View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Power Outage Knocks WPTZ Off the Air By Mark Joyella on Sep. 11, 2014 - 10:22 AM A power outage knocked Plattsburgh, New York NBC affiliate WPTZ off the air during its morning news Thursday, leaving morning anchors with flashlights in a darkened studio. Anchor David Schneider tweeted “Power is out .. If ...