Word: teleradio
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...America, says his coach, "if he didn't spend all his time trying to sell me rubber footballs.") In a series of deals, Tom picked up the 45-station Don Lee network on the West Coast, bought control of the Mutual Broadcasting System, consolidated the lot into General Teleradio. Stepping nimbly into television, he began syndicating old Hollywood movies to stations across the U.S., was soon shopping for a larger film library. After weeks of haggling, Tom bought the shaky RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. from Howard Hughes for $25 million, started distributing RKO's backlog of some...