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1946 establishments in New York City

  • NBC SportsThe first sports broadcast on NBC aired in 1939, marking the beginning of a decades-long relationship between the network and American athletics.
  • New York KnicksOn the 6th of June 1946, seventeen men gathered at the Commodore Hotel in New York City to establish the Basketball Association of America.
  • National Basketball AssociationOn the 1st of November 1946, the first professional basketball game in what would become the NBA took place inside Maple Leaf Gardens.
  • DuMont Television NetworkAllen B. DuMont Laboratories began with just $1,000 in 1931 inside a basement laboratory. The company produced the first consumer electronic television…