Detroit wants Ty Tyson: National and regional fandom and the 1934 NBC World Series radio broadcast
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: I examine a 1934 fan campaign which collected over six hundred thousand signatures to get popular Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ty Tyson to handle the play-by-play for the World Series. The campaign shows how fans developed strong opinions about the best ways to broadcast sports, as well as how media industries have historically tried to capitalize on audiences' split identities as both regional and national listening audiences.
Author: Alexander Kupfer
Language: English
Topic: Sports, Gender, and Society
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408436727