In the late 1970s, a man named Bill Rasmussen got fired from his job. He was working for a hockey association known as the World Hockey Association. He actually worked for the Whalers which was one of the teams in this association. Also, his son was fired as well. So these two decided to build a channel devoted to all sports.
At first, things did not go so well. They had trouble building the company in their town because there were laws not allowing so many satellite dishes on the roof of their rental property where they were housing their broadcasting system. So, they were able to get the business off the ground, and it became known as ESPN. Now Disney owns it.
