When Was Baseball First Televised?

Baseball has been a part of American culture for over a century. It’s no surprise, then, that it was one of the first sports to be televised. But when was baseball first televised?

The First Live Television Broadcast of a Baseball Game

On August 26, 1939, the first live television broadcast of a baseball game took place. The game was between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was broadcast from Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York. The broadcast was black and white and it was aired on the CBS network.

The First Live Television Broadcast of a Major League Baseball Game

On August 26, 1939, the first live television broadcast of a Major League Baseball game took place at the Brooklyn Dodgers Stadium. The game was between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds. More than 500,000 people tuned in to watch the historic event.

The First Live Television Broadcast of a Minor League Baseball Game

The first live television broadcast of a baseball game took place on August 26, 1939, when W2XBS (now WCBS-TV) televised a minor league game between the Newark Bears and the Syracuse Chiefs at Newark’s Ruppert Stadium. The game was announced by legendary sportscasterRed Barber, who called the game for W2XBS radio station WBMP (now WFAN).

The First Televised Baseball Game

On August 26th, 1939, the first live televised baseball game was between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The game was aired on W2XBS, which was the experimental station of NBC in New York City. This game was a huge milestone not just for baseball, but for television as well.

The First Televised Major League Baseball Game

The first major league baseball game to be televised was a doubleheader between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies on August 26, 1939. The games were broadcast live from Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York. announcers were Red Barber and Connie Desmond. an estimated 1,000 people watched the game in about 40 homes that had television sets.

Television coverage of baseball would become much more common in the years following the first televised game. In 1947, two years after the end of World War II, there were fewer than 500,000 television sets in the United States. By 1953, that number had grown to more than 22 million. And by 1959, every World Series game was being televised.

The First Televised Minor League Baseball Game

The first televised baseball game was a minor league game between the Hartford Senators and the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 26, 1939. The game was aired on W2XBS, which was a experimental station in New York City. Because of the experimental nature of the station, the broadcast had a limited reach.

Nonetheless, this broadcast is considered an important milestone in baseball history. It was the first time that baseball had been aired on television and it gave millions of fans across the country their first glimpse at the sport. The broadcast also paved the way for future broadcasts of baseball games, which would become a staple of American television programming.