Other firsts in baseball/Event 4
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Month | 5 |
| Date | 17 |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Country | US |
| Description | First Televised Baseball Game: Princeton 2, Columbia 1 |
"The first baseball game ever telecast was a college, rather than a professional game. On May 17, 1939, NBC telecast a game between Princeton and Columbia to the few sets in operation in the New York City area."
Bill Stern announced the game for radio channel W2XBS, which would become WABC-TV.
Sources
T. Brooks and E. March, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (Randon House, Date?) page 89. Accessed in snippet view via Google Books search, 3/8/2010.
See also the Wikipedia entry "Baseball Broadcasting Firsts,"[accessed 5/8/2012].
