Interview Ted Koppel In his two-and-a-half hour Archive interview, Ted Koppel speaks about his family's emigration from England (where he was born) to the United States. Koppel recounts his early career in radio news in New York in the 1960s and his major assignment as a war correspondent in Vietnam. He outlines his...
Interview Leonard H. Goldenson In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, the first Archive of American Television interviewee, Leonard H. Goldenson (1905–1999) recalls his early days working for Paramount Theaters and talks extensively about the formation of ABC. He details ABC's programming and the competition it faced from NBC,...
Interview Robert Johnson In his one-and-a-half-hour Archive interview, Robert Johnson discusses his early years in Washington, D.C. as Vice President of Government Relations for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) during the rise of the cable industry following government deregulation. He recalls...
Interview Robert Trout In his four-hour interview, Robert Trout (1909-2000) talks about his career as a reporter, starting in 1932 at WTOP-AM in Washington, D.C. He discusses introducing Franklin D. Roosevelt's now-famous fireside chats. He recalls leaving CBS for NBC in 1948 and moderating the quiz show Who Said That?...