Now that I may be moving to Myrtle Beach SC, the last known whereabouts of Pete Seiler, it was time to do some more research. It appears that Pete was already infamous in the Casper television scene before my arrival in 1984 and met Pete for myself. When Channel 14 was first being constructed they brought in an engineer from Montana, Charles D Vick (1938-1994) who suggested a mafia friend and former film cleaner would be an ideal general manager. So indeed, Pete was the first GM for Channel 14 (before Harry Newhouse who i was familiar with). He didn't last long as he was still had not polished off his rough mafia edges. The Channel 14 ownership fired him when he was arrested and convicted of a non-broadcast related felony. His buddy the engineer was replaced with Louis Tysler, long time engineer for KTWO.  Both bounced back as the manager/engineer for mafia Channel 10/20 the next year. I can remember Pete threatened Harry with a mafia hit if Channel 14 did not cooperate.

What brought this all to mind is the recent revelation that Henry Ort, one of the original owners (with the Burkes), of Channel 14, was also in partnership with Pete Sieler. Since partnerships are not registered as business entities in Wyoming, it is hard to track them unless they sign legal documents, like transfer of land ownership. The attached copy shows that Pete was half owner of the realestate where the channel 14 TV tower was built. Apparently he was paid off to be silent in return for the quitclaim to "Two Way Radio" which was solely owned by Henry Ort.


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