Researching Frank Batten
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2763 people with the Batten surname? In that year Batten was ranked number 1435 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Frank means "Form of FRANCIS. (Male) A Free Man" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Frank Batten on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Frank Batten and the Batten Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 3441 people with the Batten surname in the UK? Batten is now ranked number 1638 for popularity in the UK. |
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Frank Batten
Frank Batten (February 11, 1927 – September 10, 2009) was a co-founder of the first nationwide, 24-hour cable weather channel, The Weather Channel. His media company, Landmark Media Enterprises, once owned nine daily newspapers, more than 50 weekly newspapers, television stations in Las Vegas and Nashville, and a national chain of classified advertising publications.
Batten assumed leadership in 1954 of two newspapers, The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star in Norfolk, Virginia, parlaying those papers into a media conglomerate by acquiring other newspapers, radio stations, and television stations and establishing a cable outlet as well as the national cable weather channel. Until 2008, the company, Landmark Communications, now Landmark Media Enterprises, was one of the country’s largest privately held media companies.
Batten sold TeleCable (a multi-system cable TV company) in 1995 to TCI for $1 billion and the Weather Channel in 2008 to NBC Universal and two private equity firms for nearly $3.5 billion.
Batten served as chairman of the Associated Press from 1982 to 1987.
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