This was followed by regional telecasts of up to three games, starting at about 3:55 p.m. ET.
Chris Schenkel was their play-by-play announcer in that early era when each team was assigned its own network voice on its regional telecasts.
During the mid-1990s, he worked on some regional telecasts for the NHL on Fox.
Finally, in 1955 the NCAA revised its plan, keeping eight national games while permitting true regional telecasts during five specified weeks of the season.
Today, the Reds-Cardinals game will be one of four regional telecasts shown by Fox.
Game 4 was officially changed to Sunday afternoon to accommodate ABC television for another regional telecast.
Fox Sports West holds the exclusive rights to the regional telecasts of approximately 150 Angels home and away games.
Other ESPN broadcast teams may also occasionally appear for regional telecasts.
By the NCAA rules, only 8 national and 5 regional telecasts were allowed during the season.
This is said to be the site of the first stadium scoreboard, the first football radio broadcast, the first regional telecast of a college game.