On this day in history: The 1985 MLB All-Star Game was the first program broadcast in stereo by a TV network
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Columbia Celebrates 80th Anniversary of First Live Televised Sporting Event in United States - Columbia University Athletics
![Old-Time Baseball Photos on X: "Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1941 - NBC Cameras zeroing in on the action on the field as baseball on television is starting to gain steam. In 1939, NBC Old-Time Baseball Photos on X: "Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1941 - NBC Cameras zeroing in on the action on the field as baseball on television is starting to gain steam. In 1939, NBC](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdPuZoIUwAArg_p.jpg)
Old-Time Baseball Photos on X: "Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1941 - NBC Cameras zeroing in on the action on the field as baseball on television is starting to gain steam. In 1939, NBC
![The first baseball game ever televised – Princeton against Columbia at the Baker Bowl – is watched by a handful of viewers via W2XBS in New York City. Bill Sternannounces the ten-inning The first baseball game ever televised – Princeton against Columbia at the Baker Bowl – is watched by a handful of viewers via W2XBS in New York City. Bill Sternannounces the ten-inning](https://thisdayinbaseball.com/wp-content/uploads/1939/05/E946432E-07BB-4AAE-834C-AB28C6912145.jpeg)
The first baseball game ever televised – Princeton against Columbia at the Baker Bowl – is watched by a handful of viewers via W2XBS in New York City. Bill Sternannounces the ten-inning
![August 26, 1939 First Televised Baseball Game. Announcer Red Barber called the Game for New York Station W2XBS between the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.The Reds won August 26, 1939 First Televised Baseball Game. Announcer Red Barber called the Game for New York Station W2XBS between the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.The Reds won](https://i.redd.it/r42r5yqubgi11.jpg)
August 26, 1939 First Televised Baseball Game. Announcer Red Barber called the Game for New York Station W2XBS between the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.The Reds won
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