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“ABC wouldn't be a player in the news major leagues until the 1970s, when Roone Arledge brought to ABC News the energy and programming approach he had applied to ABC Sports.” quote by Tom Brokaw — Download Open image

“ABC wouldn't be a player in the news major leagues until the 1970s, when Roone Arledge brought to ABC News the energy and programming approach he had applied to ABC Sports.”

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The 1970s, the decade of my teenage years, was a transitional period in American youth culture.

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