Mark Mandala
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Mark Mandala was an American
television
executive who served as the President of the American Broadcasting Company
(ABC) from 1985 until 1994. He retired in 1994 after a 32 year career with ABC.
Mandala worked in a number of sales
positions in Los Angeles
, San Francisco, Chicago
and New York
prior to joining ABC in 1962.
He was appointed the President of local ABC owned local stations division of the company in 1983. Mandala was responsible for the management of local stations which were directly owned by ABC, but not its affiliates.
In 1985, Mandala was named the President of the ABC TV Network. He remained president of ABC until his retirement from the network in 1994.
Mark Mandala died of a heart attack while playing golf
in Dorset, Vermont
, on July 11, 2009, at the age of 72. He was survived by his wife, Joan Neely Mandala, and his three sons, Steve, Charlie and Michael.
United States
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television
Television
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executive who served as the President of the American Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
(ABC) from 1985 until 1994. He retired in 1994 after a 32 year career with ABC.
Mandala worked in a number of sales
Sales
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positions in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, San Francisco, Chicago
Chicago
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and New York
New York
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prior to joining ABC in 1962.
He was appointed the President of local ABC owned local stations division of the company in 1983. Mandala was responsible for the management of local stations which were directly owned by ABC, but not its affiliates.
In 1985, Mandala was named the President of the ABC TV Network. He remained president of ABC until his retirement from the network in 1994.
Mark Mandala died of a heart attack while playing golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
in Dorset, Vermont
Dorset, Vermont
Dorset is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,036 at the 2000 census. Dorset is famous for being home to America's oldest marble quarry and for being the birth place of Alcoholics Anonymnous co-founder Bill W...
, on July 11, 2009, at the age of 72. He was survived by his wife, Joan Neely Mandala, and his three sons, Steve, Charlie and Michael.