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Bill Rasmussen founded ESPN with a dream to fulfill. It was launched at 7:00 pm with SportsCenter.
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ABC takes ownership of ESPN. Six year later they sold 20% to the Hearst.
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ESPN became first cable channel to broadcast NFL games. They broadcasted on Sunday nights.
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ESPN came to an agreement to start broadcasting MLB games. Games have been showing since 1990
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ESPN Radio is launched. Kieth Olbermann hosted the first show.
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ABC's 80% of ESPN was sold to Walt Disney CO. ESPN was sold for $19 billion. Today it would cost about $560 billion.
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ESPNEWS was launched. It was similar to other news stations like CNN. The only difference is that it was only about sports.
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The ESPN Magazine was launched.It was published in Bristol, Connecticut
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ESPN makes a deal to cover NBA games. ESPN is the first network to air all 4 major sports.
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ESPNU is launched. It is their first 24 hours college sports channel.
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ESPN gets the right to show Monday Night Football. When this happened ESPN dropped Sunday Night Football which is now broadcasted by NBC.
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ESPN came to a deal to show all CBS games except for the Rose Bowl (Shown by ABC). This deal begins in 2011.
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All of ESPN's platforms together reach 220 million homes in the U.S. That is 76% of the population.
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X Games 15 became the most viewed broadcast ever on ESPN. The X Games were Broadcasted over 4 Days. From 7-30-09 to 8-2-09
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ESPN celebrated their 30th anniversary with SportsCenter. ESPN used old anchors that didn't normally anchor anymore.
