Word: kintner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Robert Edmonds Kintner, 47, became president of American Broadcasting Co. in 1949, he took over some troubles. Kintner, a former Washington reporter (New York Herald Tribune), columnist
...chests. If he misses the moneybags, he may still win title to a car, speedboat, house trailer, round-the-world cruise or a head of cabbage. Treasure Hunt will be the only show on the air that will call for old-fashioned wishbone-type luck. Says ABC President Bob Kintner: "We are more interested in giving away entertainment...
...Disney's first program, an hour-long (Wed. 7:30-8:30, ABC) flight on electronic wings over the panorama of Disneyland's coming attractions, won a phenomenal Nielsen rating of 41, was watched by some 30.8 million people, and, as ABC's President Bob Kintner put it, "cut Godfrey, the best in the business, down to size." In the next two months Disney was never out of the "first ten." ABC believes that "Disney has the biggest family audience in show business today...
Along with star-grabbing, ABC is also fielding such top-drawer dramatic programs as Cavalcade of America (in its new television dress), The Kraft Theater, The U.S. Steel Hour (The Theatre Guild of the Air, converted to TV from NBC radio). And all this, boasts Kintner, is just the beginning. Other ABC plans...
...Kintner thinks that a revitalized ABC is just what the whole industry needs. Says he: "Because we are improving, our competition will have to improve, too. The public will come...