Eagle Television history

The venture proved successful, and in 1888 Katz established the first media representation firm, called the E. Katz Special Advertising Agency, on New York's Park Row, with the Hearst newspapers as its first client.

In 1912 George R. Katz, Emmanuel's son, merged his Chicago firm with his father's New York agency.

He had joined the firm in 1928.

Ed Guilbert, the father of EDI, expanded upon the standardized shipping manifests he had developed with United States Army officers during the 1948 Berlin airlift.

1949: The agency begins representing television stations.

• On April 26, 1968, EBC began its humble operations with a radio station, DZEC 1062, featuring AM news and public service broadcasting.

In 1972 Katz adopted an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). After being a family-owned business for 84 years, the company was sold to its employees for about $3 million.

All of these were losing money when new financial management was brought in; Dick Mendelson was hired by Katz chairman and CEO Jim Greenwald as chief financial officer in 1975.

In 1976 Katz began its in-house data processing operation, Media Data, which later became an important sales tool by providing online computing services to the radio and television stations that Katz represented.

In 1978, The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) used the pioneering work of TDCC and the National Association of Credit Management Credit Research Foundation to charter a committee known as the ASC (Accredited Standard Committee) X12.

ASC X12 (Accredited Standards Committee X12): Introduced by the American National Standards Institute in 1979 and predominantly used in North America

In 1980 Katz acquired Field Spot Sales and formed a new division, Katz National, to represent independent television stations and, later, Fox affiliates.

Katz Broadcasting was formed in 1981 when the company purchased four radio stations from Park City Communications for $16 million and another station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for $3 million from Curtis Communications.

The Public Warehousing Industry created the Warehousing Industry Network Standards (WINS) in 1982, which provided transactions that best suited the needs of their members.

In 1983 Katz acquired the in-house representative for Metromedia television stations, Metro TV Sales.

Katz Radio acquired two major competitors, Christal Radio and RKO Radio Sales, in 1984.

UN/EDIFACT (United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport): widely used international standards developed by the UN in 1987.

1991: Company begins representing cable TV systems.

In January 1992 Katz Communications acquired Seltel International Inc., a competing television representative, for about $15 million.

Katz's plans for an IPO were put on hold when Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities Corp. (DLJ), through its investment fund DLJ Merchant Banking Partners Inc., acquired a majority interest in Katz in July 1994.

In mid-1999 Katz launched a sports marketing division, Sports Spectrum, to represent athletic teams and sports venues.

• On April 23, 2000, EBC launched a television station, NET 25.

By 2004, Wal-Mart adopted the AS/2 standard to communicate with suppliers.

• In May 2011, EBC, mindful of its role in supporting the Philippine broadcast industry, began the operations of Pinas FM 95.5–the Philippines’ premier music station geared towards the uplifting of original Philippine music and the encouraging of Filipino talents in the music industry.