On The Road To The Final Four…CBS Sports, 1985


On The Road To The Final Four…CBS Sports, 1985

Here’s a short but sweet look at how CBS covered NCAA basketball back in 1985. This was the era of the Thomson cameras on the sports trucks and we’ll get a good look at everything. About half way in, one of the cameramen talks about his dad being a cameraman on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’…anyone know who that is? Enjoy and share!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf1F_YLtp4c

From CBS, the sports segment of a film for affiliates showing behind the scenes of the CBS Television Network. You see the heads of the divisions, talent and…

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3 Comments

  1. C Gregg Figg Newton August 22, 2014

    Great to see that it was Rupp arena. Too many games there. Originally didn’t have the center platform till this event. It was a custom designed platform.

  2. Ilene Rosenberg August 21, 2014

    That was Barry Drago and the blond was Bob Jamison. Bob Brown was the TD and Bob Fishman was the Director until he got and Duke Struck took over. What memories!

  3. Mark Ogden August 21, 2014

    The cameraman being interviewed is Barry Drago, whose father George was a CBS legend. The handheld cameraman @2:58 is Bob “Jamie” Jameson. The Director is Robert Fishman, the TD is Bobby Brown.