Fumble
12-18-2007, 08:10 PM
Who called the first game ever to be broadcast on the radio?
Final score was:
Bears 73
'skins 0
Good Luck!
ACrank
12-24-2007, 05:25 PM
On Dec. 8, 1940, Red Barber broadcast the first NFL championship carried on network radio. Mutual Broadcasting System paid $2,500 for the rights and the game was on 120 stations. The Bears routed the Redskins 73-0.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/2001/05/23/nfl_history/
Fumble
12-26-2007, 07:25 PM
On Dec. 8, 1940, Red Barber broadcast the first NFL championship carried on network radio. Mutual Broadcasting System paid $2,500 for the rights and the game was on 120 stations. The Bears routed the Redskins 73-0.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/2001/05/23/nfl_history/
That is correct!
Barber, nicknamed "The Ol' Redhead", was primarily identified with radio broadcasts of Major League Baseball, calling play-by-play across four decades with the Cincinnati Reds (1934-38), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939-1953), and New York Yankees (1954-1966). Like his fellow sports pioneer Mel Allen, Barber also gained a niche calling college and professional football in his primary market of New York City.