Twenty years ago Sunday, Akron lost a long-running locally based newscast. WAKC (Channel 23) had a new owner, Paxson Communications, and one of that owner’s first acts was to kill the news.That was just part of a systematic dismantling of what had been the most Akron-centric station in the region.
20 Years After Wakc’s News Ended, Its Makers Remember It Fondly
Local News, Akron Beacon Journal
Fri, 02/26/2016 - 5:23pm
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