{"id":26758,"date":"2014-04-20T08:20:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T12:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/?p=26758"},"modified":"2021-05-04T17:06:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T21:06:45","slug":"televisions-first-sportscaster-bill-sternin-the-center-is-an-nbc-publicity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=26758","title":{"rendered":"Television&#8217;s First Sportscaster&#8230;Bill Stern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the center is an NBC publicity photo of Bill Stern. Mr. Stern is the man that called the action on the first ever televised sporting event&#8230;the second game of a baseball doubleheader between Princeton and Columbia at Columbia&#8217;s Baker Field on May 17, 1939 as seen on the left.<\/p>\n<p>On September 30, 1939 he called the first televised football game. It was a college game between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets played at Triborough Stadium on New York City&#8217;s Randall&#8217;s Island. Fordham won the game 34\u20137 and a photo from that game is on the right.<\/p>\n<p>NBC hired Stern in 1937 to host &#8216;The Colgate Sports Newsreel&#8217; as well as Friday night boxing on radio. Stern was also one of the first televised boxing commentators. Many say that Paul Harvey copied Stern&#8217;s style and his stories about the famous and odd, which Harvey called &#8220;The Rest Of The Story&#8221;. Although Stern made no effort to authenticate his stories, in later years, he did however introduce that segment of his show by saying that they &#8220;might be actual, may be mythical, but definitely interesting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Jodie Peeler for the wonderful and rare color photo&#8230; more of those soon!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/photos\/a.197108410326716.39183.189359747768249\/662265447144341\/?type=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Televisions-First-Sportscaster...Bill-Stern-In-the-center-is-an-NBC-publicity\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/photos\/a.197108410326716.39183.189359747768249\/662265447144341\/?type=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1477231248_232_Televisions-First-Sportscaster...Bill-Stern-In-the-center-is-an-NBC-publicity\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/photos\/a.197108410326716.39183.189359747768249\/662265447144341\/?type=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1477231248_126_Televisions-First-Sportscaster...Bill-Stern-In-the-center-is-an-NBC-publicity\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/posts\/662268880477331\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the center is an NBC publicity photo of Bill Stern. Mr. Stern is the man that called the action on the first ever televised sporting event&#8230;the second game of a baseball doubleheader between Princeton and Columbia at Columbia&#8217;s Baker Field on May 17, 1939 as seen on the left. 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