The Odd Couple
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Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. (July 8, 1931 – December 5, 2002) was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s.
Dec 5, 2002 · Roone Arledge, the television industry executive and producer whose creativity, leadership and technical innovations revolutionized the presentation of both news and sports on...
Dec 6, 2002 · Roone Arledge, the television industry executive and producer whose creativity, leadership and technical innovations revolutionized the presentation of both news and sports, died...
NEW YORK -- Roone Arledge, a pioneering television executive at ABC News and Sports responsible for creating shows from "Monday Night Football'' to "Nightline,'' died...
Nov 16, 2009 · On December 5, 2002, the legendary television producer and executive Roone Arledge dies in New York City, at the age of 71. Born in Forest Hills, Queens, Arledge won his first producing...
Dec 6, 2002 · Roone Arledge, chairman and longtime president of ABC News, died at the age of 71 in New York City Thursday of complications from cancer.
Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. crafted the modern link between sports and entertainment, transforming ABC Sports from a financial disaster to the world’s go-to destination for athletics entertainment.
Dec 6, 2002 · Roone Arledge, who transformed American television by infusing dramatic story lines, star personalities and vivid graphic presentations into the disparate realms of news and sports,...
Roone Arledge was an American sports and news broadcasting executive at ABC who created Emmy Award-winning productions, including “Monday Night Football,” “ABC World News Tonight” and “Wide World of Sports.”
Dec 29, 2002 · Julian Rubinstein interviews several ABC television executives and news broadcasters about Roone Arledge, who died in 2002; Arledge changed how sports were televised during his tenure at ABC ...
