Includes bibliographical references and index.

Road to Atlanta -- The demise of a television station -- Only a fool would by a UHF station -- Thirty-nine employees and a decrepit television facility -- The miracle that won the Braves, Hawks, and Flames -- Tantics, tantrums, and triumphs -- Global television equals endless horizon -- SuperStation growing pains -- CNN is born -- CNN international's flame is lit -- American business guru visits Japan -- The "underdog" and other concepts -- A global satellite system - on the cheap -- Encountering opposition in a Chinese democracy -- Cultivating the Asian connection -- Climbing over the Great Wall -- The Battle of Guam -- Perseverance and patience pay off -- South America - The hard way -- Expanding in all directions -- African adventures, Chinese Checkers, and other games -- Success can become a target -- Mapping the first Magellan trip -- Africa open its doors -- Indian intransigence and other hurdles -- Ted twirls a lasso - only to be lassoed -- CNN replaces the "drum" in Africa -- PanAmSat and Rene Anselmo -- CNN's vital link, Africa and Turning to the Soviet Union -- Complications and Tian an Men Square -- Sheiks and satellites -- Gulf revisited and meeting a satellite visionary -- Gulf War puts CNN in spotlight -- The management shuffle and other dance steps -- Joint ventures and adventures in Russia and Eastern Europe -- Mixed signals and mixed opportunities -- Czechmates and other chess moves -- Russian Roulette -- Executive decisions and other crimes -- Project, meltdown.