Play-By-Play: Radio, Television, and Big-Time College Sport

by Ronald A. Smith

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Noted sports historian writes on the relationship of the media to college athletics.

Chosen as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2003 by Choice Magazine

The phenomenal popularity of college athletics owes as much to media coverage of games as it does to drum-beating alumni and frantic undergraduates. Play-by-play broadcasts of big college games began in the 1920s via radio, a medium that left much to the listener's imagination...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0801866863

ISBN13:9780801866869

Release Date:January 2001

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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College & University Communication & Media Studies Education & Reference Industries & Professions Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Sports & Entertainment Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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