Squaw Valley 1960
United States
CBS Broadcast Schedule
As originally written by BD Sullivan
1960 Winter Olympics (February 18-28)
(Squaw Valley, CA) (CBS)
2/18 Opening ceremonies (7:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.)
2/19 Summary (11:30 p.m.-11:45 p.m.)
2/20 Women's downhill skiing (1 p.m.-2 p.m.) Women's 500 meter speed skating, women's downhill skiing, pairs figure skating (4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.)
2/21 Men's giant slalom, Men's 60-meter ski jump (2 p.m.-5 p.m.)
2/22 Summary (11:30 p.m.-11:45 p.m.)
2/23 Women's figure skating (7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.) Summary (11:30 p.m.-11:45 p.m.)
2/24 Summary (11:30 p.m.-11:45 p.m.)
2/25 Summary (11:30 p.m.-11:45 p.m.)
2/26 Men's figure skating finals (9 p.m.-10 p.m, 11:30 p.m.-11:45 p.m.)
2/27 Hockey finals (4:30 p.m.-7 p.m.)
2/28 Men's 80-meter ski jump, Closing ceremonies (2 p.m.-5 p.m.)
CBS Commentators
As originally written by tvnut
1960: Squaw Valley (CBS News, 15 hours, $50,000 rights fee after ABC backed out)
Broadcasters (in part):
Host: Walter Cronkite (late replacement for Jim McKay, who had a nervous breakdown a few weeks before)
Features: Harry Reasoner
Play-by-play: Bud Palmer (hockey), Chris Schenkel (skiing) (ski jumping) (biathlon)
Analyst: Dick Button (figure skating)
Analyst: Art Devlin (ski jumping)
Analyst: Andrea Mead Lawrence (skiing)
Analyst: Giancarlo Rossini (skiing and bobsled)