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NBC Sports' history can be traced back to May 17, 1939, when experimental television station W2XBS in New York City (which would eventually become WNBC-TV) televised an intercollegiate baseball game between Columbia and Princeton.
(Top) History. Olympics. Branding. Programs throughout the years. Notable personalities. Presidents and chairmen. Main competitors. References. External links. NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast.
- Pete Bevacqua (chairman, NBC Sports Group)
- NBC
- May 17, 1939; 84 years ago
- Stamford, Connecticut
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Dec 21, 2018 · December 21, 2018. NBC Sports looks back at its history — including iconic NBA theme music. By Michael P. Hill. NBC Sports has built an interactive timeline of its history — including a...
Jan 23, 2018 · 1939 – NBC broadcasts the first-ever NFL game on network television to the approximately 1,000 sets in New York City, a contest between the Philadelphia Eagles and Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. 1955 - NBC replaces DuMont as the network for the NFL title game, paying a rights fee of $100,000.
NBC Sports' history can be traced back to May 17, 1939, when experimental television station W2XBS in New York City (which would eventually become WNBC-TV) televised an intercollegiate baseball game between Columbia and Princeton.
May 16, 2019 · STAMFORD, Conn. – May 16, 2019 – Eighty years ago tomorrow, NBC Sports forever changed the media landscape with its broadcast of a Princeton-Columbia college baseball game, making it the first televised sporting event in U.S. history.
May 17, 2019 · Columnist. Eighty years ago today, NBC experimented with the first ever telecast of a sporting event. A baseball game between Columbia and Princeton was produced using only one camera. Perhaps a few hundred saw the flickering picture. By David J. Halberstam 05/17/2019 4. NBC produced its first MLB game in 1939 on an experimental TV station.
