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Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver Jr. (December 21, 1908 – March 15, 2002) was an American broadcasting executive who was president of NBC between 1953 and 1955. He has been credited with reshaping commercial broadcasting's format and philosophy as radio gave way to television as America's dominant home entertainment.
Mar 18, 2002 · Sylvester L. “Pat” Weaver, a visionary television executive whose programming innovations, including NBC’s “The Tonight Show” and “Today” show, continue to flourish half a century after their...
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Weaver was the creative force behind Fred Allen's popular radio show Town Hall Tonight in the 1930s. As an executive with the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in the 1950s, he created such enduring programs as the Today show and the Tonight show. Source for information on Pat Weaver: Encyclopedia of World Biography dictionary.
Mar 17, 2002 · Sylvester (Pat) Weaver, television pioneer responsible for the creation of the “Today” and “Tonight” shows while he was president of the NBC TV network, died Friday of pneumonia at his Santa...
Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver, Jr. (December 21, 1908 – March 15, 2002) was an American radio advertising executive, who became president of NBC between 1953 and 1955. He has been well-known for his commercial broadcasting's format and philosophy as radio gave way to television as America's dominant home entertainment.
Sylvester (Pat) Weaver, Jr., perhaps the medium’s most creative executive, virtually fashioned television as it exists today. During the days when the new medium was still the plaything of sponsors and their advertising agencies, Weaver determined that the control of television must shift to the networks.
Mar 25, 2002 · The television world lost one of its brightest luminaries on March 15 with the death of Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, the creator of NBC's Today and Tonight shows.
Mar 18, 2002 · Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver, pioneering television executive and creator of NBC's Today and The Tonight Show, died of pneumonia at his home March 15. He was 93.
Jan 13, 1994 · He began that job in the early days of the medium - in 1949 - and was the creator of two of television's longest running shows, the "Today" show and the "Tonight" show. WEAVER started...
Jun 12, 2005 · NBC President Pat Weaver had created the weekday shows "Today" and "Tonight" for his fledgling television network. For radio, he aimed to draw a weekend audience with news from...
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