WQLN NPR first signed on the air in 1973, and on April 2nd of that year – President Nixion sent Erie Mayor Louis Tillio a telegram congratulating Tullio on Erie’s selection as the winner of the Saturday Evening Post’s All-American City award. Nixon wrote: “You and your people have great reason to be proud.”
This Day in History is presented by Chronicles, showing Tullio Defeated Thursday night on WQLN PBS.