Notes •
Chicago Bulls basketball began airing on channel 44 in 1973; WSNS-TV broadcast the Bulls' full 41-game road schedule, making the Bulls the only NBA team at the time with every road game broadcast on television. That same year, channel 44 began airing
World Hockey Association hockey with the
Chicago Cougars. The Cougars and Bulls were called by
Lorn Brown. • In 1974,
Bill Rasmussen moved south to
Hartford, Connecticut, to join the
New England Whalers of the
World Hockey Association as their communications director. At the conclusion of the
1977–78 season, Rasmussen was fired by the Whalers. Thus began the pursuit of
ESPN, incorporating the fledgling network on July 14, 1978. •
Bob Neumeier's first job in broadcasting began in 1975 on
WTIC in
Hartford, Connecticut, where he called play-by-play of the Whalers, working with
Bill Rasmussen and
Larry Pleau; among their calls was the famous "Brawl at the Mall" in April 1975 during a playoff series with the
Minnesota Fighting Saints. ==See also==