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Al Masini (Alfred Michael Masini) was born on 5 January, 1930 in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S., is an American television producer. Discover Al Masini's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?
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Alfred Michael Masini |
Occupation |
Television producer |
Age |
80 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
Born |
5 January 1930 |
Birthday |
5 January |
Birthplace |
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
Date of death |
29 November, 2010 |
Died Place |
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
Nationality |
United States
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Al Masini Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Al Masini's Wife?
His wife is Maria Masini (m. 1958-1985)
Noreen Donovan (m. 1988-1993)
April Masini (m. 1995-2000)
Charlyn Honda (m. 2001)
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Wife |
Maria Masini (m. 1958-1985)
Noreen Donovan (m. 1988-1993)
April Masini (m. 1995-2000)
Charlyn Honda (m. 2001) |
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Al Masini Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Al Masini worth at the age of 80 years old? Al Masini’s income source is mostly from being a successful television. He is from United States. We have estimated Al Masini's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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Source of Income |
television |
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Timeline
Alfred Michael Masini (January 5, 1930 – November 29, 2010) was an American television producer.
Al Masini was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Raised by his widowed mother, Masini started working after school at age 10 in a Tootsie Roll factory to help support the family after his father died.
Masini graduated from Xavier High School in 1948 and from Fordham University in 1952, where he was a three-sport star.
After serving as an Air Force officer during the Korean War, he found a job in the CBS News department.
From there he moved to CBS Network Station Relations and then into television sales.
By the late 1950s, Masini was a spot sales representative for the Edward Petry Company (now Petry Media), an advertising company.
There he developed sales systems and procedures and established the first programming department.
He also created individual spot pricing, a system by which each individual spot was priced according to the actual size of the audience.
In December 1968, Masini founded TeleRep in New York City to sell advertisements for client television stations.
TeleRep grew to represent hundreds of stations and entered the TV programming business.
The firm is now part of CoxReps, a television station sales company.
In 1976 Masini and TeleRep organized Operation Prime Time, a consortium of American independent television stations, to develop high-quality prime time programming for local, independent stations.
Working with Richard H. Frank, who was the general manager of KCOP-TV Los Angeles, Shelly Cooper, general manager of WGN-TV Chicago, and representatives of KTVU, WPIX and KSTW, Masini organized a plan by which individual stations, acting collectively, would commission their own big-budget programs, thereby circumventing the major networks.
Under this arrangement, the bulk of commercial time would be sold on a local basis, reversing the pattern followed by the major networks.
Operation Prime Time was launched in May 1977, with Testimony of Two Men, a six-hour series based on Taylor Caldwell’s best-selling novel, debuting on 93 stations.
Another early program, David Frost’s conversations with Richard Nixon, drew 45 million viewers.
Among the early executives to sign on were Frank Price of Universal Television, who offered the Caldwell novel, and Archa Knowlton, media-services director for General Foods.
Operation Prime Time specials include many Emmy Award nominees and several Emmy winners, such as Ingrid Bergman in A Woman Called Golda, about Israeli Prime minister Golda Meir; Alec Guinness in Smiley’s People; Louis Gossett Jr.. in Sadat, a 1983 miniseries on Egyptian President Anwar Sadat; Robert Blake in Blood Feud, about Jimmy Hoffa and Robert F. Kennedy; and Barbara Taylor Bradford’s A Woman of Substance.
Masini also founded Television Program Enterprises (TPE), the production arm of TeleRep.
TPE owned and ran Operation Prime Time.
Masini created and produced many popular syndicated series and made-for-TV movies.
His programs won more than 35 Emmy Awards and include the long-running shows Entertainment Tonight; Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous; Fame, Fortune and Romance; Solid Gold; and Star Search.
For Entertainment Tonight, Masini pioneered the use of satellites to transmit the syndicated program.
Masini and his third wife, April Masini, lobbied to change Hawaii state law to lure movie and TV productions to the islands.
Broadcasting Inaugural Hall of Fame, 1991
They have been credited with persuading the producers of Baywatch and Pacific Blue to film in Hawaii, and they brought the Miss Universe 1998 Pageant to the Stan Sheriff Arena, along with delegations and news media from 85 countries.
Masini died of melanoma in Honolulu, Hawaii.
His survivors were Charlyn Honda Masini, whom he had married in 2001, a sister, Melba Marvinny, and two nieces.
He had no children of his own.
National Association of Broadcasters, Broadcast Pioneer Award, 2003