Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting's Me-TV, seen in the Chicago and Milwaukee markets, will go national as a free, over-the-air television network for local broadcasters as early as January, 2011.
Me-TV will feature a 24/7 format showcasing many of the key, iconic series in genres such as comedy, drama, western adventure and crime/courtroom/detective series. Weigel has secured long-term licensing agreements for more than 50 individual series spanning the 1950's through the 1980's from multiple studios and independent producers.
Lewis Lazare has written the Media Mix column for the Chicago Sun-Times for the past seven and a half years.

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