The Tournament of Roses Parade was established, and first held, on January 1,1890, in Pasadena, California, eight miles (13 km) northeast of Downtown Los Angeles.
Starting January 1, 1923, it is traditionally followed by the Tournament's other event, the Rose Bowl college football game. This parade is broadcast on multiple television networks, watched by upwards of one million spectators on the parade route, and seen by millions more on television.
The parade is televised on ABC (as the official network of the tournament and the Rose Bowl game itself), but coverage is also available on NBC, Univision (in Spanish), HGTV, The Travel Channel, and KTLA (the latter three tout commercial-free coverage, although KTLA repeats the parade throughout the day with commercials). Until 2007, the parade was also broadcast on CBS.
