Taft traded channel 2 to General Cinema in exchange for Miami-based independent station WCIX (now WFOR-TV) in 1983, and on May 1 of that year, due to FCC rules in effect then, modified its callsign to WGRZ-TV, with the Z meant to be construed as the numb
TEXAS GROUP SUBMITS BID TO BUY CHANNEL 2 SAN ANTONIO EXECS OFFER $146 MILLION FOR WGRZ-TV AND HAWAII SISTER STATION
WGR-TV signed on as Buffalo’s third television station on the morning of August 14, 1954 from studios located at 184 Barton Street on the city’s West Side. This former rug cleaning facility also housed Buffalo’s first UHF station, WBUF (Channel 17). The Mr. Wizard Show had the hono...
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