The Masters Tournament: TV Coverage History 1956 Till Today
On April 11, 2013
- TV History
The Masters Tournament: TV Coverage History 1956 Till Today
First, if you are working at the Masters, please send us photos and tell us how many cameras are being used this year. At the link below, you’ll find some very interesting history and little known facts about how the broadcasts are done from Augusta. Enjoy!
http://classicsportsmedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/history-of-masters-golf-tournament-on.html
True story from 1969 CBS was doing a NHL playoff game on the same day as The Masters between Boston and Montreal and the game went to overtime.
The Masters HAD to start at 4:30 PM and CBS knowing full well the Heidi fiasco of a few months earlier was sweating. They knew that the New England market would be horrified but they were going to bail at 4:28.30
Montreal ended the game at 4:28.10
http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19690021