A TV affiliate deal unraveled over a bribeSourced
A station won the ABC affiliation.
Then a $50,000 bribe emerged.
Ohio's WKTR-TV became a primary ABC affiliate in 1970. A scandal followed: an ABC manager had told the station to pay $50,000 to a fictitious consultant as a bribe. ABC moved to end the deal, and the affiliation shifted to another station that year.
The network slot
did not last.
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