Herb Granath on the start of the Lifetime cable channel
Herb Granath on the growth of ESPN and the launch of ESPN 2
Herb Granath on the birth of The History Channel
Herb Granath on the birth and management of CBS cable
Herb Granath on the birth of ESPN
Herb Granath on the formation of Eurosport
Herb Granath on becoming Co-Chairman of the Hallmark Network
Herb Granath on the most important component of creating a new cable network
Reese Schonfeld on an early proposed cable news network before CNN
Reese Schonfeld on meeting Ted Turner, and on the creation of CNN
Reese Schonfeld on staffing CNN along with Ted Turner at its inception
Reese Schonfeld on organizing CNN in secret, at first
Reese Schonfeld on Ted Turner's original idea for CNN, and on how Schonfeld developed it from there
Reese Schonfeld on CNN's innovative operating structure: "bottom/up," rather than "top/down" as network news did at that time
Reese Schonfeld on CNN's schedule when it first went on the air
Reese Schonfeld on CNN's early revenue
Reese Schonfeld on Ted Turner choosing the name "CNN," and on creating the CNN logo
Reese Schonfeld on how CNN covered breaking news around the world in its early days
Reese Schonfeld on Rome being the location of CNN's first main European base
Reese Schonfeld on hiring Ed Turner to be executive vice president of CNN
Reese Schonfeld on hiring Ted Kavanau as CNN's senior producer
Reese Schonfeld on hiring Jim Kitchell as CNN's vice president of production and operations
Reese Schonfeld on Burt Reinhardt's role in the development of CNN
Reese Schonfeld on CNN being completely computerized when it went on the air
Reese Schonfeld on the early technology used by CNN, some of which gave it a leg up on network news
Reese Schonfeld on the "open newsroom" look of the early CNN broadcasts
Reese Schonfeld on CNN getting the FCC to change the rules on live broadcasts
Reese Schonfeld on the early CNN graphics
Reese Schonfeld on CNN launch day, June 1, 1980
Reese Schonfeld on Ted Turner raising the capital to launch CNN, and on their early operating budget
Reese Schonfeld on CNN CFO Bill Bevins being at odds with Ted Turner over CNN investors, and on the potential threat of an early CNN competitor
Reese Schonfeld on striking a deal with Steve Ross at Time Warner to use one of their transponders for CNN
Reese Schonfeld on the challenges CNN faced overing its first big story, the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom
Reese Schonfeld on Ted Turner being hands-on at CNN in the beginning regarding content
Reese Schonfeld on CNN's initial advertisers
Reese Schonfeld on CNN's initial advertisers when it first went on the air
Reese Schonfeld on finding on-air talent for the first few years of CNN, including Bernard Shaw
Reese Schonfeld on his and Ted Turner's attempt to hire Dan Rather to be the main anchor at the inception of CNN
Reese Schonfeld on hiring Bill Zimmerman, Sandy Freeman, Lou Dobbs and various others as on-air talent at the start of CNN
Reese Schonfeld on the rules for their initial CNN anchors, including Kathleen Sullivan
Reese Schonfeld on teaching then-new CNN employees about journalism with "CNN College"
Reese Schonfeld on the first stories CNN covered, including an interview with then president Jimmy Carter
Reese Schonfeld on the decision to make CNN a non-union shop
Reese Schonfeld on dealing with the FCC on satellite delivery of television
Reese Schonfeld on the creation of the Food Network
Reese Schonfeld on the creation of the Food Network
Reese Schonfeld on Emeril Lagasse's early Food Network shows
Reese Schonfeld on running Julia Child's old shows on the Food Network, and on trying to position the network for women
Reese Schonfeld on the early personalities of the Food Network
Reese Schonfeld on what made the Food Network a success
Reese Schonfeld on Scripps Howard taking over the Food Network
Chet Simmons on leaving NBC Sports, and on the creation of ESPN
Chet Simmonson leaving NBC Sports for the newly created ESPN
Chet Simmons on ESPN founders Bill and Scott Rasmussen, and the other people at the network when it started
Chet Simmons on ESPN's early scheduling process
Chet Simmons on ESPN's early primetime schedule
Chet Simmons on the amount of live coverage ESPN did in their early years, and on the number of viewers and cable system at its launch
Chet Simmons on the first moments on the air at ESPN, and on the look and sponsors of the network at the time
Chet Simmons on ESPN's schedule when they first went on the air, and the demographics of the network and early success
Chet Simmons on ESPN's early offices, equipment, technology, and location
Chet Simmons on the growth of ESPN during his tenure
Frank Stanton on CBS getting into television, and the CBS network coverage in the early days
Frank Stanton on the FCC issuing the original licenses to television stations around the country, and CBS' failed color system
Frank Stanton on where CBS stood in relation to NBC in the earliest days of television, and on eventually surpassing them with I Love Lucy
Frank Stanton on the creation of CBS News for television, and Edward R. Murrow's reluctance to do television
Frank Stanton on the design and construction of CBS Television City in Los Angeles
Frank Stanton on the design and construction of CBS Black Rock in New York City
Frank Stanton on the design and construction of CBS Black Rock
Frank Stanton on the design and creation of the CBS eye logo
Frank Stanton on what he feels is the lack of adequate maintenance of CBS Black Rock
Frank Stanton on what CBS Black Rock meant to CBS
Frank Stanton on the creation of CBS News
Frank Stanton on CBS News' initial roster of correspondents
Ted Turner on the birth of CNN
Ted Turner on the premiere and early budget for CNN
Ted Turner on the budgetary constraints on forming CNN
Ted Turner on network resistance to CNN; on his concept for and naming CNN
Ted Turner on creating CNN II (Headline News)
Ted Turner on launching TNT
Ted Turner on purchasing Hanna-Barbera's library and creating the Cartoon Network
Ted Turner on creating TCM, Turner Classic Movies
