Golden Age of Boxing on Radio and Television (eBook)

A Blow-by-Blow History from 1921 to 1964

Frederick V. Romano (Autor)

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2017
432 Seiten
Carrel Books (Verlag)
978-1-63144-075-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A comprehensive account of how boxing captured the imagination of the country through the airwaves.

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Radio and television broadcasting were as important to the growth and popularity of boxing as it was to the reshaping of our very culture. In The Golden Age of Boxing on Radio and Television, Frederick V. Romano explores the many roles that each medium played in both the development and the depiction of the sport. Principal among the topics covered are the ever-changing role of technology during the four-decade-plus period, how it impacted the manner in which the sport was presented to its public audience, the exponential growth of those audiences, and the influence radio and television had on the financial aspects of the sport, including the selective use of radio and television and the financial boom that the mediums created.The Golden Age of Boxing on Radio and Television also assays radio and boxing during World War II, the role of organized crime, and the monopolistic practices during the television era. Romano also presents a detailed account of announcers such as Don Dunphy and Ted Husing who brought the action to the listeners and viewers, the many appearances that boxers including Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, and Rocky Marciano made on radio and television when they were not in the ring, and the mediums portrayal of the sport in an array of programming from drama to comedy. This is a must-have for all serious boxing fans.

Autor

Frederick V. Romano is a boxing historian with more than thirty-five years of experience in the sport. He has served as a research consultant for HBO Boxing, produced and hosted a cable television show devoted to boxing, and acted as a certified amateur judge for matches throughout the New York area, including the prestigious Golden Gloves finals held annually in New York City. His first book, The Boxing Filmography, was published in 2004. He resides in Eastchester, New York.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.7.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• Schlagworte: Aficionado • Ahab • ali-frazier • archie moore • assays • bare-knuckle • books on aficionados • books on assays • books on bouts • books on boxers • books on boxing histories • books on boxing matches • books on carol oates • books on champs books on toledo • books on featherweights • books on fighters • books on fitzsimmons • books on floyd • books on hauser • books on hemingway • books on joyce carols • books on knockdowns • books on liebling • books on mailer • books on mike tyson • books on pugilisms • books on sugar rays • books on sweet sciences • books on trainers • bout • Boxers • boxing history • boxing match • Bruising • carol oates • CHAMP • cruelest • Damned • featherweight • Fighters • fitzsimmons • Floyd • Hauser • heavyweight • Hemingway • Homoerotic • joyce carol • knockdown • Liebling • mailer • masculine • Mike Tyson • Muhammad Ali • pugilism • Rocky Marciano • sparring partners • sportswriting • Sugar Ray • Sweet Science • Toledo • Trainers
• ISBN-10: 1-63144-075-6 / 1631440756
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63144-075-5 / 9781631440755