Robert Kintner
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Robert Kintner was a journalist and television executive who oversaw the development of the NBC
and ABC
television networks. From 1950-56 he served as the president of ABC. In 1956 he was forced to resign from ABC by chairman Leonard Goldenson
, switched networks, and became the president of NBC for two years. Kintner was active in the quiz show scandals of the 1950s claiming that the individual quiz shows acted independently from that of the wishes of the network. In 1966 he joined the staff of President Lyndon Johnson as a cabinet secretary.
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
and ABC
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...
television networks. From 1950-56 he served as the president of ABC. In 1956 he was forced to resign from ABC by chairman Leonard Goldenson
Leonard Goldenson
Leonard H. Goldenson was President of the U.S. television and radio broadcaster ABC.-Early life and career:...
, switched networks, and became the president of NBC for two years. Kintner was active in the quiz show scandals of the 1950s claiming that the individual quiz shows acted independently from that of the wishes of the network. In 1966 he joined the staff of President Lyndon Johnson as a cabinet secretary.