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Archiving Airwaves: The Miley Collection

John Miley finds a home for his collection of roughly 44,000 sports broadcasts dating back to 1947.

Aired 09/11/2024

WTIU Documentaries

Archiving Airwaves: The Miley Collection

Special | 28m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

John Miley finds a home for his collection of roughly 44,000 sports broadcasts dating back to 1947.

An Evansville, Ind., man has compiled perhaps the largest collection of sports broadcasts in the country. He's been the go-to for historic broadcasts by all the major networks and sports leagues. But at 93 years old, John Miley has been looking for someone to curate the more than 44,000 recordings he’s made or gathered since the late 1940s. And he found one at Indiana University’s Media School.

Aired 09/11/2024

WTIU Documentaries is a local public television program presented by WTIU PBS

WTIU Documentaries

Archiving Airwaves: The Miley Collection

Special | 28m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

An Evansville, Ind., man has compiled perhaps the largest collection of sports broadcasts in the country. He's been the go-to for historic broadcasts by all the major networks and sports leagues. But at 93 years old, John Miley has been looking for someone to curate the more than 44,000 recordings he’s made or gathered since the late 1940s. And he found one at Indiana University’s Media School.

Aired 09/11/2024

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