by KTTV, the Dodgers' flagship TV station, and KRCA, the Los Angeles NBC station; and in Chicago by WGN-TV, the White Sox' flagship TV station, and WNBQ, the Chicago NBC station. Chicago White Sox announcer Bob Elson missed a chance to call the series – the team's first since 1919 and Elson's first since 1943 – to a national audience because the then-head of NBC Sports, Tom Gallery (who incidentally, grew up on the same block as Elson) didn't like him. Elson was, however, permitted to call a re-creation of the series over White Sox radio flagship WCFL. 1940s Notes The 1947 World Series was only seen in four markets via coaxial inter-connected stations: New York City; Philadelphia; Schenectady/Albany, New York; Washington, D.C.; and, environs surrounding these cities. Outside of New York, coverage was pooled. The October 1947 Billboard reported over 3.9 million viewing the games, primarily on TV sets located in bars (5,400 tavern TV sets in NYC alone). The October 13, 1947 edition of Time magazine reported that President Truman, who had just made the first Oval Office TV appearance on October 5, 1947, and received the first TV for the White House, watched parts of the Series but "skipped the last innings". Note on : Games in Boston were only seen in the Northeast. Meanwhile, games in Cleveland were only seen in the Midwest and Pittsburgh. The games were open to all channels with a network affiliation. In all, the 1948 World Series was televised to fans in seven Midwestern cities: Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Toledo. Tom Hussey helped Red Barber call Games 1–2 and 6 in Boston, while Van Patrick assisted Barber in calling Games 3–5 in Cleveland. By , World Series games could now be seen east of the Mississippi River. The games were open to all channels with a network affiliation. Surviving telecasts All telecasts of World Series games starting with (Reds–Red Sox) are accounted for and exist. This is a full record of World Series telecasts prior to 1975 that are known to exist in whole or part: (Yankees–Dodgers) – The complete telecasts of Games 6 and 7 exist, preserved on kinescope by sponsor Gillette. (Yankees–Dodgers) – Sections of Game 5 exist and have been released on DVD. (Yankees–Dodgers) – The last three innings of Game 2 are known to exist. Game 3 is complete with original commercials, pre and