It cost the fledgling network stations in such large markets as Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Cincinnati.

The fledgling network was so weak in its first days, that, according to Crouch in his autobiography, Hello World!

Some people close to the negotiations said the fledgling network had bid more than the $7 million a game than ABC agreed to pay.

Ten weeks later, the program premiered nationwide on the Fox network and became the fledgling network's first hit series.

In 1974, Cameron was hired by Global Television in Toronto to write, report and host for the fledgling national network.

The fledgling network has sold $130 million of commercial time for the final months of the 1994 season.

The fledgling network began broadcasting from a studio in Greeneville, Tennessee, in 1993 with just one television camera.

Its executives had assured the young film maker that their fledgling network was different: loose, experimental, hip.

The fledgling network grew quickly and organically.

Working on a fledgling network is different from being with one of the giants, Ms. Leifer said.