Detroit wants Ty Tyson: National and regional fandom and the 1934 NBC World Series radio broadcast

Authors

  • Alexander Kupfer Independent scholar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2025.2853

Keywords:

Baseball, Fan campaigns, Local fandom, Sports media

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.

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Published

2025-03-14

Issue

Vol. 45 (2025): Sports Fandoms

Section

Symposium

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Copyright (c) 2025 Alexander Kupfer

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