Boston Red Sox on WBZ-TV

[Kevin Vahey]

All I know is the handwritten entry in the official scorebook said it was
the first televised game at Fenway. It may have been a rehearsal that
wasn't actually broadcast.

My friend at the Red Sox wondered if it was being televised back to Chicago
but that would have been impossible in 1948 as the coax link ended at
Buffalo.



On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com> wrote:

> **
> On 11/12/2011 1:58 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote:
>
> Donna
>
>  My understanding is that WBZ-TV did a couple of test telecasts before
> the official sign on. The game in question was on a Wednesday afternoon vs
> Chicago.
>
>
> Yes, but in Broadcasting magazine (16 June 1948), it said the first test
> telecast was on the 29th of May, at 5:41 pm exactly.  If there had been a
> broadcast before that, wouldn't WBZ-TV have wanted that  mentioned?
>