memories from the microphone: a century of baseball broadcasting

Hall of offer ‘microphone memories’ The National Baseball Hall of Fame is partnering with Mango Publishing to explore 100 years of baseball on the radio airwaves. One hundred years ago, a new technology carried descriptions of the Aug. 5, 1921, Pirates vs. Phillies game beyond Forbes Field and into a few hundred homes with receivers within reach of KDKA-AM in Pittsburgh. It was the start of an unbreakable bond between broadcasting and baseball – one that brought the national pastime…