HI299 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Argonaut Rowing Club, Foster Hewitt, Johnny Dundee
Document Summary
Giglielmo marconi: first successful transatlanic transmission in 1901. Public enthusiasm for virtual atendance at sporing events. Early play-by-play coverage created loyal listeners for educaional staions. Universiies were grateful for the publicity from sports programming. Accounts of intercollegiate athleics became the norm by the mid 1930s. Descripions of play sent via telegraph in the 1890s. 1896 stanley cup between montreal and winnipeg: telegraph updates were sent to winnipeg from victoria rink in montreal. 1923: feb 8th, irst radio broadcast of an ice hockey game (midland vs north toronto of the ontario. Hockey associaion: feb 16th, foster hewit calls a hockey game between the toronto argonaut rowing club and the kitchener green shirts. W. a. hewit (father and sports editor of the toronto daily star: hewit let school when his father told him the star was going to start its own radio staion. Feb 16,1923- hewit"s irst hockey game on cfca radio.
