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Roger Ailes

American television producer and political consultant

Also known as: Roger Eugene Ailes

Written by Melissa Albert

Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last Updated: Dec 21, 2024 • Article History

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In full:: Roger Eugene Ailes

Born:: May 15, 1940, Warren, Ohio, U.S.

Died:: May 18, 2017 (aged 77)

Founder:: Fox News Channel

Awards And Honors:: Emmy Award (1968); Emmy Award (1967)

Roger Ailes (born May 15, 1940, Warren, Ohio, U.S.—died May 18, 2017) was an American television producer and political consultant who became the founding president of Fox News Channel (1996–16). Ailes, the son of a foreman at a Packard Electric plant, grew up in an Ohio factory town. He began a career in television the year that he graduated from Ohio University (B.A., 1962), serving as a property assistant for the Cleveland-based program The Mike Douglas Show. By 1965 he was working as a producer for the show, and in 1967–68 he served as executive producer, receiving an Emmy Award ...(100 of 440 words)

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