Roone Arledge
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Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company'
Arledge in 1978
Arledge in 1968
Arledge in the 1970s
Monday Night Football
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Monday Night Football is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League games that air on Monday nights. It originally ran on ABC from 1970 to 2005, before moving exclusively to sister n
Roone Arledge
…with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s. He created many programs still airing today, such as Monday Night Football, ABC World News Tonight, Nightline and 20/20. Arledge was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, the son of Gertrude (Stritmater) and Roone…
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