Sept. 6, 1920 First Radio Broadcast
of a Prizefight -Jack Dempsey vs. Billy Miske - WWJ
Nov. 25, 1920 First Radio Play-by-Play Broadcast of
a Collegiate Football Game - Texas University vs.
Mechanical College of Texas - WTAW
Aug. 5, 1921 First Radio Broadcast of a Baseball Game-Pittsburgh
Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies Harold Arlin on KDKA
Aug. 6, 1921 First Radio Broadcast of a Tennis Match
- Australia vs. Great Britian, Davis Cup - Harold Arlin
on KDKA
Oct. 5, 1921 First Radio Broadcast of a World Series-
New York Yankees vs. New York Giants Sandy Hunt and Tommy
Cowan on WJZ
Oct. 7, 1922 First Radio Chain Broadcast-
WJZ and WGY transmitted a World Series game from the field Grantland
Rice and Graham McNamee
Nov. 24, 1923 First Radio Broadcast of the Annual
Army -Navy football game - Graham McNamee
Jan. 1, 1927 First Coast-to-Coast Radio Program
- Univ. of Alabama vs. Stanford - originating from Pasadena, Calif.,
broadcast from the Rose Bowl - NBC network
May 17, 1939 First Televised Sports Event
- Columbia vs. Princeton baseball - Bill Stern on NBC
Aug. 26, 1939 First Television Broadcast of a Pro
Baseball Game - Cincinnati Reds vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
Red Barber on W2XBS
Oct. 22, 1939 First Television Broadcast of a Pro
Football Game-Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Eagles
- W2XBS
Feb. 25, 1940 First Television Broadcast of a Hockey
Game-New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens -W2XBS
Feb.28, 1940 First Televsion Broadcast of a Basketball
Game -Fordham Univ. vs. Univ. of Pittsburgh W2XBS
Sept. 30, 1947 First Televised World Series-New
York Yankees vs.Brooklyn Dodgers - aired on three stations: WABD,
WCBS, WNBT -Bob Edge, Bob Stanton and Bill Slater
Oct. 3, 1951 First Coast-to-Coast Television Broadcast
of a Baseball Game-NY Giants vs.Brooklyn Dodgers,
Game 3 of NL playoffs. Giants win on Bobby Thomson’s homerun
known as the “Shot Heard ’Round the World.”-
Ernie Harwell
Aug. 26, 1955 First Color Television broadcast
- Davis Cup match between Australia and the U.S. - NBC
July 23, 1962 First Satellite Telecast via Telstar
Communications - included portion of Chicago Cubs
vs. Philadelphia Phillies from Wrigley Field - Jack Brickhouse
Jan.15, 1967 First Television Broadcast of a Football
Championship- Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs
- Jack Buck
Nov. 8, 1972 First Sports Telecast by HBO
- New York Rangers vs. Vancouver Canucks from Madison Square Garden
reaches HBO’s 365 subscribers in Wilkes Barre, Pa. - Marty
Glickman
Aug. 16, 1976 First Pro Football Game Outside the
United States- St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego
Chargers in Japan- Jack Buck
Aug. 3, 1993 First Woman to do Television Play-by-Play
of a Baseball Game -Colorado Rockies vs. Cincinnati
Reds -Gayle Gardner on KNGN-TV in Denver
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