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April 16, 1948
- On April 16, 1948, Chicago's WGN-TV (run by Jake Israel) broadcast its first big-league game.
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On April 16, 1948, Chicago's WGN-TV (run by Jake Israel) broadcast its first big-league game. Jack Brickhouse called the Chicago White Sox' 4–1 victory over the Chicago Cubs in an exhibition game at Wrigley Field. WGN televised each Cubs and White Sox home game live. According to Brickhouse,
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On July 17, 1964, a game out of Los Angeles between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers contest became the first Pay TV baseball game. [ citation needed ] Subscription television offered the cablecast to subscribers for money.
Post-World War II’s TV capital was Chicago, having one of every 10 TV sets by 1947. New York WPIX and WOR were first to put baserunner and closeup cameras near each dugout and first and third base. In 1951, WGN Chicago invented today’s center field camera.
Feb 7, 2010 · It’s pretty amazing to look at baseball’s broadcast history and see how it’s evolved over the past 62 years. In 1946, WBKB (then Channel 4) then began broadcasting Cubs baseball. By 1948 ...
Apr 16, 2018 · It all began 70 years ago today, April 16, 1948, with a telecast of a preseason (yes, the season started later in those years!) game between the Cubs and White Sox from Wrigley Field....
