The pigskin and the picture tube: The National Football League's First full season on the CBS Television Network

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 479-497

  Cressman, Dale L ^a   Swenson, Lisa ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35348910221     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08838150701457537     Document Type: Article

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