Martha Rountree
TV Program Creator
1911 – 1999
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Who was Martha Rountree?
Martha Rountree was a pioneering broadcast journalist and entrepreneur. She was the creator and first moderator of a public-affairs program, first on radio as The American Mercury from June 24, 1945, and as Meet the Press on the NBC television network from November 6, 1947. She remains the only female moderator in the over-six-decade history of the show.
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- Born
- Oct 23, 1911
Gainesville - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Gainesville
- Died
- Aug 23, 1999
Washington, D.C.
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on July 23, 2013
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