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Roone Arledge. Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. (July 8, 1931 – December 5, 2002) was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s ...
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Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. crafted the modern link between sports and entertainment, transforming ABC Sports from a financial disaster to the world’s go-to destination for athletics entertainment. As vice president from 1960 to ’68 and president from ’68 to ’86, Arledge moved sporting events from weekend programming to primetime ...
Roone Arledge. Producer: ABC's Wide World of Sports. Roone Arledge was born on 8 July 1931 in Forest Hills, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961), NFL Monday Night Football (1970) and 19th Summer Olympic Games (1968). He was married to Gigi Shaw, Ann Fowler and Joan Heise. He died on 5 December 2002 in New York City, New York,...
Roone Pinckney Arledge was born July 8, 1931, and reared on Long Island. The Columbia University graduate joined ABC Sports as a producer in 1960 after a five-year stint at NBC.
Dec 16, 2002 · Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. was born in New York City on July 8, 1931, and despite his Wide World reputation, he would--except for a couple of years in the Army, during which he was posted to
Dec 29, 2002 · When Roone Arledge took over ABC Sports in 1968, televised sports was in a primitive state. A few stationary cameras provided pictures; prime-time games were unheard of; instant replay was seldom ...
