BROUGHT ATHLETICS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE INTO LIVING ROOMS FOR 37 YEARS.
Legendary journalist Jim McKay served as the longtime host of the iconic sports series, which brought athletics from across the globe into living rooms of Americans on Saturday afternoons for 37 years. Fulfilling the promise of the show's opening sequence of "Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport," McKay and the show's co-hosts introduced sports that were not traditionally broadcast on television in the United States, such as rodeo, badminton and barrel jumping.
2023 TV INDUCTEE
"ABC's Wide World of Sports' transformed sports broadcasting by opening our eyes to unique sporting events across the globe and offering a one-of-a-kind perspective,"
"The combination of renowned journalists, award-winning athletes and off-beat sports propelled the show into a category of its own. Congratulations to 'ABC's Wide World of Sports' on the 'thrill of victory' marking its induction into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame."
NAB PRESIDENT AND CEO CURTIS LEGEYT