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Football on the Air

1951–1954

1951–1954

Football on the Air

3

Surviving broadcasts

1951–1954

Years on the air

4

Seasons represented

Surviving football radio material: Notre Dame's Fighting Irish broadcasts with head coach Terry Brennan in 1954, Armed Forces Network football scoreboard round-ups from October 1951, and a later World Football League game carried in full. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Source collection: AFNFootballScoreboardPart1Oct91951BobBasnik

The shape of the run

Every dated survivor plotted against the years the series was on the air. The gaps are the lost broadcasts.

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

2 dated broadcasts across 4 years on the air, with 2 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

JFMAMJJASOND
1951
1952
1953
1954
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

The surviving run

3 of 3 shown

Transmission

9 October

No. 1

1951

Football on the Air

AFN Football Scoreboard Part 1 Oct 9 1951 Bob Basnik

Running time

11 min

Surviving football radio material: Notre Dame's Fighting Irish broadcasts with head coach Terry Brennan in 1954, Armed Forces Network football scoreboard round-ups from October 1951, and a later World Football League game carried in full. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

9 October

No. 2

1951

Football on the Air

AFN Football Scoreboard Part 2 Oct 9 1951 Bob Basnik

Running time

2 min

Surviving football radio material: Notre Dame's Fighting Irish broadcasts with head coach Terry Brennan in 1954, Armed Forces Network football scoreboard round-ups from October 1951, and a later World Football League game carried in full. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

20 September

No. 3

1954

Football on the Air

Fighting Irish Football 1954-09-20 Terry Brennan, Head Coach

Running time

10 min

Surviving football radio material: Notre Dame's Fighting Irish broadcasts with head coach Terry Brennan in 1954, Armed Forces Network football scoreboard round-ups from October 1951, and a later World Football League game carried in full. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.