List of historical NBA over-the-air television broadcasters
Television broadcasting started around the 1950s and has continued to grow and become more sophisticated. When the National Basketball Association broadcasts first aired, they were broken down into four categories including; pre game, halftime, post game, and game coverage. Pregame casting usually covered a summary of predictions, key factors, and injuries. Halftime covered what happened in the first half, and the post game covered the game as a whole and the outcome. The game broadcast was a live game announcing that gave a play by play.[1]
Local
See also
- List of current National Basketball Association broadcasters
- Owned-and-operated television stations in the United States
1ABC owned television station.
2CBS owned television station.
3Fox owned television station.
4NBC owned television station.
5Superstation (bold indicates former superstation).
Former teams
| Team | Stations | Years |
| Baltimore Bullets | WJZ-TV | 1963–1973 |
| Buffalo Braves | WBEN CFTO (Toronto) |
1970–71–1977–78 1971–72–1974–75 |
| Capital Bullets | WDCA | 1973–74 |
| Chicago Packers/Zephyrs | WGN | 1961–1963 |
| Kansas City Kings | KMBC-TV KBMA KZKC |
1972–75 1975–84 1984–85 |
| Minneapolis Lakers | KSTP-TV | 1959–60 |
| New Orleans Jazz | WGNO | 1978–79 |
| Philadelphia Warriors | WCAU | 1951–1962 |
| Rochester/Cincinnati Royals | WHAM (Rochester) WCPO-TV (Cincinnati) |
1950–1957 1957–1972 |
| Seattle SuperSonics | KTNT KIRO-TV KONG-TV KING-TV/KSKN (Spokane) |
early 1970s-1975 1975–78 2000–01–2001–02 2001–02 |
| St. Louis Hawks | KPLR-TV | 1959–68 |
| Syracuse Nationals | WHEN | 1949–1963 |
| Vancouver Grizzlies | CHAN-TV/CHEK | 1995–2001 |
National
| Network | Years |
| DuMont | 1953–1954 |
| NBC | 1954–55 to 1961–62 1990–91 to 2001–02 |
| SNI | 1962–63 to 1963–64 |
| ABC | 1964–65 to 1972–73 2002–03 to present (at least through 2024–25) |
| CBS | 1973–74 to 1989–90 |
See also
- Primary NFL television stations
- Historical Major League Baseball over-the-air television broadcasters
- Historical NHL over-the-air television broadcasters
References
- ↑ Sarmento, Mario R. (December 1998). "The NBA on Network Television: A Historical Analysis": 6–8. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.26.1281
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