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Roger Ailes
American television producer and political consultant
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History & Society
- In full:
- Roger Eugene Ailes
- Died:
- May 18, 2017 (aged 77)
- Founder:
- Fox News Channel
- Awards And Honors:
- Emmy Award (1968)
- Emmy Award (1967)
- On the Web:
- Horatio Alger Association - Roger Eugene Ailes (Mar. 29, 2024)
Roger Ailes (born May 15, 1940, Warren, Ohio, U.S.—died May 18, 2017) American television producer and political consultant who became the founding president of Fox News Channel (1996–16). Ailes, the son of a foreman at a Packard Electric plant, grew up in an Ohio factory town. He began a career in television the year that he graduated from Ohio University (B.A., 1962), serving as a property assistant for the Cleveland-based program The Mike Douglas Show. By 1965 he was working as a producer for the show, and in 1967–68 he served as executive producer, receiving an Emmy Award for his ...(100 of 438 words)