1940's Sports | Sports and Television

"Fifty Mile Bleachers"

Magazine article

By: Edward P. Morgan

Date: September 27, 1947

Source: Morgan, Edward P. "Fifty Mile Bleachers: Television is Becoming Big Business at the Corner Bar and Grill." Colliers 120, September 27, 1947.

"Inside Sports: Things to Come"

Magazine article

By: Bill Fay

Date: February 19, 1949

Source: Fay, Bill. "Inside Sports: Things to Come." Colliers 123, February 19, 1949.

Introduction

In the late afternoon of May 17, 1939, an event took place in New York City that would change the world of sport forever. With the flip of a switch at the RCA Building, a visual image appeared on a little silver screen. W2XBS broadcasted a Columbia-Princeton baseball game, marking the first sporting event shown on the new visual medium. Veteran radio announcer, Bill Stern,...