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In the autumn of 1959, Grandstand was extended by fifteen minutes and would finish at 17:00 every Saturday. [1] According to Richard Haynes in BBC Sport in Black and White, the 1960s saw the Grandstand name "become synonymous with the BBC's coverage of sport" and it "became a trusted vehicle for British viewers to access a variety of sports." [3]
GrandStand premiered in 1975 [3] with hosts Jack Buck and Bryant Gumbel (who joined Buck sometime later in the season). Prior to 1975, NBC aired the political talk show Meet the Press in the NFL pre-game show's timeslot (12:30 p.m. Eastern) against The NFL Today, the pre-game show of CBS since 1967.
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A grandstand is a normally permanent structure for seating spectators, typically at sports stadiums and including both auto racing and horse racing. The grandstand is in essence like a single section of a stadium , but differs from a stadium in that it does not wrap all or most of the way around.
Grandstand (game manufacturer), a UK/New Zealand console and game manufacturer The Grandstand , a natural rock monolith in Death Valley National Park, California, U.S. Political grandstanding , also known as Political posturing , the use of speech or actions to gain political support through emotional or affective appeals.
Grandstand also contains a large retail store facing the main plaza and has several food vendors within its 360 degree concourse. [18] [21] Grandstand is the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design tennis stadium in the world. [22] The stadium claimed the NYCxDesign Award in the Outdoor/Urban Landscape category. [23]
Keith Mansfield (born 1940 in Slough, England) [1] is a British composer and arranger known for his creation of prominent television theme tunes, including the Grandstand theme for the BBC. [ 2 ] Career
Peter Harold Dimmock, CVO, CBE (6 December 1920 – 20 November 2015) was a British sports broadcaster and senior television executive during the formative years of the medium in the 1950s.