Other firsts in baseball/Event 15
From SABR Encyclopedia
< Other firsts in baseball(Difference between revisions)
Mccrayl01 (Talk | contribs)
(Created page with '{{Origins-other |Year=1949 |Month=10 |City=New York |State=NY |Country=US |Description=First televised World Series |Approved=Yes |Pagetext= An estimated 3.9 million viewers turn…')
(Created page with '{{Origins-other |Year=1949 |Month=10 |City=New York |State=NY |Country=US |Description=First televised World Series |Approved=Yes |Pagetext= An estimated 3.9 million viewers turn…')
Latest revision as of 21:04, 9 May 2012
| Spread project: Home -> Other firsts -> Other firsts in baseball/Event 15 |
| Year | 1949 |
|---|---|
| Month | 10 |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Country | US |
| Description | First televised World Series |
An estimated 3.9 million viewers turned in to the first televised World Series in 1949. The games, shown in the New York area, were sponsored by Gillette and Ford, "becoming television's first mass audience."
Sources
Wikipedia entry, "Baseball Broadcasting Firsts" [accessed 5/9/12].
