Early Red Sox and Braves TV history

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 28 Jul 2008 at 23:41, Kevin Vahey wrote:

> It claims that the first televised games at Fenway date to 1931 and
> were done by a gentleman by the name of Hollis Baird who perhaps Donna
> knows of.

Wasn't he the guy that invented a rotating-wheel system of black and 
white television?
 
> In 1951 and 1952 the Braves were only on WNAC and televised 54
> afternnon games but nothing in prime time. However WBZ continued to
> air every Red Sox game and would bump NBC to do so and this continued
> through 1953.

Yes, and I remember getting very annoyed whenever there was a ball 
game on when I wanted to watch Howdy Doody. 

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