ABC Sports: The Rise and Fall of Network Sports Television Volume 4

by Travis Vogan

Book Overview

ABC Sports shaped how the world consumes sport. The American Broadcasting Company's sports division is behind some of network television's most significant practices, celebrated personalities, and iconic moments. It created the weekend anthology Wide World of Sports, transformed professional football into a prime-time spectacle with Monday Night Football, fashioned the Olympics into a mega media event, and even revolutionized TV news...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520292952
• ISBN13: 9780520292956
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"