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Australian radio broadcast “synthetic” commentary - chairman - 10-30-2018
During the 1930s, Australian radio broadcast “synthetic” commentary of tests in England. Working from ball-by-ball telegrams the team commentated as if at the match, using sound effects such as recorded crowd noise and a pencil hitting a block of wood to mimic bat against ball.