by Lisa Napoli
racism, 67 against African Americans, 116, 155, 156, 205
anti-Semitism, 6, 18, 23, 104, 118, 164
civil rights movement and, 85
at Olympic Games (1936), 6–7
Turner, Ted, and, 24, 156, 164
radiotelephone, 49
Radio Television News Directors Association, 220
Range, Peter Ross, 122, 235
Rather, Dan, 126–27, 131, 218
RCA, 150–56
Reagan, Nancy, 214, 232
Reagan, Ronald Castro and, 222, 225
presidential debates and, 209–10
at Republic convention, 212
shooting of, 213–19
unions and, 213
reality, television and, 120
Reinhardt, Burt Kavanau and, 191–92
Kennedy, John, assassination and, 51–52, 53
at Paramount Pictures, 143
Schonfeld, “Reese,” and, 238, 243
Schorr and, 244
with staff hires at CNN, 166, 174
in World War II as still photographer, 51
reporters with employment clause, 134, 244
newscasters, 71–79, 77, 127, 174, 175–76
press corps, 6, 48–49, 86, 213
with source confidentiality, 119–20
video journalists and, 183, 186–88, 190, 190, 197
wages for, 120, 166
in White House Press Pool, 205, 216, 217–18
Republican convention, 212
rescue missions, in the Netherlands, 117
retyping pool, 192
Rex the Wonder Dog, 78
Reynolds, Frank, 215–17
Rhodes, Dusty, 142, 196
Rice, Jack M., Jr., 18–20, 31, 140
Rice Broadcasting, 19
Rivera, Geraldo, 180
Rockwell, George Lincoln, 42
Roddey, Jim, 33, 34
roller derby, 65
Rooney, Florence, 20–21, 22
Rose, Charlie, 180, 181
Rose, Pete, 88, 127
Rosenberg, Howard, 211
Ross, Diana, 245
Rothenberg, Fred, 181
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (FitzGerald), 23
Ruby, Jack, 52–53
Russian Jews, 140
Rust, David, 239
Ruth, Babe, 85
Ruthven, Dick, 95
Sadler, Dick, 107
sailing, 30, 66, 105, 175 achievements, 29–30, 87
America’s Cup and, 92, 98–99, 106, 107–8, 122, 126, 142, 194–95
awards, 26, 26, 195
Courageous and, 98–99, 107–8, 189
Cronkite and, 126, 131
Fastnet and, 146–50, 152, 194–95
salutes, CNN, 191, 209
Sanders, Will, 154–55
San Francisco Giants, 98
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (newspaper), 195
Satcom 3, 150–54, 159–60
Satellite News Channel, 234
satellites, 43 CNN, 193, 193, 202, 209, 222
C-SPAN, 150–51, 198–99
democratization of, 57–60
earth stations and, 58, 83–84, 87, 97, 100, 105–6, 135, 153–54
Japan and, 53
Satcom 3, 150–54, 159–60
Skylab, 78
Telstar, 45–48, 57
WTCG and, 83–84
Sawyer, Forrest, 180
Schlafly, Phyllis, 199
Schonfeld, Maurice Wolfe “Reese” career, early years, 39–42, 51, 54, 56–60, 82
CNN and, 124–27, 129–35, 137, 144, 148, 152–53, 155, 157, 159, 162–67, 170–72, 174–80, 183, 186–87, 191, 200–201, 204, 204, 208–10, 212, 217, 222, 225
at CNN launch, 194, 197–99
early years, 36–37
firing of, 236–38
ITNA and, 109–11, 117, 120, 129, 130–32, 142–43, 146, 160–61, 162
Kavanau and, 238
Kennedy, John, assassination and, 49, 51
legacy, 241
management style of, 208, 209
Reinhardt and, 238, 243
with satellites, democratization of, 57–60
at twentieth-anniversary party, 241–45
Schonfeld, Pat (O’Gorman, Pat) at CBS News, 164
CNN and, 164, 167, 177, 179, 186, 199, 243, 245
as mentor, 186–87
Schlafly and, 199
at twentieth-anniversary party, 245
Schoonmaker, Jim, 187
Schorr, Daniel with anti-Semitism, 118
career, 117–20, 131–35, 213
CBS News and, 117–20, 134
CNN and, 137–38, 148–50, 170, 176, 176, 210, 213, 218, 225
as diplomatic correspondence, 118–20
with employment clause, 134, 244
hiring of, 133–35
Netherlands rescue missions and, 117
reputation, 131–32, 137–38
satellites and, 209
Scientific Atlanta, 58, 83
Scorpio, 130
Seven Days Leave (television show), 66
Shakespeare, William, 42–43
Shales, Tom, 152, 206
Shaw, Bernard ABC News and, 176–77
Gulf War and, 241
with Reagan, Ronald, shooting of, 213–16, 217, 218–19
with Republican convention, 212
Shippy, Dick, 47
Shortal, Robert, 151–52
Showtime, 135, 153
Sieber, Bob, 194
Silver Chalice, The (television show), 66
Sinatra, Frank, 33
skits, with television news, 113–14
Skylab, 78
Smith, Howard K., 131
Smith, Jane Shirley, 30, 91, 96, 107, 197, 234
Smith, Merriman, 49
Smith, Sid, 47
Snyder, Tom, 149, 237
source confidentiality, 119–20
sponsors, commercials, 8, 64
sports. See also Atlanta Braves; sailing basketball, 65, 101–2
boxing, 65
hockey, 65, 98
roller derby, 65
Stahl, Lesley, 1
Star Trek (television show), 72, 194
Stevenson, Adlai, 49
Sullivan, Ed, 224–25
Sullivan, Kathleen, 175
SuperStation, 141, 141–42
Swayze, John Cameron, 8
Symbionese Liberation Army, 71
“Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” 93
Take Two (daily news program), 228–29
Taylor, Elizabeth, 181
technology Atlanta Braves with scoreboard, 93
Basys Newsfury computer system, 189
Handy-Looky, 71
new, 43, 45–48, 80, 122
“Teddy Baseball,” 93–94, 99. See also Turner, Ted
telegraph, 43
television. See also cable television CATV, 80
color, 55
pay, 19–20, 31, 80
popular culture and, 10, 11–12, 38, 70
power of, 195
production by AT&T, 7
Radio Television News Directors Association, 220
reality and, 120
with round-the-clock broadcasting, 63–64
with technology, new, 43, 45–48
UHF, 18, 31, 32, 34, 54, 55, 56, 62–63, 65
VHF, 18
Television Factbook, 163
Television Food Network, 241
television news. See also cable television news AT&T and, 41
early years, 7–11, 38–41
historic, 50–51, 71
Kennedy, John, assassination and, 49–53
production, 7–11, 38–41, 71, 112–14, 118, 127–28, 187–90, 190
production, philosophy on, 173
sensational, 11
skits with, 113–14
Telstar and, 45–48
women in, 71–72, 155, 170–71, 175–76
writing for, 39
Television News (TVN), Coors and, 56–57, 109, 162
> television sales, 9, 10, 11, 12, 80
Telstar, 45–48, 57
Tenacious, 146, 147–48, 150
Time, Inc., 58
Time-Life service, 153
Times Mirror Company, 9
Time Warner, 1, 2, 242, 243, 245
Titanic, 195, 235
TNT. See Turner Network Television
Today (morning news show), 44, 54, 78, 181
Topol, Sid, 58, 82, 83
Towriss, John, 184–86
transmission bills, AT&T, 41, 55, 56
Truman, Harry, 51
Turner, Ed “No Relation,” 170, 222
Turner, Florence, 197–98
Turner, Mary Jean, 22–23, 25
Turner, Rhett, 30
Turner, Robert E., III, 20–21, 22, 24, 25–28, 92, 224
Turner, Ted. See also Atlanta Braves Aaron and, 86, 88, 90, 90, 156
Alexander the Great and, 23, 28, 89, 226
anti-Semitism and, 104
awards, 1–4, 26, 26
with baseball game loss, 105, 105
as Captain Outrageous, 128, 134, 142, 165, 225–26, 235
Castro and, 222–30
childhood, 21–23
at CNN launch, 196, 196, 200–202, 205–6
Coors on, 60
critics and, 94–95
education, 3, 23–25
frugality of, 76, 91, 94
Hitler and, 24, 33, 89, 102, 104, 224
Hope and, 89–90, 95, 99–100, 102
as leader, 178
as “Mouth of the South,” 1, 88, 98, 104, 158
Nagle on, 178
personality and temperament, 24, 33, 63, 75, 93–94, 122, 148, 150, 154, 157, 235
philanthropy and, 3
racism and, 24, 156, 164
satellites and, 59–60, 105–6
support for, 85–86, 98
as “Teddy Baseball,” 93–94, 99
with women, 75, 95–96, 106–7, 122, 133, 223, 226, 235
Turner Broadcasting System. See WTBS
Turner Network Television (TNT), 233
Turner Outdoor, 21, 25, 27–29, 33
Tush, Bill, 246 as Academy Award Theater host, 68
career, 13–17, 68, 244
at CNN launch, 196–99
fan mail for, 81–82
as newscaster, 68–70, 70, 73–79, 77
WTBS and, 196, 226
WTCG and, 16–17, 68–69, 70, 73–79, 77, 81–82, 101, 121, 136–38, 143
TV Guide, 121
TVN. See Television News
20th Century Fox, 6, 234
Twisdale, Harold, 33
twofer hiring, at CNN, 177
UFOs, 73, 90
Uggams, Leslie, 198
UHF, 18, 31, 32, 54 audience, 34, 56
FCC and, 18, 55
MLB on, 65
stations, 62–63
unions, 127, 175, 183, 213, 216
United Nations, 201, 243
United Press, 52
United Press International, 215
United Press–Movietone News, 37–39, 40–42
United States (US) Coast Guard, 24, 25, 76
Congress, 209
the Unknown Newsman, 77, 137
UPI Newsfilm, 42, 49, 51, 54, 55–56
US. See United States
Variety, 206
Vaughan, Roger, 95
veejays. See video journalists
VHF, 18
video journalists (veejays), 197 CNN College for, 187–88, 190, 190
housing for, 186
Kavanau and, 183–84, 186
wages for, 183
video porta-paks, 189
Vietnam War, 69, 115, 119, 221
violence, in news, 113, 205–6
Von Hoffman, Nicholas, 219
WAGA, 17–18
wages for entry-level jobs, 184
for MLB players, 92, 96
for newscasters, 72, 76, 127, 132, 174
for reporters, 120, 166
for video journalists, 183
Walker, Dave, 177, 203–4
Wallace, Mike, 1
Waller, Jesse, 77–78
Walters, Barbara, 1, 72, 180, 227
Washington Post (newspaper), 40, 55, 152, 206
Waters, Lou, 187
WATL debut, 32
sale of, 62–63
Watson, George, 212
WCTU, 33
Welch, Jack, 234
Welch, Raquel, 223
Welk, Lawrence, 7
Welles, Orson, 237
Welsh, Bill, 9–10, 11
Western Cable Show, 128, 150–51
Westin, Av, 118
Westinghouse, 154–55, 220, 234
Whirlpool Is the One (industrial musical), 181
White House, 209
White House Correspondents Association, 205
White House Press Pool, 205, 216, 217–18
Wickersham, Liz, 133, 226–27, 234, 235, 243
Williams, Beverly, 176
Williams, Christian, 34, 80–81
Williams, Dick, 206
Williams, Mary Alice, 175–76
Williams, R. T., 17, 34, 108
Winfrey, Oprah, 180
Witcover, Jules, 180, 182
Withers, John, 122
WJRJ, 18, 19–20, 31–32
WKLY, 184
WMBR (college radio station), 139
WNEW Channel 5, 112–16, 157
women “family concept” and, 72
newscasters, 71–72, 155, 175–76, 204, 204
pornography and, 103, 116, 147
in television news, 71–72, 155, 170–71, 175–76, 204, 204
Turner, Ted, with, 75, 95–96, 106–7, 122, 133, 223, 226–27, 235
Woods, Dolores Roberts “Dee,” 177–78
WOR, 153
World News Tonight, 177
World Series, 97–98 Atlanta Braves and, 86, 87, 103
World’s Fair, 7, 46
World War II, 69 Jews in, 36
Reinhardt as still photographer in, 51
World Wide Web, 2
Woy, Bucky, 129, 130
WPIX, 109
wrestling, 65, 110
WRET, 69, 129 beg-a-thon at, 64–65, 79, 155
FCC and, 155
sale of, 135, 154–55, 156
Wrigley Field, Chicago, 47
writing with Basys Newsfury computer system, 189
with “blame game drill-down,” 208
for television news, 39
WSB, 65, 72
WTBS (college radio station), 139
WTBS (Turner Broadcasting System), 169, 202, 212 call letters, purchase of, 139
CNN and, 196, 210
critics of, 128
early years, 32, 139
with RCA lawsuit, 154
sale of, 1, 233, 242
as SuperStation, 141, 141–42
Tush and, 196, 226–27
as WTCG and name change, 139–40
WTCG Channel 17, 245–46. See also WTBS advertisements, 61, 61, 63, 66–68, 152
Atlanta Braves and, 85, 87, 96
early years, 32–33, 61–68, 72–84
earth stations and, 83–84
FCC and, 81–82
growth of, 120–24, 136–40
news, 68–70, 70, 72–79, 77
Pike and, 64, 66, 78–79
programming, 65–66, 71–73, 110, 122–24
with round-the-clock broadcasting, 63–64
Tush and, 16–17, 68–69, 70, 73–79, 77, 81–82, 101, 121, 136–38, 143
viewer numbers, 100
“Yachtsman of the Year,” at Fastnet, 194–95
Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), 141
Zapruder, Abraham, 51–52
Zelman, Sam, 169–70, 172, 174–75, 180, 203, 212
