| Title: |
Bob Magness
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Cable Center. Barco Library. Special Collections
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| Collection: |
Cable Center Oral History Collection
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| Description: |
He assembled the largest and what many consider the finest herd of Arabian horses in the world, patiently breeding, raising and trading the magnificent animals over decades. With the same persistence, he built the largest cable TV company in the world, hiring a young manager who would become the industry's premiere deal maker and working with him to create an empire that includes cable systems, technology ventures and some of the best known programming services on television.
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| URL: |
http://www.cablecenter.org/education/library/oralHistoryDetails.cfm?id=238
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Speaker: |
Magness, Bob, 1924-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
3-Jun-1924
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Oklahoma; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Broadcasting executive; Business executive; Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Smith, E. Stratford, 1916-
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Broadcasting; Cable television--United States; North America; Oral history; Telecommunication cables; United States
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0033764-37048
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