Biography
Over the course of his long career, Barber called play-by-play on the first night baseball game, the first televised game (during which he also announced the first TV commercials), the first televised World Series, and the first televised football games. The first man to be hired by Edward R. Murrow when the legendary newsman returned from World War II to run CBS News, he served as the network's director of sports.
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Career Milestones
1992 | Appeared in Ken Burns' documentary, "Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio" | |
| Became a regular weekly contributor to National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" | ||
1978 | Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame with fellow broadcaster Mel Allen, the first broadcasters to be so honored | |
1966 | Fired by the Yankees for paying too much attention to low attendance at the games | |
| TV series renamed "Red Barber's Clubhouse" | ||
| Announced for the New York Yankees | ||
1953 | TV series renamed "The Peak of Sports News" | |
| Worked as a reporter, interviewer, and analyst on a weekly sports news program for CBS-TV entitled "Red Barber's Clubhouse" | ||
| Hired by Edward R. Murrow as director of sports for CBS News | ||
| Served as the voice of the Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
1934 | Worked as the sportscaster for the Cincinnati Reds | |