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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.
Apr 30, 2024 · 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.
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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...
FRED FRIENDLY was a founding father of American electronic journalism. He produced the famous Edgar R. Murrow See It Now broadcast which helped to topple Senator Joseph McCarthy.
As the 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 was still in his infancy.
Mar 5, 1998 · Fred W. Friendly, the seminal broadcast journalist who as television’s wunderkind created the innovative “See It Now” and as its eminence grise campaigned relentlessly against commercialization...
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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...
