OT: Peak moments in TV history
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Keep in mind that the game was blacked out in the New York City viewing area because it was played at Yankee Stadium.
yes, but for the rest of country it was an amazing game to watch ( live)
For us in the NY area , the thrill of the game was gone when we seen it because we knew the results and heard how great a game it was.
Most NYC area fans had listened live on an old-fashioned device called the AM radio. That's certainly how I remember hearing the game. (I can even visualize the radio I listened on; it was the then common four-tube radio.)
They definitely don't know who Sting is. I didn't mention Bono specifically, but I doubt it. One niece, who just graduated from college, I showed her the We Are the World video and asked how many people she could identify - the list was Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, "That guy from Journey," and John Oates (who was signing in the chorus).
And a few fanatics crossed into Connecticut to watch the New Haven station broadcast of the game, sometimes renting a motel room for the afternoon
Yes, and the same was true for the first two heavyweight title fights between Ingemar Johannson and Floyd Patterson. Perhaps some got on the train the other way to watch on the Philadelphia stations.
Maybe some people around New Brunswick did. But many probably had those rotor antennas that could catch Philly TV stations.
yea the AM broadcast let Giant fans hear what was happening.
I didn't listen to the game , was out playing somewhere ,and missed hearing
a great game .
Do you guys remember when you could get ABC TV audio on AM radio? I remember some guys listening to Brett Musburger call a college football game on their radio while we were in the Yellow Lot.
