Jack Weir '51.

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Jack Weir '51.

Title: Jack Weir '51.

Record Type: television stations

Record Type: control rooms

Record Type: broadcasting

Record Type: black-and-white prints (photographs)

Record Type: photographs

Record Type: black-and-white photographs

Date: 1988

Description: Jack Weir in the television production control room. Weir was a pioneer in broadcasting operations and engineering, known for leading the change in network distribution from terrestrial (phone lines) to satellite, and for his role in coverage of the Olympics, with a 40-year career at NBC. He was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2012.

Extent: 7.97 x 10 in.

Subject: Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae

Subject: Portraits

Collection: RG 004.05 Office of Communication & Marketing Prints and Negatives Collection, Box 6

Location: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections

Rights Restrictions: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s) (http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/). For questions about rights statements, or access to the original document please contact the Emerson College Archives and Special Collections at www.emerson.edu/library/archives.

Access Restrictions: No known access restrictions

Language: English

Identifier: alumni_weirj_001a.jpg

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