Fenway
01-27-2012, 08:15 PM
A very in depth look at how TV covered baseball in 1949 from a trade magazine from that era.
Of note in that year the White Sox were on WGN and the Cubs on WBKB
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RCA-Broadcast-News/RCA-BC-56-com.pdf
In 1961 they covered the opening of WGN-TV's new studios on Bradley Place
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RCA-Broadcast-News/RCA-BC-112-1961-Dec.pdf
and another look at WGN in 1974
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RCA-Broadcast-News/RCA_Broadcast_News_154-11-1974.pdf
If you take a look at the equipment back then you can get a better understanding why games were not saved - videotape machines were expensive and so was the tape used.
Of note in that year the White Sox were on WGN and the Cubs on WBKB
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RCA-Broadcast-News/RCA-BC-56-com.pdf
In 1961 they covered the opening of WGN-TV's new studios on Bradley Place
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RCA-Broadcast-News/RCA-BC-112-1961-Dec.pdf
and another look at WGN in 1974
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RCA-Broadcast-News/RCA_Broadcast_News_154-11-1974.pdf
If you take a look at the equipment back then you can get a better understanding why games were not saved - videotape machines were expensive and so was the tape used.