Word: wabc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...news jollies from third place to a leading spot. ABC-owned stations in both Manhattan and Chicago, usually next to nowhere in news rankings, leaped into contention for first. Within three years, WLS in Chicago has been able to quadruple its news commercial rate to $2,900 a minute; WABC in New York has enjoyed a remarkable 30% increase in billings since 1968. With that sort of financial flipflop, the CBS-owned Manhattan rival to WABC installed a jazzy new set two weeks ago, shed one anchor man and adopted a slightly folksier style. WABC's News Director...