It was an unusually cold day for November and the last thing I wanted to do is sit home. I am indexing articles for the SABR Biography Project and found a biography of Harry Coyle, the director of many baseball telecasts. I looked in the bibliography and found:
Walker, J. R., & Bellamy, R. V. (2008). Centerfield shot: A history of baseball on television. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
So I went to the Performing Arts Library to read the book. Here are some of the notes that I took:
- Breaks in the action of a game made baseball a difficult sport for TV. I just hate it when they bring in a pitcher for one batter, but that will end next season.
- Even with declining ratings, the World Series is the "Crown Jewel" of the TV Game
- TV led to the contraction of the minor leagues
- The availability of baseball games on TV created more fans
I found this book by accident in the library's catalog:
Etling, L. (2011). Radio in the movies: A history and filmography, 1926-2010. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland.
I concentrated on a chapter that considered disk jockeys in movies. There are several films that considered Alan Fried:
- Mister Rock n Roll: The Alan Fried Story
- American Hot Wax
- Rock Around the Clock
- Rock Rock Rock
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