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Originally Posted by Sandy G
Another thing were the giant egos involved. Sarnoff apparently was a world-class horse's arse-one of his quotes was-"I don't get ulcers, I GIVE them." Paley at CBS had a pretty high opinion of himself, too & Major Armstrong apparently was unable to "let it go", & that ultimately destroyed his life. Helluva shame-The Major & Sarnoff initially had been friends-one wonders what could have been accomplished if they'd been able to put aside their differences & worked together.-Sandy G.
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A side note, IIRC, when the World Trade Center was hit on 9-11, WNBC-TV lost their antenna and theyh ad to erect a quick backup antenna on, you guessed it, on Edwin Howard Armstrongs old FM tower at Alpine, New Jersey. Bet Sarnoff was spinning in his grave on that one.
