Mary V. Ahern

Mary Virginia Ahern (October 15, 1922 – May 1, 2021) was an American radio and television producer.

She helped the Library of Congress to identify television content worthy of historic preservation.

After graduation in 1942, she served in the Army Chemical Warfare Service for three years during the Second World War, supervising production and procuring lethal combat weapons.

Major roles during her professional career stemmed from her work with Robert Saudek.

She interested Leonard Bernstein in participating in the first Omnibus program featuring him, in 1954, when he discussed the first movement of Beethoven's fifth symphony.

[3] A huge copy of a page from the Beethoven musical score covered the floor of the set.

[citation needed] During the decade that followed, the weekly program progressed through the three competing broadcasting companies that dominated the emerging live television industry.