In addition to his work on CBS' NFL coverage (including co-anchoring The NFL Today from its inception in 1975 through 1989), Cross called NBA basketball, track and field, and gymnastics at various times for the network.
During the CBS National Football League telecast of a game on October 13, 1974, she became the first female NFL announcer, brought in as a commentator alongside Don Criqui and Irv Cross.
After retiring as a player, Christman worked as a television color commentator, first teaming with play-by-play announcer Joe Boland to call Cardinals games for CBS in 1958-59.
PP&K began in 1961 and at one time, event highlights were shown by CBS Sports as part of its NFL coverage.
The television network carrying the game (either CBS, Fox, or NBC) will usually devote the entire day's programming schedule to the game, with extended pregame shows, NFL Films retrospectives of the previous season, and special versions of the Sunday morning talk shows in the morning and afternoon hours leading into the game.
Since the move to late August, the Barclays has traditionally closed CBS Sports' PGA Tour television schedule, due to the network's commitment to airing SEC College and NFL football, as well as the U.S. Open tennis tournament, during the fall months.
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When new TV contracts were signed in December 1993, CBS lost their rights to the then-fledgling Fox Network.
NFL on CBS broadcaster Tom Brookshier became the subject of controversy because of a remark he made during a Philadelphia Eagles vs. New Orleans Saints game broadcast on December 11, 1983.
Regular season games are broadcast regionally on Fox, except when the Lions play an AFC team in Detroit, in which case the game airs regionally on CBS.
Over the next two decades he would broadcast a variety of events for the network including NFL football, NBA and NCAA basketball, professional bowling, tennis, NASL soccer, and golf (including the Masters Tournament each spring).
Those shows held the fledgling "web" together until Fox shocked the TV world by winning partial rights to the National Football League in 1994 from CBS; that, as well as channel upgrades in many markets due to Fox's alliance and merger with New World Communications, made Fox a legitimate fourth network.
Kevin Harlan started his NFL broadcasting for the Kansas City Chiefs at the age of 25, Bob Costas replaced Al Michaels on the NFL on CBS in 1976 at the age of 24, Jim Nantz began calling NFL games in 1988 at age: 29, and Joe Buck called NFL games for Fox in their inaugural season in 1994 at the age of 25.
The songs are played at the start and end of the programs, before and after commercial breaks, and during stoppages of play of the American Football Conference games shown on The NFL on CBS, and on commercial spots that announce the programming schedule, as a jingle for viewers to remember.