PBA on USA
US television program
PBA on USA is a presentation of professional ten-pin bowling matches from the Professional Bowlers Association Tour formerly produced by the USA cable television in the United States from 1982 to 1984.
Coverage overview
The USA Network broadcast matches every Thursday night. USA's first telecast was the Kessler Open from San Jose, California in July 1982.
Commentators included play-by-play announcers Eddie Doucette, Pete Liebengood, and Al Trautwig and color commentators Mike Durbin and Earl Anthony.
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q85791606. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1982 and 1984.
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