Broadcasting baseball
Subtitle: a history of the national pastime on radio and television
By: Eldon L. Ham
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers; McFarland; McFarland & Company
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780786446445
Subjects: Television and baseball; Televised baseball games; Radio sports events; Baseball announcers; Radio and baseball; History
Description: "This work covers the development of the baseball broadcasting industry from the first telegraph reports, the influence of early pioneers at Pittsburgh's KDKA and Chicago's WGN, including the first World Series, the launch of the Telstar Satellite, the Carlton Fisk homerun in 1975 World Series, through New Millenium computer graphics, HD television, and the Internet"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.