The years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a reputation that is not entirely justified. Some things got worse obviously but tv and other News Coverage is better, not worse, we simply required more demanding standards. When i think of tv i think of the 70s. What is this world coming to . The American Public was hungry for more. More was allowed that hasnt been before. It was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. I want to watch an all black show for a change. Where are you going to find one . Heres one. Los Angeles Lakers against the milwaukee bucks. Young people were interested in relevant things, so Television Began to reflect that. This is cbs. Really, it was very simple. You had three channels plus pbs. When the decade turned over into the 70s, television was very rural. The beverly hillbillies. Cbs had beverly hillbilly, green acres. Patty coat junction and these rural fantasies of mayberry. Hillbilly shows were everywhe
world there were these three giants, nbc, abc and then there was this giant. there is a sophisticated transmitting station. this guy, bill philip rasmussen fired from his job trying to figure out a way to deliver local cable sports. then when they found out about the satellite, they said, can you cover the whole state? for another 25 cents, we can send it all over the country. gee, why would anyone want to do that? they didn t quite know what they had. he wound up revolutionizing television sports. well, everyone, to the espn sports center. from this very desk in the coming weeks and months we ll be filling you in on the pulse of sporting activity, not only around the country, around the world as well. they didn t have the money to go out and buy baseball games or nfl games. but they took the leftovers out there. i ll be handling the