ABC Sports : the rise and fall of network sports television

ABC Sports : the rise and fall of network sports television / Travis Vogan.

Author/creator	Vogan, Travis author.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2019.
Description	1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Supplemental Content	EBSCOhost
Subject(s)	ABC Sports. Television broadcasting of sports--United States --History --20th century.

Series	Sport in world history ; 4 Sport in world history ; 4. ^A1192842
Summary	ABC Sports shaped how the world consumes sport. The American Broadcasting Company's sports division is behind some of network television's most significant practices, celebrated personalities and iconic moments. It created the weekend anthology Wide World of Sports, transformed professional football into a prime-time spectacle with Monday Night Football, fashioned the Olympics into a mega media event, and even revolutionised TV news. Travis Vogan's cultural and institutional history of ABC Sports examines the development of network sports television in the United States and the aesthetic, cultural, political and industrial practices that mark it.
General note	Previously issued in print: 2018.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Spec. audience char.	Specialized.
Source of description	Online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 2, 2019).
Issued in other form	Print version : 9780520292956
Genre/form	History.
ISBN	9780520966260 (ebook)
ISBN	0520966260

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