NBC Broadcasts the World Series
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Popular Culture, Sports
- Subcategories: Entertainment, Entertainers, Television, Radio, Broadcasting, Communications
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: New York City
- Date: September-October, 1947
Article abstract: Television coverage of the 1947 World Series helped create a boom in the sale of television sets and establish a lasting linkage between television and professional sports.
Summary of Event
In the early fall of 1947, the hectic pace of life slowed in New York City, as baseball became the chief preoccupation of its usually bustling citizenry. The upstart Dodgers of Brooklyn won the championship of the National League, and the powerful Yankees returned to their pre-World War II mastery of the American League. The two were to clash in a...
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