[nfbwatlk] maybe of more interest to CFB members: rare 1958 Vancouver baseball broadcast

[Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)]

In 1958, all Portland Beaver (pacific coast league games) were broadcast by Bob Blackburn and Raleigh Truit. The home games were broadcast live, and the away games were "wire recreated." In those games, as many of you know, the broadcasters would make their own sound effects, and the broadcast engineer was responsible for playing the long play records with crowd noise. Mr. Blackburn once told me that they just got the box scores, and info on who got a hit in an inning, and they'd make up the rest, i.e. each strike, ball, fowl, etc.

One quick story, Bob Blackburn told me on an ERRS interview, that he was broadcasting a wire recreated game one time, and a home run had been hit at the ball park where the game was being played. He signaled the engineer to play crowd cheering noises for the home run as he announced it. Instead it came out as the football broadcast noise for "we want a touch down, we want a touch down." 

Fun times. Thanks, Dean for the excellent recording of the Vancouver Mounties broadcast.

/s/


Bennett Prows 

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman via nfbwatlk
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 8:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] maybe of more interest to CFB members: rare 1958 Vancouver baseball broadcast

Hey thanks, Dean.

Yup; I remember the Vancouver Mounties well.

Incidentally, mary Ellen is right. My own opinion is that the strike zone should be computerized. Oh well.

Mike


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From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dean Martineau via nfbwatlk
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 10:35 PM
To: 'NFB Of Washington'
Subject: [nfbwatlk] maybe of more interest to CFB members: rare 1958 Vancouver baseball broadcast

Long-time Toronto sportscaster Bill Stephenson died not long ago.  He started out in Vancouver in the 50's.  I used to love to listen to him when I could on CKWX.  Here is a priceless 1958 broadcast between the Pacific Coast League Vancouver Mounties and the Sacramento Solons from Capilano Stadium, with Stevenson broadcasting and the very young Jim Robson reading commercials for the team's one sponsor.  The only sad thing about this is that there isn't more of it, but it's a delight as is.  You pick up fun tidbits of the difference in life and baseball between then and now.

http://redrobinson.com/blog/?p=4318

Dean


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