Review Questions #11- Sports Broadcasting

Roone Arledge's influence upon sports broadcasting included all of the following except:

credited for the concept of the product extension

Who is responsible for revolutionizing telecasts of sports by indicating close-up shots of cheerleaders, school bands, the crowd, and the players and coaches on the sidelines?

Roone Arledge

Who produced the program that opened with the phrase, "Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport—The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat"?

Howard Cosell

The first commercial radio broadcast was

November 2, 1920

There are 3 key players in sports broadcast advancement, which one has the wrong match?

Organizations- NBC and ESPN

Which of the following is NOT an event that happened in the early 1960s and that changed both ABC and sport television profoundly?

The Cleveland Rams became the first team to televise all of its home and away games

The first nationwide sport radio broadcast was _________.

the 1926 boxing match between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney.