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Fred W. Friendly. Fred W. Friendly (born Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer, October 30, 1915 – March 3, 1998) was a president of CBS News and the creator, along with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now. He originated the concept of public-access television cable TV channels.
Apr 30, 2024 · March 3, 1998, New York City (aged 82) Fred W. Friendly (born Oct. 30, 1915, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died March 3, 1998, New York City) was a U.S. broadcast producer and journalist. He began his career in radio in 1938 and later joined CBS. In the 1950s he collaborated with Edward R. Murrow to produce the radio news series Hear It Now and the ...
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Mar 5, 1998 · Fred W. Friendly, the former CBS News executive who was a towering figure in the evolution of news coverage on television, died Tuesday at his home in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. He was 82.
Fred W. Friendly, a pioneering CBS News producer and distinguished media scholar, enjoyed a sixty-year career as remarkable for its longevity as for its accomplishments. As the technically creative and dramatically inspired producer for CBS correspondent Edward R. Murrow, Friendly helped enliven and popularize television news documentary in the decade after World War II, when television news ...
Mar 5, 1998 · By Claudia Levy. March 5, 1998 at 12:00 a.m. EST. Fred W. Friendly, 82, the former CBS News president and Columbia University professor whose early documentaries set the standard for television ...
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Mar 5, 1998 · Fred Friendly, Pioneering Television Journalist, Dies. By MYRNA OLIVER. March 5, 1998 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Fred W. Friendly, the seminal broadcast journalist who as television’s ...
Fred W. Friendly (1915–98) Journalist. Faculty 1966-79, Emeritus 1980-92. LLD (hon.) 1986. In a 60-year career, Fred Friendly was an influential force for quality and integrity in broadcast journalism. As the producer for CBS correspondent Edward R. Murrow, Friendly helped enliven and popularize television news documentary in the decade after ...
