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Taft Broadcasting Company (also known as Taft Television and Radio Company, Incorporated) was an American media conglomerate based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company was rooted in the family of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States. In 1879, William Howard's brother, Charles Phelps Taft, purchased two afternoon newspapers ...
History. After graduating from the US Naval Academy in 1938 and serving as executive officer aboard a destroyer in the Pacific in WW II, Paul Taft (1915-2000) started a new television station in the coastal city of Galveston, Texas in 1952. This was during television’s infancy, and the CBS-affiliated KGUL was an immediate success.
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The company was originally owned by Taft Broadcasting and in 1984 was purchased for $167.5 million by senior executives and general managers of Taft's Amusement Park Group. [ 2 ] In 1992, the company was sold to Paramount Communications (formerly Gulf+Western, and later acquired by Viacom ), then the parent of Paramount Pictures , which changed the name of the parks by adding "Paramount's" in ...
Mar 7, 1987 · The Taft family, whose prominent members have included President William Howard Taft and former Sen. Robert A. Taft Jr. (R-Ohio), owns about 12% of Taft Broadcasting stock with another well-known ...
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Apr 15, 1987 · A long-brewing struggle over the assets of Taft Broadcasting seemed suddenly headed for resolution Tuesday as the media and entertainment company's three principal shareholders disclosed that they ...
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Mar 7, 1987 · The Tafts are one of Ohio's most prominent families, and William Howard Taft was the nation's 27th President. Taft Broadcasting was founded by Mr. Taft's father, Hulbert Taft Jr., although Dudley ...
