GRANITE BROADCASTING CORP
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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549


                                 SCHEDULE 13G



                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                              (Amendment No. 2)*


                       Granite Broadcasting Corporation
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               (Name of Issuer)


                                 Common Stock
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        (Title of Class of Securities)


                                   387241102
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                                (CUSIP Number)


*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).

Schedule is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b).

                              Page 1 of 6 pages
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- --------------------                                       -----------------
CUSIP No.  387241102                   13G                 Page 2 of 6 Pages
- --------------------                                       -----------------

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
 1    S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

      Wanger Asset Management, L.P. 36-3820584
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
 2                                                              (a) [_]
                                                                (b) [_]
      Not Applicable
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      SEC USE ONLY
 3


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 4
      Delaware

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          SOLE VOTING POWER
                     5
     NUMBER OF            None

      SHARES       -----------------------------------------------------------
                          SHARED VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY      6
                          320,000
     OWNED BY
                   -----------------------------------------------------------
       EACH               SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                     7
    REPORTING             None

      PERSON       -----------------------------------------------------------
                          SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
       WITH          8
                          320,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 9
      320,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
10
                                                                      [_]
      Not Applicable
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
11
      2.6%

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
12
      IA

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    * SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!

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CUSIP No.  387241102                   13G                 Page 3 of 6 Pages
- --------------------                                       -----------------


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
 1    S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

      Wanger Asset Management, Ltd.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
 2                                                              (a) [_]
                                                                (b) [_]
      Not Applicable
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      SEC USE ONLY
 3


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 4
      Delaware

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          SOLE VOTING POWER
                     5
     NUMBER OF            None

      SHARES       -----------------------------------------------------------
                          SHARED VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY      6
                          320,000
     OWNED BY
                   -----------------------------------------------------------
       EACH               SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                     7
    REPORTING             None

      PERSON       -----------------------------------------------------------
                          SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
       WITH          8
                          320,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 9
      320,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
10
                                                                    [_]
      Not Applicable
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
11
      2.6%

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
12
      CO

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    * SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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Item 1(a)  Name of Issuer:

           Granite Broadcasting Corporation

Item 1(b)  Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

           767 Third Avenue
           34/th/ Floor
           New York, New York 10017

Item 2(a)  Name of Person Filing:

           Wanger Asset Management, L.P. ("WAM")
           Wanger Asset Management Ltd., the general partner of WAM
           ("WAM LTD.")

Item 2(b)  Address of Principal Business Office:

           WAM and WAM LTD. are located at:
           227 West Monroe Street, Suite 3000
           Chicago, Illinois 60606

Item 2(c)  Citizenship:

           WAM is a Delaware limited partnership
           WAM LTD. is a Delaware corporation

Item 2(d)  Title of Class of Securities:

           Common Stock (Non-voting), par value $.01 per share

Item 2(e)  CUSIP Number:

           387241102

Item 3     Type of Person:

           (e) WAM is an Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the
               Investment Advisers Act of 1940; WAM LTD. is the General Partner
               of the Investment Adviser

Item 4     Ownership (at December 31, 1999):

           (a)   Amount owned "beneficially" within the meaning of
                 rule 13d-3:

                 320,000

                               Page 4 of 6 pages
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           (b)   Percent of class:

                 2.6%

           (c)   Number of shares to which such person has:

                 (i)    sole power to vote or to direct the vote:

                        none

                 (ii)   shared power to vote or to direct the vote:

                        320,000

                 (iii)  sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:

                        none

                 (iv)   shared power to dispose or to direct disposition of:

                        320,000

Item 5     Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

           If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the
           date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial
           owner of more than five percent of the class of equity securities,
           check the following (x).

Item 6     Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:

           The shares reported herein have been acquired on behalf of
           discretionary clients of WAM. Persons other than WAM
           and WAM LTD. are entitled to receive all dividends from, and proceeds
           from the sale of, those shares.

Item 7     Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired
           the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company:

           Not Applicable

Item 8     Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:

           Not Applicable

Item 9     Notice of Dissolution of Group:

           Not Applicable

Item 10    Certification:

               By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and
           belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held
           in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not
           held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or
           influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not
           acquired and are not not held connection with or as a participant in
           any transaction having that purpose or effect.

                               Page 5 of 6 pages
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                                   Signature
                                   ---------

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.


Date: February 11, 2000


                         The undersigned corporation, on the date above written,
                         agrees and consents to the joint filing on its behalf
                         of this Schedule 13G in connection with its beneficial
                         ownership of the security reported herein.


                                       WANGER ASSET MANAGEMENT, LTD.
                                          for itself and as general partner of
                                          WANGER ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P.


                                       By:   /s/ Bruce H. Lauer
                                             -----------------------------------
                                                 Bruce H. Lauer
                                                 Vice President





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