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Thousands of dollars in our networks negotiation. i said, wait, that's not how it works, ted. >> from the clubhouse, ted was there. he even put on the uniform and managed the team for a day. >> i figure this is a good time for me to figure out what goes down here on the field. >> i think he might have had the shortest career as a manager that managed the game. >> from 1991 the team has gone from worst to first. four years later, they were world series champs. >> when they won, i'll just never forget. it was one of the great highs of our time together. >> as ted built his super station, he was ...

Race, and bought a bankrupt tv station. >> it was a broken down uhf television station in atlanta. television at its basest form. >> hello, i'm bill teish. >> what next? using that little station to launch a huge idea. >> he began to tell me about how he was going to transform uhf television into this new world of satellite television. >> we changed the name of turner communications to the turner broadcasting system. >> ted renamed the nation wtbs. it became the nation's first superstation. and was one of the first channels of what would evolve into a cable universe with thousands more. >> thi...

Race, and bought a bankrupt tv station. >> it was a broken down uhf television station in atlanta. television at its basest form. >> what next? using that little station to launch a huge idea. >> he began to tell me about how he was going to transform uhf television into this new world of satellite television. >> we changed the name of turner communications to the turner broadcasting system. >> ted renamed the nation wtbs. it became the nation's first superstation. and was one of the first channels of what would evolve into a cable universe with thousands more. >> in the early days of the supe...

He yelled across the room, murph, don't worry about that slump you're in. you're saving me thousands of dollars in our next no. >> from the clubhouse to the dugout, ted was there. he even put on a uniform and managed the team for a day. >> i figure this is a good time for me to get down and find out what goes down here for me on the field. >> i think he may have had the shortest career as a manager in the history of the game. >> by 1981 the team had gone from worst to first. four years later the were world series champs. >> when the won, i'll just never forget. it was one of the great highs of...

From worst to first. four years later the were world series champs. >> when the won, i'll just never forget. it was one of the great highs of our time together. >> as ted built his superstation, he was dreaming up an even bigger idea, a 24-hour news channel. >> this news service will be called the cable news network. >> i worked until 7:00. when i got home the news was over. so i missed television news completely. and i figured there were lots of people like me. >> you can do so much more in 24 hours than you can in 24 minutes. >> you had this maverick down in atlanta, georgia, who had decided...