SIDNEY PIKE is the retired President of CNN-International Special Projects. He worked for Ted Turner for 25 years (1971-1996). He was Station Manager of WTBS (1971-80). When the UHF-TV station was about to go bankrupt in 1970, Sid Pike stepped in and made it profitable. He led Turner to the purchase of the Atlanta Braves baseball and Atlanta Hawks basketball teams. Pike also saved the WRET-TV station in Charlotte, NC, which Turner later sold for $21 million, generating the seed money for CNN. Turner was the visionary risk-taker, but Pike built CNN International through his persistent globetrotting. After graduating from high school in 1944 Pike joined the Army, working with USOs in Europe. In 1947 he returned to Worcester, Massachussets and studied at Clark University. He worked as a talent scout in New York in 1949 and in 1950 was hired by WBZ-TV in Boston to direct baseball programming. After a 17-year career in television in Boston, he moved to Atlanta to become Station Manager of WQXI-TV. He met Ted Turner there in 1971. Pike has served on the Board of Advisors of several major universities, the Board of the Marshall McLuhan Center on Global Communications, the International Foundation for Global Studies (Avignon, France), and as CEO of the National Education Telecommunications Organization in Washington, D.C. http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php Politics Radio Sandy Springs 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:24:04 -0500 john@radiosandysprings.com Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:20:55 -0500 john@radiosandysprings.com FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.3) http://www.feedforall.com One Man's Opinion SIDNEY PIKE is the retired President of CNN-International Special Projects. He worked for Ted Turner for 25 years (1971-1996). He was Station Manager of WTBS (1971-80). When the UHF-TV station was about to go bankrupt in 1970, Sid Pike stepped in and made it profitable. He led Turner to the purchase of the Atlanta Braves baseball and Atlanta Hawks basketball teams. Pike also saved the WRET-TV station in Charlotte, NC, which Turner later sold for $21 million, generating the seed money for CNN. Turner was the visionary risk-taker, but Pike built CNN International through his persistent globetrotting. After graduating from high school in 1944 Pike joined the Army, working with USOs in Europe. In 1947 he returned to Worcester, Massachussets and studied at Clark University. He worked as a talent scout in New York in 1949 and in 1950 was hired by WBZ-TV in Boston to direct baseball programming. After a 17-year career in television in Boston, he moved to Atlanta to become Station Manager of WQXI-TV. He met Ted Turner there in 1971. Pike has served on the Board of Advisors of several major universities, the Board of the Marshall McLuhan Center on Global Communications, the International Foundation for Global Studies (Avignon, France), and as CEO of the National Education Telecommunications Organization in Washington, D.C Radio Sandy Springs politics,opinion,right,wing http://feeds.feedburner.com/sidneypike no no http://radiosandysprings.com/images/SidneyHead.jpg http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php Sidney Pike 200 208 Radio Sandy Springs 2007politics,opinion,right,wingNews & PoliticsGovernment & Organizationswebmaster@radiosandysprings.comRadio Sandy Springs My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php A4626C14-1970-4E27-A887-F03C9DE0A011 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:20:55 -0500 02/09/08 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 55:15 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Politics no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php F0E3CD65-D17D-4A54-8EDC-3323404DF6D8 Tue, 5 Feb 2008 11:19:27 -0500 02/02/08 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 56:25 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Politics no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 56A676BB-2E01-401C-A3DA-51A2B61EA0D0 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:21:51 -0500 01/27/08 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 56:35 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Politics, Views no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php DABBB995-46C8-4F63-9695-09D7BCB5EC61 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:31:10 -0500 01/13/08 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 55:35 Radio SAndy Springs Political, Views, opinion no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php DC0E996D-BFDC-4B7D-923A-C876E0E49C88 Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:37:27 -0500 01/06/08 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 58:30 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Politics, Views no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php A4DFA142-D5C0-4ED4-9954-9512496242A6 Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:59:02 -0500 12/30/07 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 58:35 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Political, Views no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 822B974E-D97A-4E89-9157-BA8242CFED6F Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:38:11 -0500 12/16/07 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 58:35 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Politics, Views no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 68D9AD86-1F2F-441E-AF49-E677B9130943 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:49:53 -0500 12/09/07 Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 56:35 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Political, View no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 1CCA8240-1694-47A8-BC4B-716456923BA0 Tue, 4 Dec 2007 11:14:39 -0500 12/02/07 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 57:30 Radio Sandy Springs My, Opinion, Politics no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 734B7643-D16A-4558-B95A-F1DF5AA29F52 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:51:16 -0500 11/25/07 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 56:50 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Politics, Views no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 9325CDAC-5660-4092-934C-8484A44AFA48 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:28:03 -0500 11/18/07 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 56:30 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Politics, Views no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 18EC6674-A363-46B1-879A-61E25232F77B Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:35:15 -0500 11/11/07 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 57:35 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Political, Views no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/dCqfvLa8p7A" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/dCqfvLa8p7A/sidney.php 71104E15-A9EB-4DAD-964A-AD6EFF36347B Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:37:05 -0500 11/04/07 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 56:45 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Politics no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 7598FAF7-4228-4069-83BA-0ADB11AEE046 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:53:32 -0500 10/28/07 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 57:35 Radio SAndy Springs Opinion, Politcs, Views no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 17E34861-0DDE-4ACF-8C07-140457896D3B Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:30:11 -0400 10/7/07 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 56:35 Radio Sandy Springs My, Opinion, Politics no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php "My Opinion: Sidney Pike, ""The Iranian Time Bomb: The Mullah Zealots' Quest for Destruction"" with author, Michael A. Ledeen "<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 3E6AE1C4-2512-4AEB-9789-CBE51B103110 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:18:41 -0400 9/16/07 Author Michael A. Ledeen "My Opinion: Sidney Pike, ""The Iranian Time Bomb: The Mullah Zealots' Quest for Destruction"" with author, Michael A. Ledeen " 57:20 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Politics, Quest no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php My Opinion: Sidney Pike<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 9BF12842-C17B-4306-B7D0-EA81012D1FED Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:38:50 -0400 9/7/07 Host Sidney Pike My Opinion: Sidney Pike 57:25 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Politics, no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php Sidney Pike Commentary<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 3F9BD83F-B0C4-4CA4-9EBB-CC2C2B3A4FF4 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:59:55 -0400 8/25/07 My Opinion Sidney Pike Commentary 56:50 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Communications, Education no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php Sydney Pike My Opinion<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php E38F593C-205A-4B53-80B1-9C136020C9EC Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:19:24 -0400 8/19/07 My Opinion Sydney Pike My Opinion 57:50 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion,Politics,Communications,Education no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php Sydney Pike My Opinion<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 4F649F90-F518-41A3-B49E-EC60312B543C Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:00:41 -0400 7/29/07 My Opinion Sydney Pike My Opinion 58:00 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, Views, Sydney, Pike no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php More political and social commentary from Sidney Pike.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php CCDF982A-5D41-4289-A99F-0BC18B1182E7 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:04:13 -0400 7/8/07 My Opinion More political and social commentary from Sidney Pike. 58:15 Radio Sandy Springs Opinion, politics, commentary no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php More political and social commentary from Sidney Pike.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 2397627F-9DB7-4790-91F2-18F8EBF43DB2 Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:09:24 -0400 7/1/07 My Opinion More political and social commentary from Sidney Pike. 59:17 Radio Sandy Springs opinion, politics, society no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php More political and social commentary from Sidney Pike.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 2073A119-263F-4CF7-B5B5-531DE83530F2 Mon, 2 Jul 2007 09:43:18 -0400 6/24/07 My Opinion More social and political commentary from Sidney Pike 1:00:00 Radio Sandy Springs opinion, political, commentary, society no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php Sidney Pike with more of his views on life, politics and all points in between<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php EF81795A-6BF4-41A7-8A86-051F877BFA51 Wed, 30 May 2007 10:04:21 -0400 My Opinion for May 20th 2007 Sidney Pike with more of his views on life, politics and all points in between 59:32 Radio Sandy Springs politics, right wing, republican, opinion no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php Sidney Pike broadcasts three short commentaries every week to compliment his hour long show on Radio Sandy Springs. Today's topic is Tennis<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs) Politics 51FED087-AD1D-4562-BACF-990C75989B36 Tue, 22 May 2007 11:36:34 -0400 Commentary - Tennis Sidney Pike broadcasts three short commentaries every week to compliment his hour long show on Radio Sandy Springs. Today's topic is Tennis 2:55 Radio Sandy Springs tennis, politics, commentary, law, no no http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php Sidney Pike broadcasts three short commentaries every week to compliment his hour long show on Radio Sandy Springs. Today's topic is Dems Do The Right Thing<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs) 09D14BAE-5B34-434C-9E8A-9453CEA28C35 Tue, 22 May 2007 11:26:14 -0400 Commentary - Dems Do The Right Thing Sidney Pike broadcasts three short commentaries every week to compliment his hour long show on Radio Sandy Springs. Today's topic is Dems Do The Right Thing 2:57 Radio Sandy Springs democtrats, republicans, politics, law, government no no http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php Sidney Pike broadcasts three short commentaries every week to compliment his hour long show on Radio Sandy Springs. Today's topic is Communication Awareness<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php Politics 84923BE8-49D5-4874-A07B-207E5F282228 Tue, 22 May 2007 10:37:28 -0400 Commentary - Communication Awareness Sidney Pike broadcasts three short commentaries every week to compliment his hour long show on Radio Sandy Springs. Today's topic is Communication Awareness 3:15 Radio Sandy Springs communication, war, politics, government, opinion no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php Sidney Pike with his opinion on politics, lawmakers, government, foreign policy and every subject under the sun<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/T9jQXN1d4_I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/T9jQXN1d4_I/sidney.php 9FE22675-238D-4462-B13E-5852CD6A91FC Mon, 21 May 2007 13:41:40 -0400 My Opinion for May 13th 2007 Sidney Pike with more biting commentary or life, politics and all things in between. 59:20 Radio Sandy Springs politics, cnn, news, government, law no no webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs)http://www.radiosandysprings.com/sidney.php Sidney Pike dives headlong into more provocative political issues.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sidneypike/~4/2wS5abfHa9E" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sidneypike/~3/2wS5abfHa9E/sidney.php webmaster@radiosandysprings.com (Radio Sandy Springs) 909A28B1-B3AA-43B3-AC35-3CE79D2A4A8B Mon, 21 May 2007 14:45:38 -0400 My Opinion for May 6th 2007 Sidney Pike dives headlong into more provocative political issues. 59:16 Radio Sandy Springs politics, opinions, law, current affairs, no no http://www,radiosandyspring.com/sidney.php Radio Sandy SpringsnonadultOne Man's Opinion