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Frank Batten : The Untold Story of the Founder of the Weather Channel / Connie M. Sage and Richard F. Barry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sage, Connie, 1948- author.
- Barry, Richard F., III, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media--United States--Biography.
- Mass media.
- Businessmen--United States--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Weather Channel (United States).
- Batten, Frank, 1927-2009.
- Batten, Frank.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- This is the untold story of a man whose name few recognize, yet who helped change the face of the media in the twentieth century.
- Contents:
- Colonel: Samuel Slover builds a business
- Life of privilege: early upbringing
- Plebe to commander: Batten at Culver
- "Growth through change": Merchant Marine And The University of Virginia
- Heir apparent
- Taking charge: the new publisher
- Putting down roots: family and community
- Taking a stand: Batten and massive resistance
- Branching out: the beginning of landmark
- Legal challenges
- Good race: yachting career
- Emporary silence
- Broadening impact: Batten as AP chairman
- " Preposterous concept": the first year of the Weather Channel
- Weather Channel takes off
- Landmark continues to grow
- Transformative impact: Batten as philanthropist
- Legacy passed on
- Last years.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8139-3160-6
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