[6] He studied European history at Princeton University, where he played wingback on the football team[7] and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1958.
[1] After an internship with CBS TV News in New York, Holt worked as a reporter at WATV Radio in Birmingham, Alabama.
"When station managers were asked about the first thing they would buy after securing new federal funds, the most frequently mentioned piece of hardware was a typewriter," wrote Michael P. McCauley in his book, NPR.
When PBS was launched, Holt served as its Coordinator of Programming and helped develop such popular series as Masterpiece Theatre, Firing Line, NOVA, The Ascent of Man, and The Electric Company.
[3] He hired Julia Child to “make cooking a public discourse” and Fred Rogers to launch his program for children.