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Television broadcasting started around the 1950s and has continued to grow and become more sophisticated. When the National Basketball Association broadcasts first aired, they were broken down into four categories including; pre game, halftime, post game, and game coverage.
On November 9, 1989, the NBA reached an agreement with the network worth US$600 million contract to broadcast the league's games for four years, beginning with the 1990–91 season. On April 28, 1993, NBC extended its exclusive broadcast rights to the NBA with a four-year, $750 million contract. [8] The announcers during this period [9] included:
Pages in category "NBA on television history" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. NBA on television in the 1950s; NBA on television in the 1960s;
As one of the major sports leagues in North America, the National Basketball Association has a long history of partnership with television networks in the United States.The league signed a contract with DuMont in its 8th season (1953–54), marking the first year the NBA had a national television broadcaster.
The following article consist of shows/programs that aired during the network era of American television from the early 1950s to the mid-late 1980s. [ 1 ] 1950s
1984: The 1984 championship series was the most watched in NBA history, with soaring TV ratings. Lesley Visser (the then wife of Dick Stockton) became the first woman to cover the NBA Finals. 1983: CBS joined Game 1 in progress with 7:37 left in the first period (meaning, there was no standard pregame coverage).
The NBA was arranged in three divisions (for its first season only) and the first two rounds of the 1950 NBA Playoffs generated three Division champions. With the league's best regular season record, Syracuse had earned a place in the Finals by winning the Eastern Division title on the preceding Sunday, and had been five days idle while the ...
The 1950–51 NBA season was the fifth season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Rochester Royals winning the NBA Championship, beating the New York Knicks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals .