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Harry J. Pappas Dies: Broadcast Mogul & Pappas Telecasting Companies Founder Was 78


Pappas Telecasting Companies was at one time the largest privately-held commercial television broadcast group in terms of household coverage in the United States.

Harry J. Pappas, whose Pappas Telecasting Companies was at one time the largest privately-held commercial television broadcast group in terms of household coverage in the United States, died on April 24 in Reno, according to The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences San Francisco/NorCal chapter. Late last month, the two KMPH morning show anchors whom Pappas brought together when he was GM announced his death on air and bade their former boss an emotional farewell. He was preceded in death by his mother Katherine, his father John, his brothers Pete and Mike, and his sister Mary Pappas Alfieris.

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