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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 ...
The Tony Kornheiser Show: Brent Musburger reviews a moment when Roone Arledge celebrated luring another star to ABC. Listen 'When creativity mattered' The Tony Kornheiser Show: Al Michaels explains why a Roone Arledge-style visionary might not make it in TV today. Listen: Friday, December 6, 2002 Arledge created Monday Night Football By Mike ...
Arledge, Roone (1931—)Visionary producer Roone Arledge was instrumental in transforming network-televised sports and news into profitable ventures. Joining ABC Sports in 1960, he revolutionized broadcasts with his use of instant replay and slow motion, and his humanistic production sense brought the shows Wide World of Sports, Monday Night Football, and announcer Howard Cosell to national ...
Dec 29, 2002 · Arledge changed that with his creation of the juggernaut ''Monday Night Football'' and with his dramatic coverage of the 1972 Olympics in Munich (when Israeli athletes were taken hostage and later ...
Sep 21, 1970 · Tweet. When Monday Night Football began in September 1970, it quickly became so much more than just a sports contest. Suddenly a pastime reserved only for Sunday afternoons, and after church at that, was now breaking into weeknights, and in the prime-time viewing slot of the early evening. Indeed many people would find themselves tuning in just ...
Nov 23, 2005 · Nov. 23, 2005. There was a time before "Monday Night Football," but that was an eon ago, when prime-time sports were rare and CBS and NBC carried the only professional football they believed they ...
The baby of the late ABC Sports executive Roone Arledge, ABC's Monday Night Football became appointment television. You made time to check out which teams were playing. With the increase of other media sources and more competitive scheduling by other networks, it was determined by the NFL to air Monday Night Football on ESPN.
