Comments on: Cablevision agrees to be taken private http://www.lostremote.com/2007/05/02/cablevision-agrees-to-be-taken-private/ Where TV Finds the Future Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:59:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Joe http://www.lostremote.com/2007/05/02/cablevision-agrees-to-be-taken-private/#comment-1190438 Joe Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:54:10 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/05/02/cablevision-agrees-to-be-taken-private/#comment-1190438 Yes - I know of him very well. Can you send an email so we can chat? He was involved in the early days and was part of several Emmy winning projects. Yes - I know of him very well. Can you send an email so we can chat? He was involved in the early days and was part of several Emmy winning projects.

]]> By: Swift Loris http://www.lostremote.com/2007/05/02/cablevision-agrees-to-be-taken-private/#comment-295729 Swift Loris Thu, 03 May 2007 01:51:53 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/05/02/cablevision-agrees-to-be-taken-private/#comment-295729 I worked for Charlie Dolan for a few months back in the late '60s not long after he had started Sterling Manhattan Cable, doing administrative and production tasks for Channel 6, which did original programming of a sort. We had a coule of tiny little studios--just curtained-off portions of one big room that also served as the office--a total of three cameras, I think. There was a news broadcast (one desk, one anchor, one camera; he read his own copy), an interview show, a cooking show (with no kitchen), and occasional mini-documentaries on local community activities. I can't remember now how I got the job; I'd never worked in television. As I recall, I had some exalted title like Program Director, which meant typing up copy and arranging schedules and just generally running around being a gofer. It got pretty hectic at times. Anybody know a tech guy named John Sanfratello? He was the Channel 6 technical director, extremely capable fellow. Jeez, he'd be in his 70s now. I worked for Charlie Dolan for a few months back in the late ’60s not long after he had started Sterling Manhattan Cable, doing administrative and production tasks for Channel 6, which did original programming of a sort.

We had a coule of tiny little studios–just curtained-off portions of one big room that also served as the office–a total of three cameras, I think. There was a news broadcast (one desk, one anchor, one camera; he read his own copy), an interview show, a cooking show (with no kitchen), and occasional mini-documentaries on local community activities. I can’t remember now how I got the job; I’d never worked in television.

As I recall, I had some exalted title like Program Director, which meant typing up copy and arranging schedules and just generally running around being a gofer. It got pretty hectic at times.

Anybody know a tech guy named John Sanfratello? He was the Channel 6 technical director, extremely capable fellow. Jeez, he’d be in his 70s now.

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