1964 MLB Season
As originally written by Tim Brulia:
1964 continues as usual. Instant replay is utilized on some telecasts for the first time for both networks.
Here are the lineups:
National Television
APRIL
Saturday 4/18:
Yankees-Orioles, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Sunday 4/19:
Phillies-Cubs, 2:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Saturday 4/25:
Orioles-Yankees, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Tigers-Twins, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 4/26:
Orioles-Yankees, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Red Sox-White Sox, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
MAY
Saturday 5/2:
Senators-Yankees, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Phillies-Braves, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 5/3:
Pirates-Cardinals, 2:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Saturday 5/9:
Reds-Phillies, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Yankees-Indians, 1:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 5/10:
Reds-Phillies, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Yankees-Indians, 2:00, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Saturday 5/16:
Indians-Tigers, 1:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Athletics-Yankees, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Sunday 5/17:
Indians-Tigers, 1:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Braves-Cardinals, 2:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Saturday 5/23:
Angels-Yankees, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Cardinals-Braves, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 5/24:
Twins-Orioles, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Cardinals-Braves, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Saturday 5/30:
Dodgers-Pirates, 1:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Reds-Cardinals, 2:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Sunday 5/31:
Dodgers-Pirates, 1:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Reds-Cardinals, 2:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
JUNE
Saturday 6/6:
Giants-Phillies, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Tigers-White Sox, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 6/7:
Giants-Phillies, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Cardinals-Reds, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Saturday 6/13:
Athletics-Indians, 1:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
White Sox-Yankees, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Sunday 6/14:
White Sox-Yankees, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Athletics-Indians, 2:00, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Saturday 6/20:
Cubs-Pirates, 1:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Giants-Cardinals, 2:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Sunday 6/21:
Giants-Cardinals, 2:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Yankees-White Sox, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Saturday 6/27:
Tigers-Yankees, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
White Sox-Twins, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 6/28:
Tigers-Yankees, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
White Sox-Twins, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
JULY
Saturday 7/4:
Twins-Yankees, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Indians-White Sox, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 7/5:
Twins-Yankees, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Cardinals-Reds, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Tuesday 7/7:
Baseball All-Star Game from New York (Shea Stadium):
American-National, 12:45, NBC. Lindsey Nelson, Buddy Blattner
Saturday 7/11:
Braves-Pirates, 1:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Giants-Cubs, 2:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Sunday 7/12:
Dodgers-Cubs, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Yankees-Indians, 2:00, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Saturday 7/18:
Indians-Yankees, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Pirates-Braves, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 7/19:
Indians-Yankees, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Angels-Twins, 2:00, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Saturday 7/25:
Cardinals-Phillies, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Yankees-Tigers, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 7/26:
Cardinals-Phillies, 12:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Yankees-Tigers, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
AUGUST
Saturday 8/1:
Giants-Pirates, 1:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Reds-Cardinals, 2:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Sunday 8/2:
Dodgers-Phillies, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Giants-Pirates, 2:00, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Saturday 8/8:
Orioles-Yankees, 12:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Dodgers-Braves, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 8/9:
Orioles-Yankees, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Dodgers-Braves, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Saturday 8/15:
Pirates-Cubs, 2:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Indians-Twins, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 8/16:
Yankees-Orioles, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Indians-Twins, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Saturday 8/22:
Pirates-Phillies, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Orioles-White Sox, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 8/23:
Pirates-Phillies, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Angels-Indians, 2:00, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Saturday 8/29:
Dodgers-Cardinals, 2:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Giants-Braves, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 8/30:
Red Sox-Yankees, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Giants-Braves, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
SEPTEMBER
Saturday 9/5:
Cubs-Cardinals, 2:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Indians-White Sox, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 9/6:
Giants-Phillies, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Braves-Reds, 2;30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Saturday 9/12:
Twins-Yankees, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Saturday 9/19:
Athletics-Yankees, 1:55, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Sunday 9/20:
Cardinals-Reds, 2:00, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Saturday 9/26:
Braves-Phillies, 1:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Sunday 9/27:
Cardinals-Pirates, 2:00, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
OCTOBER
Saturday 10/3:
Mets-Cardinals, 2:25, CBS. Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese
Sunday 10/4:
Athletics-White Sox, 2:30, NBC. Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola
Note:
September coverage:
No CBS coverage on 9/13, 9/20, 9/27 and 10/4 due to NFL Football.
No NBC coverage on 9/12 or 9/13 due to US Tennis Championships and World Series of Golf.
No NBC coverage on 9/19, 9/26 and 10/2 due to NCAA Football.
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WORLD SERIES
Wednesday 10/7:
Game 1, Yankees-Cardinals, 2:00, NBC. Harry Caray, Curt Gowdy
Thursday 10/8:
Game 2, Yankees-Cardinals, 2:00, NBC. Harry Caray, Curt Gowdy
Saturday 10/10:
Game 3, Cardinals-Yankees, 1:00, NBC. Phil Rizzuto, Joe Garagiola
Sunday 10/11:
Game 4, Cardinals-Yankees, 1:00, NBC. Phil Rizzuto, Joe Garagiola
Monday 10/12:
Game 5, Cardinals-Yankees, 1:00, NBC. Phil Rizzuto, Joe Garagiola
Wednesday 10/14:
Game 6, Yankees-Cardinals, 2:00, NBC. Harry Caray, Curt Gowdy
Thursday 10/15:
Game 7, Yankees-Cardinals, 2:00, NBC. Harry Caray, Curt Gowdy
Note: WPIX-New York also provided World Series coverage, using the NBC feed
Local Radio Info
Originally written by garretta
American League
Let's continue with 1964 in the American League. starting with radio:
Orioles: WBAL-AM heads a thirty-station network in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, National Brewing Company will sponsor half of each game; the other half will be sold locally. Chuck Thompson and Frank Messer will call play-by-play. There will be local pre- and postgame shows.
Red Sox: WHDH-AM is the flagship of a forty-five-station network. 170 games will be broadcast. Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, and Art Gleeson will call the games. Pregame shows include Dugout Interviews with Curt Gowdy and Warm-Up Time with Don Gillis. The postgame show is Sports Extra with Bill Harrington. Sponsors are General Cigar. Atlantic Refining, and Narragansett Beer.
White Sox: All games will be broadcast by WCFL-AM. which is the flagship of an eighty-station network covering twelve states. Sponsors are General Finance, Budweiser, General Cigar, and the local Rambler Dealers. Bob Elson and Milo Hamilton will call the action.
Indians: WERE-AM will broadcast Indians games for the fifteenth consecutive year. It will lead a network of about forty stations in Ohio, West Virginia, New York, and Pennsylvania. Sponsors include Carling Brewing, R.J. Reynolds, Phillips Petroleum, Texaco, Steadman Clothes, and General Cigar. Jimmy Dudley and Harry Jones will call the action.
Tigers: With WKMH becoming Top 40 legend "Keener 13". WWJ-AM and WJR-AM are now co-flagships of a forty-eight-station network. WWJ will carry the day games, while WJR carries the night games. Sponsors include Stroh's Beer, Marathon Oil, and American Tobacco,
Angels: KMPC-AM, which is owned by Angels owner Gene Autry and run by Angels president Bob Reynolds, will broadcast 184 games, including twenty-two exhibitions, to a nineteen-station network in California, Nevada, and Arizona. Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, and Steve Bailey will call the games.
KMPC will carry a manager's show with skipper Bill Rigney before the pregame show, which is called Angels Warm-Up and will be sold locally. The network postgame show, Angels Report, will also be sold locally. Game sponsors include Union Oil of California, Security First National Bank, and the Chevrolet Dealers of Southern California.
Athletiics: Will be explained at the end of the TV post.
Twins: WCCO-AM has signed a new three-year contract to head a thirty-station, seven-state network that includes Montana and Nebraska. Your broadcasters are Ray Scott, Halsey Hall, Herb Carneal, and Frank Buetel. Sponsors include Hamm's Beer. Twin City Federal Savings and Loan, Pure Oil, and General Mills.
Yankees: WCBS-AM is the flagship of a forty-station network. It will carry all regular-season games plus thirteen exhibition games. WCBS-FM will carry all thirty exhibition games. Mel Allen, Red Barber, Jerry Coleman, and Phil Rizzuto will call the action, Sponsors are Ballantine Beer, R.J. Reynolds, Humble Oil (in New York State), and Atlantic Refining (outside New York State). Pat Summerall will host a fifteen-minute pregame show on WCBS.
Senators: WTOP-AM has just signed a three-year contract to continue as the Sens' station. A radio network was being discussed at press time, but hadn't been finalized. WTOP will carry all 162 regular-season games plus four exhibitions. Den Daniels and John MacLean will call the games. Ballantine Beer will sponsor four innings of each game, with the other five sponsored by various local and regional businesses.
National League
Now let's turn to 1964 in the National League.
Cubs: WGN-AM will carry all regular-season games plus four exhibition games. Sponsors include G. Heileman Brewing, Oak Park Federal, Texaco, Serta Mattresses, Z. Frank, and Weibolt Stores. Jack Quinlan and Lou Boudreau will call the games.
Cardinals: KMOX-AM will be the flagship station for a network of around a hundred stations in thirteen states for all exhibition and regular-season games. Harry Caray and Jack Buck will call the action. Sponsors include Busch Bavarian Beer, American Tobacco, Lincoln-Mercury, and General Finance. According to the article, American Tobacco has pulled out of all baseball advertising, but will honor their agreements until other sponsors are found.
(I find it difficult to believe that a full-service network O-and-O like KMOX would broadcast weekday exhibition games, even in a baseball-mad market like St. Louis, but that's the way the article reads. I'm not sure if proof to the contrary exists, but if anyone finds any, please post it.)
Mets: WHN-AM is the team's new flagship station. it will head a twelve-station network that will broadcast all 162 regular-season games plus all twenty-eight exhibition games. Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy, and Ralph Kiner are your announcers. Murphy will host a ten-minute pregame show on WHN, and Nelson will host a seven-minute postgame show. Sponsors are Rheingold Beer and Brown and Williamson.
Phillies: WFIL-AM will lead a twenty-four-station network that will broadcast 180 games (presumably all regular-season games plus eighteen exhibitions). Byrum Saam, Bill Campbell, and Richie Ashburn will call the games. Sponsors are Atlantic Refining, Ballantine Beer, Tastykake, and R.J. Reynolds.
Pirates: KDKA-AM heads a twenty-six-station network that will broadcast 177 games (all regular-season games plus fifteen exhibitions). Bob Prince, Jim Woods and Claude Haring will call the games. Sponsors include Pittsburgh Brewing, Atlantic Refining, Bayuk Cigars, and Hills Brothers Coffee.
Braves: WEMP-AM will be the flagship. The network has grown from thirty-one stations in two states last year to sixty-two stations in five states: Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, and Minnesota. Sponsors will include Old Milwaukee Beer and Phillips Petroleum. Merle Harmon will call the games; no color commentator is listed.
Reds: WCKY-AM is the team's new flagship; it will head an eighty-station network in five states and carry 182 games (all regular-season games plus twenty exhibitions). Burger Brewing Company remains the team's exclusive radio sponsor; the pre- and postgame shows will be sold locally Claude Sullivan and Waite Hoyt will call the games.
Giants: KSFO-AM is the flagship of a sixteen-station network that includes KGU Honolulu. The network will carry all 162 regular-season games plus twelve exhibition games. The pre- and postgame shows will air on the full network but will be sold locally. Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons will call; the action. Sponsors are Hamm's Beer, Folgers Coffee, and Standard Oil of California.
Colt .45's: KPRC-AM will head a twenty-five-station network in Texas and Louisiana. Thirteen stations will broadcast weekend games only, while the other twelve will take the full schedule. Gene Elston and Loel Passe will call the games. Pearl Brewing Company is a half-sponsor on both radio and television; the other half is still open. There will also be a five-station Spanish radio network, with Rene Cardenas ad Orlando Sanchez Diago on the call.
Dodgers: KFI-AM will head a nine-station network that will broadcast 190 games, including twenty-eight exhibition games. Vin Scully and Jerry Doggett will call the action in English. For Spanish-speaking listeners, KWKW-AM will also broadcast the games, with Jaime Jarrin and Fats Garcia describing the action. Sponsors in both English and Spanish include Union Oil of California, Security First National Bank, and the Chevrolet Dealers of Southern California.
Local TV Info
Originally written by garretta
American League
Now for the American League on TV in 1964. Sponsors and announcers are the same as radio unless otherwise noted.
Orioles: WJZ-TV has signed a three-year contract to be the Orioles' new flagship. It heads a four-station network that will air fifty-two games, including two exhibitions with the Dodgers. Pre- and postgame shows will be local. Half of each game will be sold to local and regional sponsors. CBS will also televise from Memorial Stadium.
Red Sox: WHDH-TV heads a seven-station New England network that will televise fifty-six games. About half of these will be home games. The Sunday pregame show will be called Baseball Closeup with Curt Gowdy. Wheaties Scoreboard, hosted by Johnny Most, will air after every game.
White Sox: WGN-TV has signed a new four-year contract to continue as the team's station, It will show fifty-one home games and thirteen road games. Of the fifty-one home games, forty-two will be day games broadcast in color. Sponsors include Hamm's Beer, R.J. Reynolds, Phillips Petroleum, and Allstate Insurance. Jack Brickhouse and Vince Lloyd will call the action. NBC will also televise from Comiskey Park,
Indians: The team hadn't signed their TV affiliate at press time, but it was expected that WJW-TV would return. Fifty-one games will be televised, the same amount as last year. Bob Neal and Herb Score will call the action. Sponsors include Carling Brewing and R.J, Reynolds. NBC will also televise from Municipal Stadium.
Tigers: WJBK-TV will head an eight-station network that televises thirty-two games. NBC will also televise from Tiger Stadium.
Angels: KTLA-TV, soon to be owned by Angels owner Gene Autry and run by Angels president Bob Reynolds, will televise thirty games, including ten exhibition games in color from Palm Springs, California, the team's spring training site. The twenty regular-season telecasts will be in black and white.
Twins: WTCN-TV has signed a three-year contract to be the team's new flagship, It will head a fourteen-station network in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Fifty games will be televised, with thirty-five of them at night. Sponsors include Maxwell House, Western Oil, Blue Shield, and Northern States Power. NBC will also televise from Metropolitan Stadium.
Senators: In the first year of their new three-year contract, WTOP-TV will televise thirty-three games (twenty-two road, eleven home). Sponsors include R.J. Reynolds, General Mills, and Allstate Insurance.
Yankees: WPIX-TV will televise Yankees games for the thirteenth consecutive year. They will air 130 games: all eighty-one home games, forty-five road games, and four preseason games. About fifty of those games will also air on a seven-station network in New York and Pennsylvania. A small number of games (the article says four or five) will be in color. Red Barber, Jerry Coleman, and Roy Campanella will do pre- and postgame shows on WPIX. CBS will also televise from Yankee Stadium.
Athletics: Simply put, no one knew if the A's were going to stay in Kansas City, so no one wanted to pay what could have turned out to be dead money to broadcast them. According to the article, WDAF, both AM and TV, had the option for this year, but let it lapse. Does anyone know who ended up broadcasting the A's? (Whoever it was most likely had to pay less than 1963's price of $300,000, according to the article.)
EDITED TO ADD: I've just found a list of unknown sponsors for the American League. The article doesn't specify whether these sponsors have signed for radio, TV, or both, though it does note pre- and postgame sponsors. Here's the list:
Orioles: General Mills, Household Finance (both pre- and/or post)
Red Sox: General Mills, H.P. Hood, Kraft Foods, Schick Razors, Liberty Mutual Insurance (all pre and/or post)
Angels: Bonanza Airlines, General Mills, Hertz Rent-A-Car, Household Finance, Lucky Lager Brewing Company (all pre- and/or post)
Yankees; Allstate Insurance, Chase Manhattan Bank, Del-Monte Foods, General Mills, Melville Shoe Corporation, Monroe Auto Equipment, Nationwide Insurance, local Plymouth Dealers, Volvo (all pre- and post)
National League
Here's the story on television in the National League for 1964. Sponsors and announcers are the same unless otherwise noted:
Cubs: WGN-TV will televise all eighty-one home games in color plus five road games in black and white. Jack Brickhouse and Vince Lloyd will call the action. Sponsors include Hamm's Beer, Phillips Petroleum, R.J. Reynolds, and Allstate Insurance. CBS will also televise from Wrigley Field,
Reds: WLWT-TV will head a five-station that will televise more than fifty games in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Hodepohl Brewing will sponsor half of each game; the other half will be sold locally, as will pre- and postgame shows. Ed Kennedy and Frank McCormick are your announcers, NBC will also televise from Crosley Field.
Colt .45's: KTRK-TV heads an eight-station network that will carry fourteen road games.
Braves: After last year's increase from eleven games to twenty-six, the team has once again increased the number of telecasts, this time to thirty. WTMJ-TV will be the flagship of a four-station Wisconsin network. Sponsors include Texaco, Schlitz Beer, and R.J. Reynolds. Announcers have not been named as of press time, NBC will also televise from County Stadium.
Mets: WOR-TV will televise 132 games. Seventy-seven of them will be in color, and fifty-five of them, mostly on weekends, will be shown on a six-station network in New York and Pennsylvania. Shell Oil will serve as an additional sponsor. Stewart-Warner (precision gauges) is a sponsor for the pre- and/or postgame shows.
Phillies: WFIL-TV is the head of a four-station Pennsylvania network that will televise fifty-six games. CBS will also televise from Connie Mack Stadium,
Pirates: KDKA-TV is the flagship of a five-station network that will televise thirty-three games. NBC will also televise from Forbes Field,
Cardinals KSD-TV will televise twenty-two weekend road games. Shell Oil will serve as an additional sponsor. CBS will also televise from Busch Memorial Stadium.
Giants: KTVU-TV will televise two exhibition games and all nine games against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Additional pre- and postgame sponsors are Armour Company and Del-Monte Foods.
Dodgers: KTTV-TV will televise all nine games against the Giants in San Francisco. Additional sponsors for pre- and/or postgame shows are the Carnation Company and Pabst Brewing Company.
The Dodgers and Giants each have five-year agreements with Subscription Television, Inc. for exclusive rights to the teams' televised games, with the exception of the games noted above. STV's rights extend to fifty miles away from home plate in each city, and the company also has rights of first refusal for the state of California: the northern half for the Giants, the southern half for the Dodgers. The service is expected to start by July 1 with a minimum of 20,000 subscribers in each city. STV has agreed to pay both teams a financial penalty of up to $35,000 a month for each month that the minimum isn't meant for the rest of the 1964 season. The penalty goes up to $100,000 a month for the 1965 season.
National TV Info
Originally written by garretta
NBC: Coverage begins April 25 when the Twins host the Tigers. Bob Wolff and Joe Garagiola will call the action. Sponsors signed at press time include General Mills and P. Lorillard. There will be no coverage at all the weekend of September 12-13 due to the US Tennis Championships and the World Series of Golf. Saturday coverage ends September 5 due to NCAA football commitments.
In addition, NBC will televise the All-Star Game from Shea Stadium in New York on July 8 and the World Series, which begins in the National League park (Busch Memorial Stadium) on October 7. The All-Star pregame show will begin at 12:45 PM Eastern, with first pitch at 1PM. Lindsey Nelson and Buddy Blattner will be on the call. First pitch for World Series games will be at either 1PM Eastern (New York) or 2PM Eastern (St. Louis).
Harry Caray and Curt Gowdy will call the games in St. Louis, while Phil Rizzuto and Joe Garagiola will call the games in New York. The All-Star Game and the World Series will be sponsored by Gillette and Chrysler Corporation. The announcer assignments for NBC Radio are the reverse of the ones for television: Caray and Gowdy will call the games in New York, while Rizzuto and Garagiola handle the games in St. Louis. Caray, the voice of the victorious Cardinals, will host the trophy presentation. Garagiola will also host the television pregame show with Bob Wolff, WPIX-TV (the Yankees' flagship station) joined the NBC broadcasts.
According to the article, there is a possibility that baseball could put together a twenty-six-week, no-blackout package of Monday night games for 1965. The fate of the current weekend games isn't known but visiting teams might be asked to share in the revenue for them, and they might eventually be sold as a single package. every team is expected to participate in the Monday night package with the exception of the Yankees, whose contract for weekend games on CBS still has a year to run.
The wild card is the success or failure of the Dodgers' and Giants' new subscription service; if it works, more teams are expected to follow suit, which would make a network package difficult to maintain. Dodgers president Walter O'Malley is trying to repurchase the rights to his team's games from Union Oil, which paid $10 million for them in 1960.