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