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  1. Fred W. Friendly. Fred W. Friendly (born Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer, October 30, 1915 – March 3, 1998) was a president of CBS News and the creator, along with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now. He originated the concept of public-access television cable TV channels.

  2. Mar 5, 1998 · Fred W. Friendly, the former CBS News executive who was a towering figure in the evolution of news coverage on television, died Tuesday at his home in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. He was 82.

  3. March 3, 1998, New York City (aged 82) Fred W. Friendly (born Oct. 30, 1915, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died March 3, 1998, New York City) was a U.S. broadcast producer and journalist. He began his career in radio in 1938 and later joined CBS. In the 1950s he collaborated with Edward R. Murrow to produce the radio news series Hear It Now and the ...

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  4. Mar 5, 1998 · Fred Friendly, Pioneering Television Journalist, Dies. By MYRNA OLIVER. March 5, 1998 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Fred W. Friendly, the seminal broadcast journalist who as television’s ...

  5. Fred W. Friendly (1915–98) Journalist. Faculty 1966-79, Emeritus 1980-92. LLD (hon.) 1986. In a 60-year career, Fred Friendly was an influential force for quality and integrity in broadcast journalism. As the producer for CBS correspondent Edward R. Murrow, Friendly helped enliven and popularize television news documentary in the decade after ...

  6. Fred W. Friendly, a pioneering CBS News producer and distinguished media scholar, enjoyed a sixty-year career as remarkable for its longevity as for its accomplishments. As the technically creative and dramatically inspired producer for CBS correspondent Edward R. Murrow, Friendly helped enliven and popularize television news documentary in the decade after World War II, when television news ...

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  8. Mar 7, 1998 · Broadcast pioneer Fred W. Friendly was laid to rest yesterday, with warm tributes from family, friends and former colleagues -- and with a well-thumbed copy of the United States Constitution in ...

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