The Taft Broadcasting Company, also known as Taft Television and Radio Company, Incorporated, was a media conglomerate based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The company is rooted in the family of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States. William Howard's half-brother, Charles Phelps Taft, purchased the Cincinnati Times-Star newspaper in 1879; its later publishers included Charles' son Hulbert Taft, Sr., and grandson Hulbert Taft, Jr.
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The Taft Broadcasting Company, also known as Taft Television and Radio Company, Incorporated, was a media conglomerate based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The company is rooted in the family of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States. William Howard's half-brother, Charles Phelps Taft, purchased the Cincinnati Times-Star newspaper in 1879; its later publishers included Charles' son Hulbert Taft, Sr., and grandson Hulbert Taft, Jr.
The Taft family's involvement in broadcasting began in 1939.
The company is notable for having been the owner of such major media and entertainment properties as Hanna-Barbera, Worldvision Enterprises, Ruby-Spears Productions, KECO Entertainment and many television and radio stations.
It also owned 50% of CIC Video's Australian operations, CIC-Taft Home Video.
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