Ten-pin bowling over the Model A), all three versions are still in widespread use. The television age of the 1950s also helped to increase the popularity of ten-pin bowling, as images of the sport began to enter the homes of millions across the United States. Nationally televised programs like "Jackpot Bowling" and "Make That Spare" became popular on Friday nights from the late 1950s into the early 1960s. Following many years of debate over what constituted a professional bowler versus an amateur, Eddie Elias founded the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) in 1958. The PBA's "Pro Bowlers Tour" became a permanent part of
Ten-pin bowling ten-pin magazines and news services are the international and world-renowned "Bowling Digital News", the international "Bowlers Journal Online" and the "International Bowling Industry". Specific American magazines of note are the "Bowling This Month" magazine and the "Bowling Digest". Additionally, other than books written by bowling instructors on the coaching and training of the sport, books on the humorous and historical side of ten-pin bowling have become extremely popular. Some of these include "A Funnier Approach", "The Funniest Approach", "Bowled Over", "The New Bowling Trivia Book", "Two For Stew" and "The Tour Would Be Great". Ten-pin bowling has been referenced in