Tea Party-backed Carl Paladino set to make 'major' announcement on TV

It'll be Carl Paladino time and only Carl Paladino time on television Thursday in many parts of the state.

The raucous Republican governor candidate bought a bunch of tube time to make a "major" announcement at 5:13 p.m. but it's anybody's guess what what he's going to say, sources told the Daily News.

The only thing that seems sure is that Paladino isn't going to pull out of the race, they said. As of late Wednesday, the Paladino camp bought a block of time in Buffalo with the three network affiliates.

Upstaters won't be able to turn on a major channel without seeing Paladino. The broadcast will be rerun in Rochester, Albany and Syracuse and Channel 12 on Long Island, plus Westchester Fox cable later Thursday night. Sources said his people also were trying to buy time on Fox statewide.

For more on Paladino's "major" announcement, check out The Daily Politics blog by Celeste Katz.