This Day in History

 

On this day in 1947, the World Series was broadcast on television for the first time.

This year, we're just into the postseason - the Yankees are fighting for a wild card, and the now Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their division.

Hopefully, it's not a rematch of this, though that did happen just a couple years ago.

In 1947, there were about 44,000 television sets in the US, but the game aired in just four markets - New York, Philadelphia, Albany, and Washington.

Bob Stanton announced Game 1 for NBC.

Notably, it was Jackie Robinson's first World Series.

Radio had higher ratings still, and the cameramen had a lot to learn about sunlight and shadows.

By 1955, the World Series was in color.