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- ↑ Winn, J. Emmett Winn; Brinson, Susan Lorene Brinson (2005). Transmitting the Past: Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Broadcasting. University Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-5175-5.
- ↑ You Tube Audio: Willie Pep against Sandy Sadler; 15th round of their second match on February 11, 1949 (Spanish).
- ↑ "BFI Database entry". FTVDB. Archived from the original on 2009-01-25.
