, ▁New ▁York ; ▁Philadelphia , ▁Pennsylvania ; ▁Sch en ect ady , ▁New ▁York ; ▁Washington , ▁District ▁of ▁Columbia ; ▁and , ▁en vir ons ▁surrounding ▁these ▁cities . ▁Out side ▁of ▁New ▁York , ▁coverage ▁was ▁po o led . ▁▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁also ▁saw ▁the ▁first ▁tele vised ▁World ▁Series . ▁The ▁games ▁were ▁broadcast ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁area ▁by ▁N BC ' s ▁W NB T , ▁CBS ' s ▁W C BS - TV ▁and ▁Du Mont ' s ▁W AB D ▁and ▁spons ored ▁by ▁G illet te ▁and ▁Ford . ▁The ▁October ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁Billboard ▁reported ▁over ▁ 3 . 9 ▁million ▁view ing ▁the ▁games , ▁primarily ▁on ▁TV ▁sets ▁located ▁in ▁bars ▁( 5 , 4 0 0 ▁ta vern ▁TV ▁sets ▁in ▁NY C ▁alone ). ▁The ▁October ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁edition ▁of ▁Time ▁magazine ▁reported ▁that ▁President ▁Tr uman , ▁who ▁had ▁just ▁made ▁the ▁first ▁O val ▁Office ▁TV ▁appearance ▁on ▁October ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁and ▁received ▁the ▁first ▁TV ▁for ▁the ▁White ▁House , ▁watched ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Series ▁but ▁" ski pped ▁the ▁last ▁inn ings ". ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁live ▁coverage ▁of ▁the ▁Series ▁was ▁also ▁seen ▁on ▁W RGB ▁in ▁Sch en ect ady / Al b any , ▁W PT Z ▁in ▁Philadelphia , ▁W MA R - TV ▁in ▁Baltimore ▁and ▁W