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\u201cBig Picture PRIME\u201d with Phil Arno, Monday Nights at 8pm.\u00a0 Each week, Phil is one-on-one with newsmakers, community leaders, and everyday people with comments on events across the world and Western New York.<\/p>\n

Turmoil and trouble\u2014our country, our area is going through some difficult times.<\/p>\n

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From racism to religion, climate change to crime. It seems when it\u2019s not bad, it\u2019s worse. Can we believe what we\u2019re being told?<\/p>\n

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Get the inside story on politics, special guests, important topics, and more hosted by Emmy Award winning WBBZ-TV station owner and former news videographer Phil Arno.<\/p>\n

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WBBZ is seen throughout Western New York over-the-air on digital channel 67.1. Ch. 5 on Verizon FiOS (HD 505); Ch 5 Dish; Ch. 67 DirecTV, and on Spectrum: Buffalo \u2013 Niagara Falls Metro area: Channel 5 (HD 1230); Batavia \u2013 Genesee, Wyoming, Orleans Counties Channel 71 (HD 1230); Parts of Erie and Niagara Counties Channel 71 (HD 1230); Dunkirk Channel 5 (HD 1230); Olean Channel 5 (HD 1230); Fredonia \u2013 Jamestown Channel 72 (HD 1230); Alfred- Angelica- Avoca- Bath- Bolivar Friendship- Hornell Channel 5 (HD 1230).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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