▁game ▁coverage ▁has ▁been ▁preced ed ▁by ▁pre - game ▁show ▁The ▁NFL ▁Today , ▁which ▁features ▁game ▁pre views , ▁extensive ▁analysis ▁and ▁inter views . ▁ ▁CBS ' s ▁first ▁attempts ▁to ▁broadcast ▁the ▁NFL ▁on ▁television ▁were ▁notable ▁for ▁there ▁being ▁no ▁broadcast ing ▁contract ▁with ▁the ▁league ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁Instead , ▁CBS ▁had ▁to ▁strike ▁de als ▁with ▁individual ▁teams ▁to ▁broadcast ▁games ▁into ▁the ▁teams ' ▁own ▁mark ets , ▁many ▁of ▁which ▁CBS ▁had ▁purchased ▁from ▁the ▁mor ib und ▁Du Mont ▁Television ▁Network . ▁O ften ▁the ▁games ▁would ▁be ▁broadcast ▁with ▁" split ▁audio " ▁– ▁that ▁is , ▁a ▁game ▁between ▁two ▁franch ises ▁would ▁have ▁the ▁same ▁picture ▁in ▁both ▁teams ' ▁" network s " ▁( the ▁visit ing ▁team ' s ▁home ▁city ▁and ▁affili ates ▁of ▁the ▁home ▁team ' s ▁" network " ▁beyond ▁a ▁ 7 5 - mile ▁radius ▁of ▁the ▁home ▁team ' s ▁television ▁market ). ▁Each ▁team ' s ▁" network " ▁had ▁different ▁announ cers ▁( us ually ▁those ▁working ▁in ▁their ▁home ▁mark ets ). ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Gi ants ▁in ▁particular ▁were ▁carried ▁on ▁the ▁Du Mont ▁network , ▁then ▁CBS ▁( air ing ▁locally ▁on ▁W C BS - TV , ▁channel ▁ 2 ) ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁days ▁of ▁the ▁NFL ▁of ▁the ▁league ' s ▁television ▁broadcast s , ▁when ▁home ▁games ▁were ▁black ed ▁out ▁within ▁a ▁ 7 5 - mile ▁radius ▁of