Tag Archives: NBC Television
Alvin Cooperman
Alvin Cooperman (Executive. Born, Brooklyn, NY, July 24, 1923; died, New York, NY, Aug. 11, 2006.) After two hitches with the Shubert Organization (1939-51, 1963-67) and two with NBC Television (1951-63, 1967-68), Alvin Isaac Cooperman became executive vice president of Madison Square Garden in late 1968, effectively succeeding Ned Irish as chief operating officer of […]
Roone Arledge
Roone Arledge (Television sports. Born, Forest Hills, NY, July 8, 1931; died, New York, NY, Dec. 5, 2002.) As the originator of “Wide World of Sports” and Monday Night Football for ABC-TV Sports, Roone Pinckney Arledge was a formative figure in the development of sports television. After graduating from Columbia in 1953, Arledge joined the DuMont […]
