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The Man Who Started The Golf Channel

The Man Who Started The Golf Channel

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Michael Whelan was working in his dream job at HBO when he was asked if he wanted to undertake an enormous challenge.

His boss asked him to start The Golf Channel.

Creating a television channel from nothing but an idea, hiring the various people needed - on-air talent, editors, camera operators, and so on - finding the physical space for studios, edit suites, green rooms, and developing the content for a 24/7 niche sports channel is a huge undertaking at the best of times.

But Michael’s boss gave him an added task: do all that and do it in just five months.

Now 70 years old, Michael Whelan reflects on the time when he was asked to do the near-impossible back in the mid 90s.



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