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The first-ever televised baseball game was on May 17, 1939, between Princeton and Columbia; Princeton beat Columbia 2-1 at Columbia's Baker Field. The contest was aired on W2XBS, an experimental station in New York City which would ultimately become WNBC-TV. The game was announced by Bill Stern On August 26 of the same year, the first ever Major League Baseball game was televised (once again on W2XBS). With Red Barber announcing, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds played a doubleheader at Ebbets Field. taken from Wikipedia
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What was the first televised sport in US?
The first televised sport in the us is baseball
What year was the first televised sporting event of a baseball game broadcasted?
1939, May 17th. Columbia VS Princeton baseball game from Baker Field in Northern Manhattan.
In what year did the Reds first appear in a televised game?
1930
What channel was the New York Yankees baseball game on September 17 2011?
In New York, the game was broadcasted on channel 9.
First sport televised in the US?
baseball on may 17, 1939. between Princeton and Columbia. broadcast by nbc
