Perfect Duluth Day

Media Excavation: WHYZ in the Age of the Seaway

WHYZ was the ABC affiliate in Duluth — I think it would become WDIO? Or did WDIO begin after WHYZ died?

In any case, it’s clear in these old ads that opening the St. Lawrence Seaway was a game changer for Duluth. It’s an engineering marvel …

… and it devoured the popular imagination.

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