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Mar 17, 2002 · Mar 17, 2002 3:10pm PT. Pat Weaver dies at 93. Pioneer of NBC, father of Sigourney Weaver. By Richard Natale. Sylvester (Pat) Weaver, television pioneer responsible for the creation of the...
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.
Nov 2, 2017 · 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.
Jan 13, 1994 · January 13, 199412:00 AM ET. Audio will be available later today. 2: The former head of NBC's television programming PAT WEAVER (Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver, Jr.). He began that job in the...
Mar 18, 2002 · March 17, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. EST. LOS ANGELES -- Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, 93, who created NBC's "Today" and "Tonight" shows, brought opera and a flurry of new commercials to television and...
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. A Darmouth College magna cum laude graduate in philosophy, Weaver, who was 93, was always one to not only think outside the box, but smash its constructs.
Jan 24, 1994 · Aside from being the father of Sigourney, Sylvester (Pat) Weaver is probably best known for his association with NBC-TV from 1949 through 1956, first as head of programming and later as network...
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