THE CHICAGO CUBS ARE ON THE AIR!

A HISTORY OF CUBS BROADCASTING Copyright 2007 Stu Shea All Rights Reserved

The first major-league baseball game ever broadcast on radio was Friday, August 5, 1921’s Pittsburgh Pirates–Philadelphia Phillies tilt at Forbes Field. The host Pirates won 8-5 as Harold Arlin laid down the action on Pittsburgh’s KDKA for the few people in the world who owned the equipment needed to listen.