Virtual Talk: Baseball and the Media: The Transition from Radio to Television

The Gibson House is pleased to announce the latest in its baseball-history series. Join us for a lively discussion filled with stories about the \”good old days\” of baseball, from World War II to the Red Sox \”Impossible Dream\” of 1967, with an emphasis on how the game transitioned from radio to TV.

Baseball historian Donna Halper will lead the discussion, highlighting key, and mostly local, baseball personalities past and present, including Jim Britt, Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, and Joe Castiglione. She will also discuss sports-talk radio, and how the rise of the Internet and social media changed the business of baseball forever.

Donna Halper, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Communication and Media Studies at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass. A former broadcaster, she is also the author of six books and has written numerous biographical sketches about baseball history for the Society for American Baseball Research.

Moderating the event will be Bob Goodof, longtime baseball-history program sponsor and former Gibson House board member and treasurer.