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8 unusual facts about Metro Networks


David I. Saperstein

When Ford withdrew its support of Saperstein and he lost his dealership, he founded Metro Networks in 1978.

Only 9 days before the merger between Metro Networks and Westwood One, Saperstein started a new company called Five "S" Capital, Inc.

Jim Lokay

Lokay began his journalism career as a reporter and editor for Metro Networks in Pittsburgh.

New England Cable News

An early look at all the day's headlines, plus interviews with top news-makers, feature stories from around New England, real-time Metro Traffic reports and weather.

Sal Castaneda

Before KTVU, Castaneda worked as a radio traffic, news, and sports reporter in San Francisco for Metro Networks appearing on several radio stations.

Trafficlink

The company was founded in 1994, by Ben Budworth, as Metro Networks Ltd, loosely based on the American company Metro Networks US.

WRKO

WRKO hired Metro Networks to provide hourly news updates, including traffic and weather, during the day.

Since the layoff of the news department in November 2006, Metro Networks has provided traffic reports, still styled "Skyway Patrol," with reporters Malcolm Alter, Bruce Adams, Joe Stapleton, Steve Hartman, Scott Pike, Mike Riley and Lisa Jackson.



see also

Guía Roji

Many modern Guía Roji editions include a plastic flat magnifying glass, entire Metro networks for Mexico City and Monterrey, and, for the Mexico City edition, a folding map containing the Distribuidor Vial and the Centro Histórico.