OT: first televised sporting event in 1939
The first-ever televised sporting event happened 80 years ago today: May 17, 1939.
It was a college baseball game played between Princeton and Columbia. Princeton beat Columbia 2–1 at Columbia's Baker Field. The contest was aired on W2XBS, an experimental station in New York City which would ultimately become WNBC-TV. The game was announced by Bill Stern.
"It was on purpose that coverage was of the second game of a baseball doubleheader between Princeton and Columbia, because during the first game, they all practiced, and took feedback from 30 Rock on the closed circuit run through.
On September 30, 1939 [Bill Stern] called the first televised football game. It was a college game between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets played at Triborough Stadium on New York City’s Randall’s Island. Fordham won the game 34–7."
What a wonderful, ignorant bliss we all might have had if this had never happened.
Also, is this really Babe Ruth's voice in the interview? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tljoA2HRwXk
I've never heard his voice before so I have no idea.
With all the advancement in visual technology, it’s pretty crazy that 70 years later, modern day radio show and podcasts are pretty comparable to what they were. The interjected ads, the speed of conversation.
Yeah, that’s totally Babe Ruth’s voice. Ken Burns’ Baseball documentary captures him as well. That documentary is still, in my opinion, a masterpiece for a sports lover.
I'm guessing Don watched it on his RCA Victor TV in full, glorious Black & White
Times were good, simpler.
You mean during your little staycation in Poland?
Don't blame sons for the sins of their fathers.
That was cool.