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Leonard H. Goldenson (December 7, 1905 – December 27, 1999) was the founder and president of the United States-based television network American Broadcasting Company (ABC), from 1953 to 1986. Goldenson, as CEO of United Paramount Theatres, acquired a then-struggling ABC from candy industrialist Edward J. Noble.
Leonard H. Goldenson helped shape modern mass communications, while his devotion to a range of civic causes—from the promotion of the democratic process to co-founding United Cerebral Palsy, one of the largest health agencies in the U.S., left an equally profound legacy.
Dec 28, 1999 · Leonard H. Goldenson, the last surviving patriarch of American broadcasting, who established ABC as a legitimate third television network and revolutionized his industry by convincing...
Dec 28, 1999 · Leonard H. Goldenson, the self-contained man who bought the American Broadcasting Company in 1953 and made it an incubator of television innovations while he pushed it from also-ran...
Apr 17, 2024 · A trailblazer in advocating for people with disabilities (ABC was the first network to introduce closed captions), challenging stereotypes and reshaping societal perceptions,...
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Nov 6, 2017 · Leonard Goldenson: Hall of Fame Tribute. Jack Slater. For more years than he might care to remember, Leonard Harry Goldenson was the television industry’s stepchild: hardworking and tolerated, but mildly disdained and certainly not loved.
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Dec 28, 1999 · December 27, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. EST. SARASOTA, Fla. -- Leonard H. Goldenson, 94, the pioneering television executive who raised a struggling American Broadcasting Co. to parity with the CBS and...
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