Sport on the air
Calling the Game
Play-by-play as its own broadcasting discipline, from the rink to the newsreel to the modern hour-long recap.
1930s – now · 5 stops · 2h 28m
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Canadian radio's signature broadcast — the game called live, period by period.
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The American equivalent: sport reduced to anecdote and drama between events.
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How the same games reached audiences who'd missed the broadcast.
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The modern descendant — a daily sports hour built on the same instinct for story over stat.
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Sport turned into documentary, decades after the fact.
