Search results
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.
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.
NEW YORK -- Roone Arledge, a pioneering television executive at ABC News and Sports responsible for creating shows from "Monday Night Football'' to "Nightline,'' died Thursday. He was 71.
From 1968 to 1986, Roone Arledge headed sports for ABC Television. Jim Murray of the Los Angeles Times describes Arledge's influence on TV sports, which extends far beyond the boundaries of any one network. Arledge practically invented the big-time televised sport.
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, died...
16 gru 2002 · Roone Arledge, who died last Thursday at 71 after suffering long with prostate cancer, is indisputably the most important person in the history of sports television. In a matter of speaking, he...
17 kwi 2020 · 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.
