11
Apr

FIRST LIVE SPORTING EVENT BROADCAST

On this day in 1921, radio stepped into the boxing ring, becoming the first live broadcast of a sporting event. Pittsburgh's KDKA, the first commercially licensed station, covered a boxing match between

On April 11, 1921, KDKA in Pittsburgh aired the first live
sporting event on the radio, a boxing match between
Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee.

Pittsburgh Daily Post sports editor Florent Gibson calls
the event, about four months before KDKA’s Harold Arlin
announces the first Major League Baseball game broadcast  
on radio.

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Johnny Ray vs Johnny Dundee (lost radio coverage of boxing match; 1921) - The Lost Media Wiki

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