Roger Chapin is an American businessman turned fundraiser living in San Diego, who calls himself a "nonprofit entrepreneur", according to Forbes magazine. He has launched more than 20 charities, and until 2009 was the president of Help Hospitalized Veterans, an American charity, whose stated purpose is, "Making time live for America's hospitalized veterans." The New York Times has labelled two of the organizations he founded, Help Hospitalized Veterans and Coalition to Salute America's Heroes as being " among a dozen military-related charities given a grade of F in a study last December by the American Institute of Philanthropy, a nonprofit watchdog group. These and other charities have collected hundreds of millions of dollars from kind-hearted Americans and squandered an unconscionable amount of it on overhead and expenses—70 percent or 80 percent, or more."
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78-522: A joint venture between Starwave and ABC formed in April 1997. Starwave had owned and operated ESPNet SportsZone (later known as ESPN.com ) since 1995, which licensed the ESPN brand and video clips from ABC's corporate sister ESPN Inc. Disney wanted more control of their Internet properties, which meant ABCNews.com was operated as a joint venture with ABC News having editorial control. Disney had also bought
117-558: A commentary in the Washington Times , Chapin wrote of the risks of negotiating with Iran and the possibilities of Iran launching an electromagnetic pulse weapon against the United States. Hoping to "prevent a looming nuclear doomsday," Chapin proposed a two part plan: At the time, Chapin was identified as "founder and president of Make America Safe, a new San Diego–based policy and educational organization focused on
156-680: A court order barring further disclosures. The Cliffords assert a First Amendment right to speak out and say they've done nothing wrong." In 2010, looking at the latest 2008 figures, Forbes again found high fund-raising expenses relative to actual program work at the Coalition. Of "$ 26.2 million spent for calendar year 2008, ... the Coalition by its own accounting spent just $ 5.7 million--22 cents of every dollar--on its two signature programs." Looking at Chapin's own financial gain and management position, Forbes found he "received total compensation of $ 364,000 from [HHV] but reported drawing no pay from
195-471: A decision by Arledge, president of ABC News and Sports, to kill a 13-minute report about Marilyn Monroe , possibly due to his close ties to Ethel Kennedy . 20/20 drew criticism from the program's co-anchors, Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters, and the executive producer, Av Westin. Arledge said that he had killed the piece because it was "gossip-column stuff" and "does not live up to its billing." Downs, however, took issue with Arledge's judgment. "I am upset about
234-463: A lawsuit against two former employees of Coalition to Salute America's Heroes Foundation, Raymond and John Clifford, had been reinstated. Both sides were then involved in pre-trial activities. "The lawsuit says the Cliffords, fired by Chapin in 2007, took 'confidential financial information' and made disparaging remarks about the coalition to reporters. The nonprofit seeks unspecified money damages and
273-455: A minority stake in Starwave before the launch of ABCNews.com and would later buy the company outright. The website initially had a dedicated staff of about 30. In addition to articles, it featured short video clips and audio from the start, delivered using RealAudio and RealVideo technology. Some content was also available via America Online . In 2011, ABC News and Yahoo News announced
312-565: A news focused streaming channel, was launched on Roku. Following a reorganization of ABC's parent company, The Walt Disney Company which created the Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International segment in March 2018, ABC News Digital and Live Streaming, including ABC News Live and FiveThirtyEight , were transferred to the new segment. In an October 2018 Simmons Research survey of 38 news organizations, ABC News
351-567: A strategic partnership to share ABC's online reporting on Yahoo's website; the deal expanded in 2015 to include the Disney/ABC Television Group. In 2018, ABC News, and Good Morning America specifically, ended the hosting partnership with Yahoo, instead opting to continue separate web presences. ABC News Live is a 24/7 streaming video news channel for breaking news, live events, newscasts and longer-form reports and documentaries operated by ABC News since 2018, The channel
390-508: A successful business career. Chapin has also founded Coalition to Salute America's Heroes Foundation in Ossining, New York, the project G.I. Gift Pac, and Citizens for a Drug Free America, and is active in other advocacy endeavors and community works. According to Forbes magazine, early in its reporting on Chapin and his works, there have been dozens of organizations, often with similar and fast-changing names and goals. In March 2009, in
429-566: A veteran of the U.S. Army Finance Corps . Among Chapin's private accomplishments, he was a successful real estate developer in San Diego County, founder of “Fun Art” creative coloring sets, founder of USAopoly —creator and distributor of the very popular special editions of the board game Monopoly . Chapin is married to Elizabeth and they have four children and two grandchildren. They are longtime residents of San Diego, California. Chapin founded Help Hospitalized Veterans (HHV) after
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#1732765860198468-527: A wide range of entertainment and lifestyle programming . The channel was available in the United States and Europe . Its Talk Back feature allowed viewers to voice their input by submitting videos and personal thoughts on controversial issues and current topics. It was shut down as a digital subchannel after its experimental phase ended with the Presidential inauguration in 2005. ABC News Now
507-477: Is available through Roku , Hulu , Disney+ , YouTube TV , Sling TV , Pluto TV , Xumo , FuboTV and the news division's other streaming platforms. The service is under the direction of Justin Dial, Vice President of Streaming Content, Seniboye Tienabeso, Executive Director of ABC News Live, Chandra Zeikel, Executive Producer & Eric Ortega, Executive Producer. This unit is producing: Satellite News Channel
546-552: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation , operates its unrelated news division that is also named ABC News . The U.S. ABC News maintains a content-sharing agreement with the Nine Network , which also broadcasts GMA domestically in the early morning before its own breakfast program . In New Zealand , ABC World News was broadcast daily at 5:10 p.m. and again at 11:35 p.m. As with
585-690: The United States , specifically news and political broadcasting, and broaden the projected points of view . Only a few companies, such as NBC and CBS , dominated the radio market. NBC conducted the split voluntarily in case its appeal of the ruling was denied, and it was forced to split its two networks into separate companies. Regular television news broadcasts on ABC began soon after the network signed on its initial owned-and-operated television station (WJZ-TV, now WABC-TV ) and production center in New York City in August 1948. Broadcasts continued as
624-421: The 1970s, the network had effectively turned around, with its prime-time entertainment programs achieving more substantial ratings and drawing in higher advertising revenue and profits for ABC overall. With the appointment of the president of ABC Sports , Roone Arledge as president of ABC News in 1977, ABC invested the resources to make it a significant source of news content. Arledge, known for experimenting with
663-451: The 97% efficiency rate that the charity claims. Other Forbes reporting in regard to the HHV organization claims that of every dollar given, only nine cents went to therapeutic arts-and-crafts kits for wounded GIs (a primary purpose of the charity), while another five cents went towards associated overhead and for counselors to visit hospitals and nursing homes. Forty-seven cents of spending
702-459: The ABC network expanded nationwide. Until the early 1970s, ABC News programs and ABC in general consistently ranked third in viewership behind CBS and NBC news programs. ABC had fewer affiliate stations and a weaker prime-time programming slate to support the network's news operations compared to the two larger networks, each of which had established their radio news operations during the 1930s. By
741-692: The Internet, and not necessarily to the telecasts alone. In June 1998, ABC News (which owned an 80% stake in the service), Nine Network and ITN sold their respective interests in Worldwide Television News to the Associated Press . Additionally, ABC News signed a multi-year content deal with AP for its affiliate video service, Associated Press Television News (APTV), while providing material from ABC's news video service, ABC News One, to APTV. Scandal erupted in 1985 over
780-1193: The ages of 18 and 34. The network replaced ABC News Now , a mainly streaming service of ABC News content. In December 2015, it was reported that Disney was in talks to sell its stake in Fusion to Univision. The split was complete on April 21, 2016; Univision alone would continue to operate Fusion until December 31, 2021, when it shut down the network. New York (Main Headquarters) Washington, D.C. Atlanta Chicago Dallas Los Angeles London Miami Paris San Francisco Auckland Current ABC News Radio personnel Contributors ('†' symbol indicates person deceased) In Australia, Sky News Australia airs daily broadcasts of ABC World News Tonight (at 10:30 a.m.) and Nightline (at 1:30 a.m.) as well as weekly airings of 20/20 (on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m., with an extended version at 2:00 p.m. on Sundays) and occasionally Primetime (at 1:30 p.m. on Thursdays, with extended edition at 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays). Coincidentally, that country's public broadcasting ,
819-660: The attorney general, when Chapin retired in 2009, the charity's board retroactively inflated his annual salary in order to justify giving him a $ 2 million retirement pension. ABC News (United States) ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC . Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ABC World News Tonight with David Muir ; other programs include morning news-talk show Good Morning America , Nightline , Primetime , 20/20 , and Sunday morning political affairs program This Week with George Stephanopoulos . In addition to
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897-572: The charitable cause, leading to a grade of "F" from the watchdog group. According to Daniel Borochoff, the president of AIP, "[Chapin] is a charity entrepreneur. He's very good at setting up charities that don't do so much charitable but bring in lots, lots of money." AIP followed up on Chapin with an article in its December 2010 issue of the Charity Rating Guide & Watchdog Report . According to AIP, “After enjoying years of generous, multiple six-figure salaries and perks paid with
936-583: The charity's funds, such as use of a $ 444,600 condo in northern Virginia owned by HHV, access to a $ 17,000 country club membership, and large reimbursements for hotel, restaurant, and other expenses, Chapin's retirement from HHV was marked by a $ 1.9 million payout to the exiting president.” After the Washington Times commentary ran in March 2009, Forbes found that Chapin's new foundation had been incorporated in 2008 and granted IRS 501(c)3 non-profit status in 2009. Forbes also noted at this time that
975-573: The day of her death. Fred Otash, a detective who said he was the chief wiretapper, is interviewed on camera, and ABC staff members said three other wiretappers corroborated his account. In addition, several people not in the book say on camera that Monroe kept diaries with references to meetings with the Kennedy brothers, according to a staff member who has seen the report. "It set out to be a piece which would demonstrate that because of alleged relations between Robert Kennedy and John F. Kennedy and Monroe,
1014-578: The division's television programs, ABC News has radio and digital outlets, including ABC News Radio and ABC News Live , plus various podcasts hosted by ABC News personalities. ABC began in 1943 as the NBC Blue Network , a radio network that was spun off from NBC , as ordered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1942. The reason for the order was to expand competition in radio broadcasting in
1053-425: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HHV&oldid=1027004218 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Help Hospitalized Veterans Chapin, 76 in 2008, is a graduate of Middlebury College , Middlebury, Vermont and
1092-526: The other organizations. The [HHV] Web site says he retired in August 2009 and left its board; a protégé, Mike Lynch, assumed Chapin's presidency. Chapin's current pay arrangements with his nonprofits haven't been revealed." Also: In August 2012 the California Attorney General's office sued HHV, saying that Chapin and his successor, Michael Lynch, "grossly overpaid" and approved lavish perks for themselves from donated funds. According to
1131-445: The presidency was compromised because organized crime was involved," he said. "Based on what has been uncovered so far, there was no evidence." Arledge's decision to kill the broadcast resulted in the subsequent decision of Geraldo Rivera to leave ABC entirely. Rivera was a 20/20 correspondent but did not work on that story. He had been publicly critical of Arledge's decision. Arledge, a champion and defender of Rivera, said he thought
1170-449: The story needed more work. The story probed purported affairs between actress Marilyn Monroe, President John F. Kennedy, and his brother Robert F. Kennedy. On August 7, 2014, ABC announced that it would relaunch its radio network division, ABC Radio , on January 1, 2015. The change occurred following the announcement that Cumulus would replace its ABC News radio service with Westwood One News (via CNN ). On September 20, 2019, ABC Radio
1209-401: The threat posed by radical Islamics to U.S. national security." On September 3, 2007, a Forbes magazine article by William P. Barrett titled "Shell Game" reported that Chapin and his wife Elizabeth are accused of spending the money raised by their non-profit organizations to fund their own lifestyles, vehicles, and real estate investments—rather than to benefit troops or wounded veterans at
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1248-442: The way it was handled," he said in an interview. "I honestly believe that this is more carefully documented than anything any network did during Watergate. I lament the fact that the decision reflects badly on people I respect and it reflects badly on me and the broadcast." Additionally, Westin said: "I don't anticipate not putting it on the air. The journalism is solid. Everything in there has two sources. We are documenting that there
1287-574: Was a joint venture between ABC News and Group W that launched on June 21, 1982, as a satellite-delivered cable television network. SNC used footage from ABC News and seven Washington, D.C. –based crews and stories from other overseas networks to provide a rotating newscast every 20 minutes. However, this channel had difficulty getting clearance from cable systems, so ABC News and Group W decided to sell it to its competitor, CNN (a subsidiary of Time Warner 's Turner Broadcasting System ). CNN ceased Satellite News Channel's operations on October 27, 1983. SNC
1326-424: Was a relationship between Bobby and Marilyn and Jack and Marilyn. A variety of eyewitnesses attest to that on camera." Two other aspects of the unaired report, according to an ABC staff member who has seen it, are eyewitness accounts of wiretapping of Monroe's home by Jimmy Hoffa , the teamster leader, that reveal meetings between her and the Kennedy brothers, and accounts of a visit to Monroe by Robert F. Kennedy on
1365-464: Was either replaced by CNN or CNN2 on most cable systems. ABC News Now was a 24-hour cable news network that launched on July 26, 2004, as a digital subchannel by ABC News, being the company's second attempt in the 24-hour cable news world after Satellite News Channel . It was offered via digital television , broadband and streaming video at ABCNews.com and on mobile phones . It delivered breaking news , headline news each half hour, and
1404-457: Was for direct-mail expenses, with the remainder going for the salaries of the charity staff, etc. On November 9, 2007, ABC News reported that Chapin and his wife, as founders and employees of the charitable organization, Help Hospitalized Veterans, paid themselves more than half a million dollars a year in salary. The American Institute of Philanthropy claims that of the $ 70 million that HHV received in contributions last year, only 31% went to
1443-571: Was ranked the second most trusted news organization by Americans, behind The Wall Street Journal . ABC News Radio is the radio service of ABC Audio , a division of the ABC News. Formerly known as ABC Radio News , ABC News Radio feeds through Skyview Networks with newscasts on the hour to its affiliates. ABC News Radio is the largest commercial radio news organization in the US. ABCNews.com launched on May 15, 1997, by ABC News Internet Ventures,
1482-477: Was renamed as ABC Audio as the network has evolved to offer a podcast portfolio and other forms of on-demand and linear content. In April 2018, it was announced that FiveThirtyEight would be transferred to ABC News from ESPN, Inc. , majority owned by The Walt Disney Company . On September 10, 2018, ABC News launched a second attempt to extend its Good Morning America brand into the afternoon with GMA3: What You Need to Know . In May 2019, ABC News Live ,
1521-515: Was replaced on cable providers with Fusion on October 28, 2013. Fusion was a digital cable and satellite network owned and operated by Fusion Media Group , LLC, which was a joint venture between ABC News and Univision Communications . ABC and Univision formally announced their launch on May 2, 2012. Launched on October 28, 2013, Fusion features a mix of traditional news and investigative programs along with satirical content aimed at English-speaking Hispanic and Latino American adults between
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