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Frederick William Ziv (August 17, 1905 – October 13, 2001, Cincinnati, Ohio) was an American broadcasting producer and syndicator who was considered as the father of television first-run syndication and once operated the nation's largest independent television production company.
Oct 18, 2001 · Frederick W. Ziv, a pioneer in television syndication who produced such indelible series as “Highway Patrol” and “Sea Hunt,” died Saturday at home in his native Cincinnati. He was 96. He ...
About this interview. In his two-hour-plus interview, Frederic Ziv (1905-2001) discusses his start in print advertising. He then details the founding of one of the first and largest syndication companies in television history. He talks of the first program he syndicated for radio, The Freshest Thing in Town (for local bakeries), and explains ...
Pioneering television producer Frederick Ziv, known throughout the industry as "the father of syndication," died last week at his Cincinnati home. He was 96. With a University of Michigan law degree, Ziv landed a $10-a-week job with an advertising agency in 1929.
Frederick W. Ziv was born on 17 August 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was a producer, known for Highway Patrol (1955), Boston Blackie (1951) and The Man Called X (1956). He died on 13 October 2001 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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- August 17, 1905
- Frederick W. Ziv
- October 13, 2001
Oct 17, 2001 · Oct 17, 2001 1:42pm PT. Frederic Ziv. By Variety Staff. Frederic W. Ziv, known as the “father of television syndication” and for producing such series as “Bat Masterson,” “Sea Hunt,”...
Apr 8, 2014 · The first American television company to produce syndicated programs was Ziv Television Programs, whose first program, Fireside Theatre, began airing back on 5 April, 1949. Ziv had been founded in 1948 as a subsidiary of Frederick Ziv’s radio syndication company, which he launched in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1937.
