Olympics on ABC
| Olympics on ABC | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Olympics telecasts |
| Opening theme | Bugler's Dream (1968-1988) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Various Olympic venues (event telecasts and studio segments) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Varies |
| Production company(s) | American Broadcasting Company |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ABC Sports ABC's Wide World of Sports |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | January 29, 1964 – February 28, 1988 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by |
NBC Olympics (1964,1972) CBS Olympics (1960) |
| Followed by |
NBC Olympics (1988-present) CBS Olympics (1992-1998) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Olympic Games aired in the United States on the broadcast network ABC during the 1960s to the 1980s. ABC first televised the Winter Olympic Games in 1964, and the Summer Olympic Games in 1968. ABC last televised the Summer Olympics in 1984 and Winter Olympics in 1988.
While CBS aired both the 1960 Winter and Summer Games (marking the first time that the Olympics were broadcast on American television), by 1964, a different network showed the Winter Games: ABC. Roone Arledge won broadcast rights for his network and began a relationship with the "five rings" that would last over two decades. The program used many of the same production staff from ABC's Wide World of Sports, as well as the same host, Jim McKay, who moved to ABC from CBS in 1961. In 1968, ABC showed both the Winter Games and the Summer Games.
The 1964 Winter Games were in Innsbruck, Austria, and coverage was taped and flown by plane back to the United States. All of it was in black-and-white, but with most Winter Olympic events in the morning (local time), most TV coverage aired the day the events were held.
By 1968, ABC was broadcasting the Olympics in full color, and satellites made possible live coverage of several events at the Winter Games in Grenoble, France and of nearly all of the network's coverage of the Summer Games in Mexico City.
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