG were bit players until the late 1960s when they upgraded their facilities and tower heights. Even then, KCRG was a joke. I remember their anchor interviewing Henry Kissinger and breathlessly asking him if he intended to run for president. Kissinger looked at him like the idiot he was and dryly replied that he wasn't a natural born citizen. It was obvious the guy didn't know understand Kissinger's point, but he was at least smart enough not to ask.

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I saw KCRG shilling for Trump [View all] 47of74 Nov 2018 OP

What is KCRG ? pangaia Nov 2018 #1

The ABC affiliate for northeast Iowa 47of74 Nov 2018 #4

Ah, i should have figured out it was a radio station. Thanks pangaia Nov 2018 #5

It's a tv station. 47of74 Nov 2018 #6

OK. I better just shut up and quit while I'm ahead. pangaia Nov 2018 #7

Isn't that a Sinclair Station? Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #2

KGAN is the Sinclair station. 47of74 Nov 2018 #3

That's very sad. rsdsharp Nov 2018 #8

Yeah I think some of the old timers would have died of shame if they had seen what happened to KGAN 47of74 Nov 2018 #10

KCRG is owned by Gray Broadcasting of Atlanta rurallib Nov 2018 #9