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On June 1, 1939, NBC (or technically, WNBT, which would eventually becoming NBC's flagship affiliate, WNBC) became the first American television network to broadcast a boxing match. Emanating from Yankee Stadium in New York City, Bill Stern provided the blow-by-blow commentary for the fight between Lou Nova and Max Baer .
The year 1939 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1939. ... June 1 – The first heavyweight boxing ...
The Friday night program, broadcast from Madison Square Garden lasted until June 24, 1960, a 14-year period which is, by far, the longest continuous run of any boxing program in television history. The Gillette sponsorship began at the start of the first full television programming season, 1948-49 .
That day, the opening ceremony and Roosevelt's speech were seen on black and white television sets with 5 to 12-inch tubes. [1] The exhibits of the 1939 New York World's Fair included early television sets. [2] May 1 - Four models of RCA television sets went on sale to the general public in various department stores around New York City. The ...
The first pay-per-view sporting event in history took place when a live BBC Television broadcast of a boxing match between Eric Boon and Arthur Danahar was shown at three London cinemas. In 1939 only about 20,000 London households had television sets in a city of 8.6 million people, and the crowds at the cinemas were completely packed. [31] [32 ...
However, Farr resumed the fight after the count reached two. Both men were in a state of exhaustion in the last round. This fight put Nova on the American boxing map as a potential heavyweight title contender. He went on to defeat Max Baer in the first televised heavyweight prizefight June 1, 1939, on WNBT-TV in New York. The left side of Baer ...
On August 26, 1939 Major League Baseball was televised for the first time. 1920: The 19th amendment was adopted, giving women the right to vote. 1944: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris, one day after ...
Boxing in the 1940s in many ways reflected worldwide events that affected other endeavors as well. [ 1 ] World War II raged early in the decade, and just like baseballers, many popular boxers went overseas to fight for their countries, Joe Louis , Billy Conn , Beau Jack , and Bob Montgomery among them.