Frederick W. Ziv
Fred Ziv produced The Cisco Kid, Highway Patrol, Sea Hunt, Bat Masterson, and Boston Blackie. He was a pioneer in developing programs for syndication, first for radio and then for TV, and he was credited with the foresight to produce early TV programs in color, even though TV was a black and white medium at the time. He's also credited with being the "father of syndication," creating and selling programs to entities around the country.
This video is part of CET's Broadcast Pioneers series.
Frederick W. Ziv
Frederick W. Ziv talks about how he passed the Ohio Bar but never worked as a lawyer; an advertisement agency he created; how he formed the Frederick W. Ziv Company; "The freshest thing in town" campaign slogan; and how he invented the process of syndication.
Frederick W. Ziv
Nick Clooney and Frederick W. Ziv talk about how television started; how he split his time between living in Cincinnati and the West Coast; the Cisco Kid; Ziv's creation of the concept of syndication; and how money is made by an advertisement firm/broadcast show writer.
Frederick W. Ziv
In part 3: Fred Ziv explains his part in writing a series; live versus taped formats; moving Highway Patrol from radio to television; and Dean Rodenberry, the producer of Star Trek.
Frederick W. Ziv
Segment 4: Fred Ziv talks about some of the people he worked with -- before they beame successful -- and those with whom he remains in touch, including Cincinnatian Chuck (Charles W.) Fries. He also describes how and why he operated his syndication business out of Cincinnati.
Frederick W. Ziv
Frederick W. Ziv talks with Nick Clooney about his most monetarily successful programs: Cisco Kid, Highway Patrol and Sea Hunt. He also shares his biggest Flop, Harbor Command. Ziv cites a mistake in casting for the programs failure. Ziv personally produced and syndicated 20 plus series in television and even more in radio. Ziv retired in 1965 and began lecturing in the broadcast division of College Conservatory of Music. He taught an interactive course about writing for television. Ziv writes in print to make his work last and expresses that writing is changing to a more listener-based medium through broadcast.
Frederick W. Ziv
Interviewed by Nick Clooney in November 1990, Frederick W. (Fred) Ziv shares his long career in TV production and syndication. He produced The Cisco Kid, Highway Patrol, Sea Hunt, Bat Masterson and Boston Blackie. He was a pioneer in developing programs for syndication, first for radio and then for TV, and credited with the foresight to produce early TV programs in color even though TV was a black and white medium at the time. Ziv died in October 2001.
Each year the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music's Electronic Media Division presents awards named in Mr. Ziv’s honor.