WNET merges with WLIW, 2001. WNET’s American Masters joins PBS’s stable of staples, 2001. Paula Kerger, Baker’s No. 2 exec, elected PBS president, 2006. WNET buys struggling Palm Beach station, 2006.
What began with talk of a joint master control three years ago ended up last week in the merger of New York's two largest public TV stations. Trustees of the Long Island-based WLIW voted July 31 to ...
Two of the country’s largest public television stations — Thirteen/WNET and WLIW 21 — have agreed to merge operations. On Tuesday, WLIW’s board of trustees voted in favor of the merger, which WNET’s ...