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The HistoryMakers video oral history with George L. Miles, Jr.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with George L. Miles, Jr.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Additional Authors
  • Miles, George L., 1941-
  • Crowe, Larry F.
  • Stearns, Scott
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 23 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Broadcast executive George L. Miles, Jr. was born on November 13, 1941 in Orange, New Jersey. He earned his B.A. degree in accounting from Seton Hall University in 1963 and his M.B.A. degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1970. Miles worked for the Department of Defense in the Defense Audit Agency as a contract auditor for six years. In 1969, he worked with Touche Ross & Company in New York City. Miles joined KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh in 1978, working as business manager and controller. In 1983, Westinghouse Broadcasting assigned Miles to serve as chief administrative officer for National Public Radio. Between 1984 and 1994, he served as executive vice president & COO for WNET/13 in New York City. In 1994, Miles was appointed president and CEO of WQED Multimedia, a public broadcasting media company in Pittsburgh, comprised of WQED-TV, WQEX-TV, WQED-FM and PITTSBURGH magazine.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with George L. Miles, Jr.
  • George L. Miles, Jr.
Subject
  • Miles, George L., 1941- > Interviews
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • Broadcast Executive
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Scott Stearns.
OCLC
1000519114
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with George L. Miles, Jr.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
022330
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Event
Recorded Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2008 August 12.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Broadcast Executive.
Added Author
Miles, George L., 1941- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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