Herb Granath (1928 - November 26, 2019) was an American sportscaster. In 2001, he was awarded the Sports Emmy for Sports Lifetime Achievement Award. Granath spent the bulk of his career with ABC, spearheading their movements into cable and international television. He also served as Chairman of the Board for

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, A&E, The History Channel, Lifetime Television and

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/ABC International. He also served as president of Capital Cities/ABC's Video Enterprises. Following his time with ABC, he served as co-chairman of Crown Media Holdings, vice chairman of Central European Media, and senior content adviser to

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. Granath was a graduate of

Fordham University Fordham University is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1841, it is named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its origina ...

and spent time in the military at the beginning of his career. Granath's wife of over sixty years was Ann Flood."Ann Flood"
Metacritic.com. Retrieved July 6, 2013. Granath lived in

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, and died on November 26, 2019.Herbert A. Granath
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