Chuck Howard
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Charles (Chuck) Howard (1933 – November 21, 1996) was an American television executive, and a pioneer in television sports broadcasting.
Biography
Early life and career
Howard was born in 1933. He graduated from Duke University in 1955, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Following his college graduation, Howard entered the management training program at
ABC Sports
In 1961,
Arledge, Howard and commentator Jim McKay created the show on a week-by-week basis during its first year of broadcast, establishing a sports television tradition in the process.
Howard went on to become a vice president for programming at ABC Sports and covered nine
Howard is credited with being the first to use a split screen and an isolated camera to highlight a part of a play away from the main action.[2]
On April 8, 1967, due to an
Departure from ABC and later career
In 1986, Howard left ABC and became the executive producer for the
Death
Howard died of
Honors
Wide World of Sports became the longest-running continuing series on ABC, and it won numerous
References
- ^ Arledge, Roone: "Roone: A Memoir", page 35. HarperCollins, 2004
- ^ Richard Sandomir (1996-11-22). "Chuck Howard, 63, Pioneer TV Sports Producer". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-02.