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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...
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    called all the Olympic Games televised by ABC from 1964 to 1988 with Roone Arledge's sports department at ABC. In the mid-1970s, Gowdy was host and producer...
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    Sports, Roone Arledge as president of ABC News in 1977, ABC invested the resources to make it a significant source of news content. Arledge, known for...
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  • and, after 1961, was spun off into its own independent division. When Roone Arledge came to ABC Sports as a producer of NCAA football games in 1960, the...
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    broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. Created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge, the program was designed similarly to CBS's 60 Minutes in that it features...
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  • Circleville, Ohio Roone Arledge (1931–2002), an American sports broadcaster This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Arledge. If an internal...
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  • January 17, 1976, hosted by Howard Cosell and executive-produced by Roone Arledge. The series ran for 18 episodes before being cancelled. The show was...
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  • the host. A different network showed the 1964 Winter Olympics: ABC. Roone Arledge won broadcast rights for his network and began a relationship with the...
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    formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the program featured Ted Koppel as its main anchor from March 1980...
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    really took it personally." In 1970, ABC executive producer for sports Roone Arledge hired Cosell to be a commentator for Monday Night Football (MNF), the...
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