HIST205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Roone Arledge, Aretha Franklin, Sportscenter
3 Apr 2013
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1896 broadcasting of sports started in canada, stanley cup series bet winnipeg & montreal play by play sent via cpr telegraph line. 1911 kansas vs. missouri football game play by play sent along a western union telegraph wire. 1923 first radio broadcast of ice hockey game from toronto"s arena gardens on radio station. 1923 using upright telephone, hockey broadcasting pioneer foster hewitt made his first radio broadcast. 1931 general motors hockey broadcast begins. 1936 olympic games in berlin were carried by cable to berlin & leipzig. Bbc began transmitting the world"s first public tv service. 1938 first american sports telecast (waynesburg vs. fordham college football game on nbc) 1952 tv stations in montreal & toronto begin service in canada. 1920 wwj detroit gave result of jack dempsey-billy miske heavyweight fight. 1921 1st baseball game broadcast from pittsburgh on kdka. 1922 5 million fans listen to some games world series.
