Date: March 20, 1973
Time: 12:44 pm – 12:56 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Mr. and Mrs. C. Edward Little and Ronald L. Ziegler. The White House
photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.
Greetings
Weather
-Rose garden flowers
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding
Key Biscayne
Photographs
Little’s support for President
Little’s career
-Mutual Broadcasting System [MBS] radio
-Old management
-Diversification
-Sports
-Olympics
-Don Shula
-Profits
-Monday night show
-Audience
-Television [TV]
-Number of stations
-Sports programs
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-Don Shula
Radio
-News
-MBS
-Network stations
-Number
-Ownership
-TV acquisitions
-Competition
-Chicago
-Listenership
-New York
TV industry
-Miami
-Sale of TV station
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] affiliate
-UHF, VHF
-Comparison with FM radio
-Opposition of networks
-Converters
-Tax
-Cable TV
-Ken Gilbertson [?]
-Future
-Competition to radio
-Advantages
-Cost
-Commercials
-Network involvement
-Franchises
President’s career
-Law school
-Graduation
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1937 Rose Bowl
-Al Krueger
-Duke University
-Defense
-George Maccaber
-Injury
-University of Southern California [USC] score
-Maccaber
-Career
-Hall of Fame
-Abilities
-Speed
-Size
Duke University
-Baseball team
-Little’s position
-Coach
Little’s trip to Japan
-Domestic customs
-Japan
-Cleanliness
-President’s friend in Japan
-President’s trip
-Tokyo
Golf
Gifts
Golf club
-Key Biscayne
-Investment
MBS
-Future
-Spanish nature
-New York
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-Florida
-Texas
-Black stations
-Jesse Jackson
-Programs
-Advertisers
-Listenship
-Number
-Liberals
-Chairmen
Mrs. Little
-College
-Duke University
-Women’s college
-Marriage
Little, et al., left at 12:56 pm.
The President talked with John W. Dean, III.
[See Conversation No. 37-166]