WOWO was owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting from 1936 to 1982.

Burt Stanier, chairman of Westinghouse Broadcasting, said, "Frankly, we are delighted that this is back to a level playing field."

Throughout its history as an operator of television stations, Westinghouse Broadcasting had relationships with all three major networks.

They later sold the company to Westinghouse, merging the cable operations into Westinghouse Broadcasting.

He did make it to New York in 1957 - as national program director for Westinghouse Broadcasting.

The company was merged at the end of 1989 with a unit of Westinghouse Broadcasting in a then record-setting transaction worth $727 million.

Bill Korn, president and chief executive officer of Westinghouse Broadcasting, said it was.

Those stations were later sold to Westinghouse Broadcasting, and are now a part of CBS.

Westinghouse Broadcasting distributed the show.

He has also held senior positions at Continental Airlines and at Westinghouse Broadcasting.