Skating on Air

Kelli Lawrence, an award-winning freelance writer and producer, has published in Skating, PSA Magazine, and several other publications. She lives in Indianapolis.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments     

Foreword by Verne Lundquist     

Introduction     



1. From London 1908 to Hollywood 1948: Figure Skating Before Television     

2. Barely a Small Screen Sport: Skating Through TV’s Golden Age     

3. Ashes to Icons: TV and Figure Skating’s Alliance of the 1960s     

4. When the Ways of Television Helped Change the Ways of the Sport (1969–73)     

5. Skating Up Close and Personal in the 1970s     

6. Big Deals and Bigger Personalities: Skating Meets the ’80s     

7. Leaving Figures Behind: The Road from Calgary to Albertville     

8. The Brightest Lights for the Darkest Reasons (1994)     

9. Here a Skater, There a Skater: The Pro Explosion (1994–98)     

10. The Saturation Point and the Saga of “Skategate”     

11. Televised Skating Post-2002: The Hard Fall     

12. Fragmented, Not Broken: Figure Skating Pushes Forward     



Afterword     

Appendix A: Profiles of Interviewees     

Appendix B: Doug Wilson and the Art of Camera Blocking     

Appendix C: Tales from the Trenches     

Appendix D: Jim McKay, the Ultimate Professional ...Who Never Liked Figure Skating     

Appendix E: When Heiss Met Hollywood     

Appendix F: The “Nicely Done” Pool     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index