Edmund N Ansin was an American billionaire and co-founder of Sunbeam Television.
16 Facts About Edmund Ansin
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Edmund Ansin was credited with being an innovator in the television news industry, breaking away from the conventional mold that had been used by other independent stations.
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Edmund Ansin's approach ended up being a success, first in Miami and then in Boston.
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Edmund Ansin's parents were the founding members of Temple Beth Sholom in Miami Beach.
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Edmund Ansin was sent back to Massachusetts for preparatory school at Phillips Academy, Andover.
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Edmund Ansin's brother is former Massachusetts commerce commissioner Ronald Ansin.
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Ed Edmund Ansin became an executive vice president at Sunbeam; after his father's death in 1971, he became Sunbeam's president.
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WCKT changed its call letters to WSVN in 1983, and at the end of 1988, WSVN lost its affiliation with NBC and Edmund Ansin, after rebuking then CBS chairman Laurence Tisch's offer to purchase the station, found himself without network affiliation.
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Rather than follow the conventional approach used by successful independent stations, Edmund Ansin instead decided to focus on news.
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Edmund Ansin shortened the time spent on individual news stories, relied heavily on video and audio effects, and emphasized "on-the-spot" reporting.
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In March 2025, it was announced that Edmund Ansin would be inducted posthumously to the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in June 2025 and would be honored with that organization's Pioneer Award.
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Edmund Ansin was the only person who has received the United Way's Alexis de Tocqueville Award for philanthropy in three different cities.
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Edmund Ansin was divorced from his wife, Toby Lerner Edmund Ansin, who founded the Miami City Ballet.
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Stephanie Edmund Ansin was a co-founder of, and served as artistic director of, The PlayGround Theatre in Miami.
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Edmund Ansin was 84 and had become unwell only over the weekend of his death.
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The Sunbeam Television broadcast operations were expected to continue within the Edmund Ansin family, led by Andrew and James.