Sports Broadcasting Final

First radio talk show

Late 60s in california on AM

True or False: Billy Jean King became an outspoken proponent for Gay rights because she came out very early in her career and saw how badly the LBGT community was treated by the media

False

True or False: ESPN was founded with the idea of being the first all-sports network

False

True or False: Jackie Robinson and Red Barber had a very contemptuous relationship

False

True or False: Vin Scully got his start when Red Barber hired him to help out on Los Angeles Dodger games

False

Billy Jean King felt that she had to play Bobby Riggs after this famous tennis player lost her match with him

Margaret Court

True or False: The Chicago Cubs are the first major league team to allow their games to be broadcast on radio. Quinn Ryan provided the play-by-play and become the mid-wests most famous broadcaster. He also gave birth to what is known as the "mid-west rooting style" of play-by-play

True

Technical Aspects of interviewing on TV

make sure the interviewee is aware they are being recorded; face forward; record questions again later

Television sports writing uses what page format?

split page (audio/video)

Three parts of a TV interview

stand up, interview, B-roll

First televised world series

1947 NBC Yankees-Dodgers

First celebrity sportscaster

Graham McNamee

First commercial radio station to go on air

KDKA pittsburgh PA 1921

Radio's dominance comes to an end due to

TV in early 1950s

Sportscaster credited for adding color commentary

Ted Husing

When wrapping up an interview

"Briefly, why..." "in a word..."

By 1939 all 16 major league teams were broadcasting their games of radio. Which three teams were the last to allow daily broadcasts of their games.

Yankees, Dodgers and Giants

Script Writing

- always put hyphens between letters you want to say (N-F-L) -say the entire name the first time you say an acronym -numbers one through nine are spelled out -score is nothing, not zero

Basketball schedule

-arrive day before: park and power the truck -build cameras, run audio, build graphics -game, strike

Football Schedule

-arrive two days prior to game -truck is parked and powered on day one -day two: build cameras, run cables, set up audio, graphics, production meetings -day of: FAX, run through open, pre-record sections -game, strike

Getting the most of an interview

-be prepared: homework before and during -ask simple open ended questions -ask what they mean if given a typical answer -listen for follow up questions -never as "how does it feel" -identify yourself and where you are from -five W's: who, what, when, where, why

Sports Center

-broken into segments (ABCDF run sheet) -stories are written (often by the anchor) and on the teleprompter -A's are the lead stories -floating a story is usually done with C segments down -highlights use a clip sheet given to the anchor from the editor explaining what is on the highlight

ESPN (entertainment sports programming network)

-founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen to provide local coverage of Connecticut sports -cost of land line was too high so they looked into satellite -no rights to many sports, sports center concept developed

Baseball schedule

-park and power day of -build cameras, graphics, booth, audio -pre-tape sections and opening -game, strike

Rules of broadcast sports writing

-use an active voice -use proper grammar -attributions always come first -use simple words and numbers -keep it clean -5 W's -Don't bury the lead

First "network" broadcast

1921 boxing done simultaneously between WJZ and WJY

First commercial use of TV technology

1939

First sport event covered by the newspaper

1869 Harvard vs Oxford crew

Telephone

1876: Alexander Gram Bell

First Big Football Game

1879 Harvard vs Yale on thanksgiving day

First radio broadcast

1912 UoMinnesota PBP expirement (no one heard)

Ad revenue on tv exceeds radio for the first time

1954

In what year does televisions ad revenue exceed radio for the first-time

1954

Videotape Recorder invented

1956

First live blimp shot

1959 orange bowl

First telecast of the Olympics

1960

Super Bowl 1

1967 - Green Bay Packers vs Kansas City Chiefs

Heidi Game

1968 NBC leaves the game with a minute left and Oakland comes back for the win

Fists of Freedom

1968 Summer Olympics - Tommy, lee, carlos)

Monday Night Football

1970 made by Roone Arledge

First FIFA women's world cup

1991

Re-creations were a part of baseball broadcasting almost from the start. What year saw the last radio recreation as Western Union discontinued telegraphic play-by-play services?

1991

The first case of long distance information sharing

490 BC early greeks and romans sent a runner to Athens to alert the people that the greeks won the battle

Only sport where PBP has to keep their own score

Baseball

Which of the following announcers called MLB games for NBC from 1985-89, and still does games for the MLB Network. He is one of the best interviewers of all-time, not only sports figures but in general. He has also host more Olympic games then anyone with the possible exception of Jim McKay

Bob Costas

In 1953 this television network began airing NFL games on Saturday night. This is widely credited as being the start of the rise of football in America that continues to this day.

DuMont

First advertiser to recognize the impact of TV

Gillette

First full time radio announcer

Harold Arlin - baseball between Pirates and Phillies

Two types of interviews

Informational and Interpretive

This Emmy Award winning announcer has done the rare 3-peat (twice), broadcasting the Super Bowl, Final Four and the Masters over a 63 day period of time. He is known for his saying "A tradition like no other" when referring to the Masters.

Jim Nantz

First televised sporting event

May 1939 - Princeton vs Columbia baseball on NBC

Early voice of the Yankees

Mel Allen

What segment made sports radio on WFAN take off?

Mike and the Mad Dog

According to the documentary on the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Harry Edwards was the founder of what organization.

Olympic Project for Human Rights

First female sports broadcaster on network television

Phyllis George

On radio, the ______ announcer is the star

PBP

Is baseball better suited for TV or radio?

Radio

With the launch of Telstar in 1962 satellite broadcasting was made possible. Which of the following was the first European event televised via satellite to the United States.

The Grand Prix of LeMans

This PBP announcer is the youngest to ever call a World Series game (25-years old). He attended Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. He is known for letting the crowd tell the story and valuing description over stats. He is considered the best baseball PBP announcer of all-time by most scholars.

Vin Scully

This person is considered the best baseball broadcaster of all-time. His ability to tell a story while continuing to do play-by-play is legendary. He worked alone on both TV and radio his entire career

Vin Scully

First broadcast of a live sporting event from hundreds of miles away

WEAF in NY doing chicago vs princeton

What was the first all-sports radio station in the US?

WFAN

First all sports talk radio station

WFAN in 1980s

What two stations were the first to use satellite technology to broadcast their signal. They become the worlds first "superstations

WTBS and WGN

First US team to play for a world championship

Womens soccer

Football PBP on radio

always give down and distance, yard line, location on field, formation, score, time remaining, quarter

Basketball PBP

always know where the ball is, the score, who has the ball, and time left

On TV, the _____ is the star

analyst (PBP focuses on who did what)

Technical Aspects of interviewing on radio

capture natural sounds; find a quiet spot; leave space between answer and next question; standard outcue

PONY express

first big breakthrough in the US of moving information across space

Wide World of Sports

first telecasted in 1961

Easiest PBP sport to call

football (downtime between plays, but not too much)

Telegraph

invented in 1700s but adopted in US in 1844 after Samuel Morse showed how it could be used; allowed for the flow of information instantly for the first time

Football: after the snap (TV)

lay out just before the snap; identify the ball carrier (offensive hero); identify who made the tackle (defensive hero); set up the analyst

Football PBP on TV

provide the same information as radio but viewers can see it so you can leave things out; job is to set up the analyst; short-clear-concise

Above the line

refers to those involved in the creative end of production (producer, associate producers, assistant producers, director, on-air talent); usually get paid a flat fee rather than by hour

Below the line

refers to those who work in a technical capacity on the show (technical director, AD, graphics, replay, camera, engineering, A1, A2, editors); usually paid hourly or daily rate

Three categories of TV PBP

setting the situation, identification, commentary (analyst)

First MLB team to allow broadcasts of every game

the Cubs end of 1920s