Game 5 of the 1970 ABA Finals (Indiana vs. Los Angeles) was nationally televised by CBS[11] on Saturday, May 23 at 3 p.m Eastern Time.
The 1973 ABA All-Star Game was a syndicated telecast with Andy Musser[12] and Alex Hannum providing the play–by–play and color commentary respectively.
When the American Basketball Association began play in 1967, Terry Stembridge broadcast the Dallas Chaparrals games on radio.
[42] WHAS was the original radio home to locally produced coverage of American Basketball Association games involving the Kentucky Colonels during that league's 1967–1976 existence.
[47][48][49] Van Vance appeared on WHAS radio as the announcer for the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association, often with Cawood Ledford.
After the Colonels folded as part of the ABA-NBA merger in June 1976, Vance was best known for broadcasting University of Louisville basketball games (including the 1986 NCAA National Championship Team) on the same station.
[74][75] The NBA imposed one of the following terms on the four ABA refugees—the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs: During the 1976–77 season, the NBA's first after the ABA–NBA merger brought the American Basketball Association into the league, CBS held a slam dunk contest that ran during halftime of the Game of the Week telecasts.
[76] Other players to compete in the slam dunk tournament included Julius Erving, George Gervin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Moses Malone.