1966 MLB Season
Originally written by Tim Brulia
ABC does not exercise its option on its MLB deal and so begins a 10 year exclusive run with NBC.
NBC runs an A game to be seen everywhere except the two teams' local NBC channel. They pick up the B game, which also doubles as the "rain game" in case the first game is in a rain delay or is rained out.
Gone are Sunday network telecasts for the first time since 1956.
ALL A telecasts are in color, while roughly half of the B games are in color.
National Television
APRIL
Saturday 4/16:
Yankees-Orioles, 2;15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Cardinals-Pirates, 2:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 4/23:
Twins-Angels, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Orioles-Yankees, 2:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 4/30:
Cardinals-Giants, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
White Sox-Indians, 2:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek (rained out)
MAY
Saturday 5/7:
Dodgers-Reds, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Cubs-Mets, 2:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 5/14:
Dodgers-Pirates, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Giants-Mets, 2:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 5/21:
Indians-White Sox, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Twins-Yankees, 2:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 5/28:
Pirates-Astros, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Braves-Cubs, 2:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Monday 5/30:
Dodgers-Braves, 7:00, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Giants-Reds, 7:00, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
JUNE
Saturday 6/4:
Dodgers-Mets, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Cubs-Reds, 2:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 6/11:
Yankees-Tigers, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Braves-Pirates, 2:15, NBC. Charlie Jones, Tony Kubek
Saturday 6/18:
White Sox-Twins, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Tigers-Yankees, 2:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 6/25:
Dodgers-Braves, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
White Sox-Yankees, 2:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
JULY
Saturday 7/2:
Braves-Giants, 4:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Athletics-Tigers, 4:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Monday 7/4:
Twins-Indians, 7:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Braves-Astros, 7:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 7/9:
Reds-Giants, 4:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Mets-Pirates, 4:15. NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Tuesday 7/12:
Baseball All-Star Game from St. Louis:
American-National, 1:30, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Saturday 7/16:
Orioles-Tigers, 4:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Red Sox-Angels, 4:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 7/23:
Tigers-Indians, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Cardinals-Cubs, 2:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 7/30:
Giants-Braves, 2:15 (or JIP), NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Astros-Reds, 2:15 (or JIP), NBC. Charlie Jones, Tony Kubek
AUGUST
Saturday 8/6:
Reds-Pirates, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Giants-Cubs, 2:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 8/13:
Astros-Giants, 4:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Cubs-Dodgers, 4:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 8/20:
Cardinals-Dodgers, 4:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Braves-Giants, 4:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 8/27:
Dodgers-Giants, 4:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Pirates-Cardinals, 4:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
SEPTEMBER
Saturday 9/3:
Giants-Cardinals, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Cubs-Pirates, 2:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Monday 9/5:
Giants-Dodgers, 7:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Senators-Tigers, 7:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 9/10:
Cardinals-Pirates, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Orioles-Twins, 2:15, NBC. Mel Allen, Tony Kubek
Saturday 9/17:
Pirates-Dodgers, 4:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
Mets-Giants, 4:15, NBC. Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek
Saturday 9/24:
Pirates-Braves, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy. Pee Wee Reese
Note: The original plan for this day were, according to the Gallup (NM) Independent, NBC's..."color camera(s) will switch back and forth between (the PIT-ATL and LA-CHI) games. Then when one or both are finished, the camera will leap to the Houston Astrodome to follow the (SF-HOU) game in black and white, which will have started at 4 PM." However, per the 9/24 Los Angeles Times, "What was to have been baseball's first TV triple-header has dwindled to a single game. First, the Giants-Houston piece of the "Big 3" action scheduled for today was scratched after the Giants just about eliminated themselves from the National League race, leaving a Pirate-Braves, Dodgers-Cubs doubleheader. Now, as things stand, NBC's plans to 'switch from game to game, depending on where the most exciting play is taking place," have been dropped and the network will confine itself to the primary game, Pirates vs. Braves."
OCTOBER
Saturday 10/1:
Giants-Pirates, 2:15, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Pee Wee Reese
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WORLD SERIES
Wednesday 10/5:
Game 1, Orioles-Dodgers, 4:00, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Vin Scully
Thursday 10/6:
Game 2, Orioles-Dodgers, 4:00, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Vin Scully
Saturday 10/8:
Game 3, Dodgers-Orioles, 1:00, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Chuck Thompson
Sunday 10/9:
Game 4, Dodgers-Orioles, 2:00, NBC. Curt Gowdy, Chuck Thompson
Note: WJZ-Baltimore and KTTV-Los Angeles also provided coverage, using the NBC feed.
Local Radio Info
Originally written by garretta
National League
While I have a few extra moments, I'd like to go on with 1966 in the National League. We begin with radio:
Mets: WHN-AM leads a nine-station network in New York and Connecticut that will broadcast 190 games, including twenty-eight exhibitions, Rheingold Beer, Brown and Williamson Tobacco, and Sun Oil will sponsor the games. Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy, and Ralph Kiner will call the action.
Phillies: WFIL-AM leads a twenty-three-station network. Sponsors include Atlantic Refining, Ballantine Beer, and R.J. Reynolds. There will also be five- and ten-minute pregame shows and an open-ended postgame show, Sponsors include Aamco Transmissions and the local Chrysler Dealers. Richie Ashburn, Byrum Saam, and Bill Campbell are your announcers.
Cardinals: KMOX-AM is the flagship of a hundred-station network- the largest in Major League Baseball- that will carry 174 games, including twelve exhibitions. Pre- and postgame shows will be sold locally by all network stations; on KMOX the pregame Dugout Interviews will be sponsored by Steak and Shake and Mayrose Packing Company. The postgame Scoreboard will be sponsored by the local Dodge Dealers and Kroger. The postgame Star of the Game show remains unsold at press time.
Game sponsors include Anheuser-Busch, DX Sunray Oil, General Finance, and First National Bank. Harry Caray and Jack Buck call the games.
Reds: WCKY-AM will head a network of more than fifty stations, which is about ten stations less than last year. The network will broadcast 182 games, including twenty exhibitions. Sponsors are Wiedemann Brewing, Pepsi-Cola of Cincinnati, and Tressler Oil. Claude Sullivan and Jim McIntyre will call the games.
There are three separate pregame shows and three separate postgame shows. The pregame shows begin with Warmup, sponsored by Swallen's Stores. Next is Diamond Dope, sponsored by Nationwide Insurance and Schiff's Shoes. Finally, News will be sponsored by Fifth Third Union Trust. The postgame shows begin with Star of the Game, sponsored by David's Buffet and Jake Sweeney Pontiac. Next is Scoreboard, sponsored by King Kwik Markets. Finally, News is sponsored by Swallen's Stores.
Astros; KPRC-AM will head a twenty-nine-station network throughout the South and Southwest. The full network will carry all 162 regular season games plus weekend exhibitions, but stations within 150 miles of Houston will receive the entire exhibition schedule. Schiltz Brewing will sponsor two-thirds of each game. with the other third split between Duncan Foods, Coca-Cola, and Consolidated Cigar. Pre- and postgame shows will also be included. although nothing had been settled at press time. Gene Elston and Loel Passe will describe the action.
Pirates: KDKA-AM is the flagship of a twenty-seven-station network in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Sponsors for three innings of every game are Atlantic Refining and Pittsburgh Brewing; other sponsors include the local Chrysler-Plymouth Dealers and Foodland Supermarkets. 177 games will be aired, including fifteen exhibitions. Pre- and postgame sponsors include Avis Rent-A-Car, Allegheny Airlines, General Mills, Western Pennsylvania National Bank, Sipes Paint, Milkland Inc., and Joseph Ziskind (contractor). Bob Prince, Don Hoak, and Jim Woods will call the action.
Cubs: WGN-AM will once again be the team's sole radio carrier. It will broadcast 166 games, including four Sunday exhibitions. The five-minute pregame show Durocher in the Dugout will be sponsored by Jay's Potato Chips. The pregame Lead-Off Man and the postgame Scoreboard will be co-sponsored by Gingiss Brothers (formalwear stores) and another sponsor yet to be found. Game sponsors include Heileman Brewing, Oak Park Federal, Serta Mattresses, Texaco, and the local Buick Dealers. Jack Brickhouse and Lloyd Pettit will call the action.
Dodgers: KFI-AM will head a nineteen-station network in California, Nevada, and Arizona. Sponsors for three innings of every game are Union Oil of California, Security First National Bank, and the Southern California Chevrolet Dealers. Vin Scully and Jerry Doggett will call the action,
KWKW-AM Pasadena-Los Angeles will carry all Dodgers games in Spanish for the ninth straight year. Union Oil will sponsor. (I'm not sure if this means exhibition games as well as regular season games.)
Atlanta Braves: WSB-AM is the head of a thirty-four-station network. All regular season games plus an undetermined number of exhibition games will be broadcast. The games are being packaged by the Braves and being sold as network blocks. Game sponsors are Coca-Cola, P. Lorillard, and Flagstaff Brewing; the pre- and postgame shows will be sponsored by Pure Oil. Milo Hamilton and Larry Munson will call the action.
Giants: KSFO-AM will head a seventeen-station network in California, Nevada, Arizona, Alaska, and Hawaii. Sponsors include Standard Oil of California, Bank of California, and Hamm's Brewing. Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons will call the games. Pre- and postgame sponsors include California Packing Corporation, Armour and Company, and the Bay Area Chrysler-Plymouth Dealers.
American League
Now let's run down the American League in 1966. We begin with radio:
Athletics: Nothing was official at press time (February 24) but KCMO-TV and Radio was expected to finalize a deal for this year's rights shortly. Hamm's Beer is expected to be a sponsor.
Senators: WTOP-AM is in the final year of a three-year contract. it will head a fifteen-station network in Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia. Sponsors for three innings a game are National Brewing and Household Finance. Other sponsors include Dodge and General Mills. Pre- and postgame shows will only be heard on WTOP and remain unsold. Dan Daniels and John MacLean will call the action.
Angels: KMPC-AM will head an eighteen-station network in California, Nevada, and Arizona. Sponsors are Standard Oil of California, United California Bank, and Anheuser-Busch. Pre- and postgame shows will be sponsored by Alpha Beta Markets, General Mills, and the local Chrysler Dealers. Buddy Blattner and Don Wells will describe the action.
Orioles: WBAL-AM will lead a network that has grown from forty-seven to sixty stations this season. 176 games, including fourteen exhibitions, will be broadcast. National Brewing and Esskay Meats will each sponsor a third of each game, with the remainder sold to participating advertisers. WBAL also carries a pregame show sponsored by Utz Potato Chips and the postgame Oriole Wrap-Up. Chuck Thompson and Frank Messer are your announcers.
Tigers: WJR-AM heads a twenty-station network that will broadcast 167 games, including five exhibitions. This is the second year of a three-year contract. General Cigar and Pure Oil will sponsor two innings of every game; Stroh's Beer, the National Bank of Detroit, and B,F. Goodrich will sponsor an inning apiece, with two innings left unsold. Pre- and postgame shows will be sold locally. On WJR, the sponsors will be Household Finance, Midas Mufflers, and Elias Brothers (the local name for Big Boy Restaurants). Ernie Harwell and Gene Osborn will describe the action.
White Sox: WCFL-AM will head an eighty-station network in twelve states which will carry 190 games, including twenty-eight exhibitions. General Finance will sponsor one-third of each game on radio. Other sponsors include Heileman Brewing, the local Rambler Dealers. General Cigar, and People's Gas Light. The pregame Dugout feature is sponsored by Magikist Rug Cleaning, while the postgame Scoreboard remains unsold. Bob Elson will call the play-by-play, while Bob Dinnegan provides color.
Indians: WERE-AM is the flagship of a network that numbers twerty-five stations, an increase of seven from last year. The network will broadcast 172 games, including ten weekend exhibitions. The fifteen-minute pregame show, Dugout Interviews, will be sponsored by Household Finance. The fifteen-minute postgame show, 10th Inning, will be co-sponsored by Harry Weintraub Clothes and BPS Paints. Duquesne Brewing and Pure Oil will each sponsor three innings a game; other sponsors are General Cigar, Royal Castle Restaurants, and Shaker Heights Ford. Jimmy Dudley and Bob Neal will describe the action.
Yankees: WCBS-AM heads a forty-station network in New York, Pennsylvania, and New England. Sponsors include Ballantine Beer, General Cigar, and Tidewater Oil, plus Atlantic Refining outside of New York City. The network will carry all regular season games plus the final week of spring training games; last year, it covered the whole exhibition schedule. Red Barber, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola, and Phil Rizzuto are your announce team.
Twins: WCCO-AM is the flagship of a forty-four-station network that will carry 171 games, including nine exhibitions. Hamm's Beer and Twin City Federal will each sponsor three innings of each game. Pure Oil will sponsor two innings, and General Mills will sponsor one inning. The pregame Sam Mele Show, featuring the manager of the Twins, will be sponsored by Western Air Lines and Woodhead Ford, while the postgame Scoreboard will be sponsored by the local Ford Dealers. Ray Scott, Halsey Hall, and Herb Carneal will call the action.
Red Sox: WHDH-AM will lead a forty-five-station network that will carry all regular season and an undetermined number of preseason games. Sponsors for three innings of each game are Narragansett Brewing, Atlantic Refining, and General Cigar. Pre- and postgame shows will be sponsored by Kraft Foods, State Sreet Bank and Trust Company, and Hertz Truck Leasing. Ned Martin ad Mel Parnell will call the action.
Local TV Info
Originally written by garretta
National League
Here's the National League TV situation in 1966. Sponsors and announcers are the same as radio unless otherwise indicated.
Braves: WSB-TV is the head of an eighteen-station network. Eighteen road games will be televised; the Braves hope that at least six of them will be in color. Ernie Johnson joins the broadcast team for TV games.
Reds: WKWT-TV will carry forty-two games and feed them to its three sister stations: WLWC-TV Columbus (Ohio), WLWD-TV Dayton (Ohio), and WLWI-TV Indianapolis (Indiana). There will be thirty road games and twelve home games; the home games will definitely be in color, while the road games will be in color if possible. Hudepohl Brewing and Sun Oil will be partial sponsors, with the rest of the time sold locally. Ed Kennedy and Frank McCormick will call the games.
Astros: KTRK-TV is the flagship of a sixteen-station network throughout the South and Southwest. Fourteen Sunday road games will be televised; no color telecasts are planned. Pre- and postgame shows will also be a part of the package.
Cardinals: The article says that KSD-TV "anticipates" putting together a thirteen-station network to televise twenty-two road games, which makes it sound like nothing was official at press time. Additional sponsors include R.J. Reynolds, Shell Oil, Allstate Insurance, and Union Electric. Jerry Gross will join Harry Caray and Jack Buck in the broadcast booth.
Mets: WOR-TV will televise 129 games, including three exhibition games. All eighty-one home games will be televised in color, as will selected road games. The pregame show will be sponsored by Benjamin Moore and Company, while the postgame show will be sponsored by the local Rambler Dealers.
Dodgers: KTTV-TV will once again air all nine games that the Dodgers play in San Francisco. In addition, it will televise exhibition games from Atlanta and San Diego. The pregame show will be sponsored by Pabst Brewing; the postgame show will be sponsored by the Carnation Company and General Cigar.
Phillies: WFIL-TV heads a four-station network that will carry sixty-four games, including two exhibitions. Both day and night road games will be televised, but only day home games will be televised. There will be a thirty-minute pregame show before each televised game.
Giants: KTVU-TV Oakland-San Francisco will televise nineteen games, an increase of eight games over previous years. The package once again includes all nine games played against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. There will also be two exhibition games plus one Sunday telecast from every other National League city. Four games will be televised in color. Additional sponsors include Phillip Morris, Ernest and Julio Gallo Winery, and Allstate Insurance.
Pre- and postgame sponsors include General Mills, Household Finance, and Volvo. A ten-minute pregame show with Jackie Jensen will be sponsored by Lucky Lager Brewing.
Pirates: KDKA-TV heads a five-station network that will televise thirty-eight games, the largest number in Pirates history. Some games will be televised in color. Allstate Insurance is an additional sponsor. Pre- and postgame shows will be co-sponsored by Pittsburgh National Bank and another sponsor yet to be found.
Note: The Braves' move to Atlanta must have been approved just before this issue went to press; not only is there a small story about the verdict, but the magazine begins its piece about the Braves by saying "Assuming the Braves play in Atlanta this year......" and the sponsor chart refers to them as the "Milwaukee-Atlanta" Braves for the second year in a row.
American League
Now let's look at local TV in the American League for 1966. Sponsors and announcers are the same as radio unless otherwise indicated:
Athletics: See radio post above.
Red Sox: WHDH-TV will lead a seven-station network in Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut that will carry fifty-six games, including some exhibitions. All home games will be televised in black and white, but some road games may be shown in color, Pregame shows will precede all Sunday home games, and postgame shows will follow all games.
Angels: KTLA-TV Los Angeles will televise thirty games this year, twenty-one of them on weekends. There will be twenty regular season telecasts and ten exhibition telecasts; all games will be shown in color,
Senators: WTOP-TV will televise thirty-five games, all in black and white. Six innings of each game have been sold to participating advertisers,
Twins: WTCN-TV Minneapolis will head a fourteen-station network in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Fifty games will be televised, approximately thirty in color. Additional sponsors for an inning apiece per game are Liggett & Myers, Western Oil, and Northern States Power. The pregame show is sponsored on WTCN by Citgo and Clark Clothes. The postgame show remains unsold.
Orioles: WJZ-TV will carry fifty-two games. forty-four of them on the road. It's unclear how many games will be shown in color. Pregame shows will be thirty minutes long, while postgame shows will be ten minutes long. Additional sponsors include Sun Oil, R.J. Reynolds. Coca-Cola, General Cigar, and Tastykake, with the rest sold to participating advertisers.
Yankees: WPIX-TV will head a seven-station network in New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania that will carry 115 games, including three exhibitions. That's fifteen games less than last year. A total of ninety games will be shown in color, sixty-five of them home games. The rest of the color schedule will depend on available facilities.
Indians: WJW-TV will televise forty-eight games (twenty-eight home, twenty road). This is the second year of a two-year contract. Some road games will probably be shown in color, A three-station network is being planned, but nothing was finalized at press time. Sponsors for three innings each game are Carling Brewing, Sun Oil, and R.J, Reynolds. Pre- and postgame shows are being sold to participating advertisers. Harry Jones and Herb Score will call the action.
Tigers: WJBK-TV is the flagship of a six-state Michigan network. The team is selling its advertising time as if the six stations were one unit. Sponsors signed so far are Pabst Brewing, Sun Oil, and HyGrade Foods. George Kell and Ray Lane will be on the call.
White Sox: WGN-TV will televise sixty-five games, fifty-two of them home day games in color. The pregame show, Lead-Off Man, will be sponsored by Nelson Brothers and Auto Painting Corporation of America. The postgame show, 10th Inning, will be sponsored by United Air Lines and Household Finance. Additional game sponsors include Hamm's Beer, Phillips Petroleum, Allstate Insurance, R.J. Reynolds, and the local Dodge Dealers. Jack Brickhouse and Lloyd Pettit will describe the action.
National TV/Radio Info
Originally written by garretta
Here's the national TV situation for 1966:
NBC: NBC will televise a Game of the Week every Saturday afternoon for the entire season. There will be an A (primary) game and a B (secondary) game. According to our research, the B game is only shown on the main station of the two cities involved in the A game.
(Are we sure about this? To use Pittsburgh as an example, even if a Pirates A game was blacked out on WIIC, enough people also got WJAC out of Johnstown or WTRF out of Wheeling that most Pirate fans who wanted to see the game could. That's if KDKA and the Pirates TV network didn't decide to televise it in the first place, which I know happened at least a few times.)
Curt Gowdy and Pee Wee Reese are the primary broadcast team, with Jim Simpson and former Yankee shortstop Tony Kubek as the backup team. Charlie Jones filled in for Simpson on Braves-Pirates June 11 and Astros-Reds July 30, which was joined in progress because the World Cup soccer final, called by Simpson, ran long, Mel Allen filled in for Simpson on Orioles-Twins September 10 while Simpson was at the World Series of Golf. (Does anybody know why Charlie subbed for Jim in Pittsburgh on 6/11?)
Nineteen of the twenty teams will participate. The Phillies will not be seen at home due to the team's exclusive contract with Atlantic-Richfield. This means that NBC can't televise from Connie Mack Stadium, The Phillies weren't scheduled on the road; whether it was due to the contract or whether the Phils simply weren't good enough to appear, we can't be sure.
All A games will be in color, along with about half of the B games.
Game time will either be 2:15 Eastern or 4:15 Eastern. There will also be early evening telecasts on May 30 (Memorial Day), July 4, and September 4 (Labor Day). Game times on July 4 and Labor Day wall be 7:15 Eastern, while game time on Memorial Day is 7PM Eastern.
(Another question about local coverage: What happened when there was only one game? If the two cities involved couldn't broadcast it, did they receive alternate programming from the network or were they sent off to local programming?)
The All-Star Game will be played on Tuesday, July 12 from Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Game time is 1L30 OM Eastern, with Gowdy and Reese on the call. Jim Simpson and Tony Kubek, the backup team for NBC-TV, will call the game for NBC Radio.
The World Series begins on Wednesday, October 5, as the Dodgers host the Orioles at Dodger Stadium. First pitch is at 4PM Eastern. Game 2 will also be at 4PM Eastern on Wednesday, October 6. With Curt established as NBC's main voice, the home team broadcaster (in this case, Vin Scully) worked with him, while the road team broadcaster worked on NBC Radio with their play-by-play man. In 1966, NBC's representative was Pirates voice Bob Prince.
The Series moves to Memorial Stadium in Baltimore on Saturday, October 8 with a 1PM first pitch, then concludes on Sunday, October 9 with a first pitch of 2PM, the earliest possible under Baltimore's Sunday blue laws. Orioles voice Chuck Thompson worked with Gowdy in the television booth, while Scully worked with Prince on NBC Radio. Thompson, as the voice of the victorious Orioles, will host the trophy presentation. The pregame show will be hosted by Jim Simpson, Harry Walker, and Alvin Dark
WBAL-TV (the Orioles' flagship station) and KTTV-TV (the Dodgers' flagship station) joined NBC's broadcast of each game..
National sponsors of NBC's coverage are Gillette, Chrysler, and R.J, Reynolds. Falstaff Beer is a major regional sponsor, with others expected.
NBC will use five color cameras on each primary game and also plans use of instant replays and stop-action recordings.
On the local front, SNI (Sports Network Inc.) will coordinate three hundred local telecasts this year; about ninety (thirty percent) will be in color, which is a major increase from last year's ten percent Another company, Lev-Ron Limited of Baltimore, will produce remote color coverage of sixteen Angels games from cities that don't have sufficient facilities for color: Baltimore, Washington, Cleveland, Detroit, Boston, Kansas City, and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
(This question may sound simplistic, but when a company provides remote facilities for a broadcast, what does that entail? Are they actually producing the broadcast, even if another person has the credit? How can a color telecast be produced in a place where the needed facilities aren't available?)