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Title
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Truly a Television Pioneer
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Description
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"Tribute" article about Bob Wormington who helped put Kansas City's "first TV station, WDAF, on the air in 1949." He later became the first general manager of KBMA, Channel 41, that later changed its call letters to KSHB. He died March 6, 2010. Bill L. Wormington, his twin brother, also worked at WDAF-TV early in 1950.
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Date
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2010-03-14
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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WDAF-TV Offered For Sale
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Description
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Local Fox affiliated television station, Channel 4, WDAF-TV, is among nine others placed on the auction block by a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. It appears that potential buyers include private equity firms. The stations together are expected to be worth about $1.5 billion. WDAF began in 1949 and was the first television station in Kansas City. It was owned by the Kansas City Star Company and sold in 1957 because of an anti-trust suit against the newspaper. "Previous owners over the years were Transcontinent Broadcasting, Taft Broadcasting, Great American Communications and, in 1994, New World Communications." Includes a picture of the station.
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2007-06-15
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
