 Channel 50, Inc. was issued a construction permit for station WGSP-TV in 1967.Plans to commence operation in the summer of 1971 were scuttled by the sudden death of Channel 50's principal owner, former "American Forum of the Air" host Ted Granik, on September 21, 1970.Granik's will did not leave any funding for WGSP-TV, forcing it to declare bankruptcy.