College football on radio
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College football on radio includes the radio
broadcasting of college football
games, as well as pre- and post-game reports, analysis, and human-interest stories.
College football games have been broadcast since 1921
, beginning with the 1921 West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh football game
on October 8 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
.
Today, virtually every college football game in every division is broadcast on the radio in their local market and many are broadcast nationally. Other coverage includes local broadcasts of weekly coach's programs.
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
broadcasting of college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
games, as well as pre- and post-game reports, analysis, and human-interest stories.
College football games have been broadcast since 1921
1921 in sports
-American football:NFL championship* Chicago Staleys win the 1921 American Professional Football Association title, albeit not without dispute...
, beginning with the 1921 West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh football game
1921 West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh football game
The 1921 West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh football game was a college football game between the and the played on October 8, 1921. It was the seventeenth meeting of the Backyard Brawl, an ongoing rivalry game between the two programs....
on October 8 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
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Today, virtually every college football game in every division is broadcast on the radio in their local market and many are broadcast nationally. Other coverage includes local broadcasts of weekly coach's programs.