| Title: |
R. E. (Ted) Turner
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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: |
Ted assumed leadership of the family company (outdoor advertising) when his father committed suicide over the company's financial situation when Ted was 24. With uncanny business acumen, Ted acquired an independent UHF television station (WJRJ, Channel 17) in Atlanta in 1970. In 1976, he originated the superstation concept by transmitting the station's signal via satellite to cable systems across the country, initially using the call letters WTCG (Watch This Channel Grow). (He had to set up a separate company, Southern Satellite Systems, to lease the transponder on Satcom 1, which Ed Taylor purchased for $1.00 after all his friends turned him down.)
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| URL: |
http://www.cablecenter.org/education/library/oralHistoryDetails.cfm?id=179
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Turner, R. E. (Ted)
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Broadcasting executive; Business executive
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Maxwell, Paul
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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: |
OHI0033785-37075
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