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Channel 3, which first aired in 1954, is an ABC Network regional broadcasting system owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. Sinclair is one of the largest TV broadcasting companies in the United States and owns 65 stations in 39 markets. Channel 3's 1000 kW transmitter power allows for a massive viewing area which includes include sister-cities Mobile, AL and Ft. Walton Beach, FL and Mobile, AL. Coverage and programming reaches into the southern parts of Alabama and Mississippi as well as the Florida Panhandle. Pensacola TV station WFGX-35 is a sister station.

Solarski was born in Long Island, New York and was was raised in upstate New York, near Montreal, Lake Placid and Burlington, Vermont. An avid ice hockey fan, he became an honor society member in high school, a member of the school wrestling team and a frequent golfer.  He enrolled at the State University of New York and received a degree in Mass Comminications .  == Early Career ==from the State University of New York and in 1987 began reporting for [[Wikipedia:WPTZ|WPTZ]], the NBC affiliate for Plattsburgh and the surrounding area. He became a news anchor and managing editor in 1989 and received a number of Associated Press Awards.