Posted on 07/24/2002 10:57:29 PM PDT by pubmom
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:02:32 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
John J. Rigas, founder and former chairman and CEO of Adelphia Communications, nearly became a household name in western Pennsylvania with his 1995 near-miss in buying the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He went on to build an extensive local subscriber base for his Coudersport, Potter County-based cable empire.
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