2007-02-17 18:54:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
ESPN, formerly the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. It was founded by Scott Rasmussen and his father Bill Rasmussen, and launched on September 7, 1979 under the direction of Chet Simmons, who was the network's first President and CEO. The current president, since November 19, 1998, of ESPN is George Bodenheimer. Bodenheimer is also the current head of ESPN on ABC, having been named to that position on March 3, 2003. Its signature telecast, SportsCenter, debuted with the network and aired its 30,000th episode on February 11, 2007. ESPN broadcasts primarily out of its studios in Bristol, Connecticut; it also operates offices out of Charlotte, San Francisco, and Los Angeles which will open in 2009. ESPN is available in over 100 million homes in the United States and over 150 countries and territories via ESPN International. The name of the sport company was lengthened to "ESPN Inc." in February 1985.
ESPN unofficially refers to itself as "The Worldwide Leader in Sports"; the slogan appears on nearly all company media, though its origin is unknown
2007-02-17 19:12:10 · answer #1 · answered by fire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network is the full form of espn.
2007-02-18 00:29:23 · answer #2 · answered by piyush r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ESPN, formerly the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. It was founded by Scott Rasmussen and his father Bill Rasmussen, and launched on September 7, 1979 under the direction of Chet Simmons, who was the network's first President and CEO. The current president, since November 19, 1998, of ESPN is George Bodenheimer. Bodenheimer is also the current head of ESPN on ABC, having been named to that position on March 3, 2003.
2007-02-17 19:01:51 · answer #3 · answered by Aditya S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
2007-02-18 21:12:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
2007-02-17 20:05:18 · answer #5 · answered by sanket 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
2007-02-17 19:13:03 · answer #6 · answered by kk kk kk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ESPN stands for End of Sports to the Public Network
2007-02-18 17:49:58 · answer #7 · answered by Rajeev K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ESPN used to be called Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, this was shortened to ESPN.
2007-02-17 18:58:54 · answer #8 · answered by Kyle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
entertainment and sports programming network
2007-02-17 20:26:17 · answer #9 · answered by ganesh n 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now that IS the full form, much like how Kentucky Fried Chicken is actually just KFC now.
2007-02-17 19:20:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋