WWJ FM * Friday, November 22, 1963 * BOB PRATT COLLECTION (A)
THE KENNEDY TAPES (Bob Pratt Collection) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963
NBC Radio Network (2:00 P.M. EST – 3:45 P.M. EST) [A]
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Approximately 20 minutes after NBC broke programming with a bulletin (AP; 12:40 p.m., CST) President Kennedy had been shot, the NBC Radio Network in New York took control of the news coming out of Dallas on all the NBC affiliates nationwide, including WWJ, WWJ FM in Detroit, at the top of the hour — 2:00 P.M., EST, Friday, November 22, 1963.
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Peter Hackuss (NBC Radio Network, New York); Edwin Newman (NBC Radio Network, New York)
Robert MacNeill (Dallas); Bill Ryan (NBC TV [feed] New York); Charles Murphy (ABC-TV [feed] Dallas); David Brinkley (NBC TV [feed] Washington); Alan Bickley (WFAA Dallas); Joseph Michaels (New York); Jean Hill [eyewitness] WFAA Dallas); Frank McGee (NBC TV [feed] New York); Robert Gorawlski (Washington); Chet Huntley (NBC TV [feed] New York); John Holfin (NBC cameraman [eyewitness] Dallas); Morgan Beatty (NBC Radio Network, New York); John Lavencheck (Miami); Robert McCormick (Washington); Pierce Allman (WFAA Dallas); Irving R. Levine (Rome); Kenneth Bernstein (London)
WWJ FM * Friday, November 22, 1963 * THE BOB PRATT COLLECTION (B)
THE KENNEDY TAPES (Bob Pratt Collection) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963
NBC Radio Network (6:20 P.M. – 8:55 P.M.) [B]
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In this segment you will hear NBC radio reports by the following correspondents:
Joseph Michaels (New York); Bernard Brussell (Paris); Ray Sherer (Washington); Joseph Hersh (London); Berry Simmons (San Diego); Pierce Allman (Dallas); Ian Stewart (Hong Kong); Peter Hackett (Washington); Robert Abernathy (Washington); Nancy Dickerson (Washington); Tom Petitt (Dallas) David Abernathy (Bonn); Richard Volariani (Washington); Robert Goralski (Washington); Joseph Michaels (JFK in New York; 11-15-1963)
Also — you will hear a special WWJ radio news report by:
John Hultman | WWJ WWJ FM (NBC; Detroit)
WWJ FM * Friday, November 22, 1963 * THE BOB PRATT COLLECTION (C)
THE KENNEDY TAPES (Bob Pratt Collection) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963
NBC Radio Network (8:56 P.M. – 11:36 P.M.) [C]
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In this segment you will hear NBC radio reports by the following correspondents:
Bob Whitten (Sacramento); Robert Goralski (Washington); Tom Perryman (Dallas); John Rich (Tokyo); Herbert Kaplow (Washington); Joseph Michaels (Interviews Carlos Bringuier, New Orleans — New York); Richard Valariani (Washington); John Chancellor (Berlin); Tom Petitt (Dallas); Robert Abernathy (Washington)
Also — you will hear a special WWJ radio news report by:
Don Perrie | WWJ WWJ FM (NBC; Detroit)
ABOUT THESE NOVEMBER 1963 RECORDINGS
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A special THANK YOU to Bob Pratt, of Farmington Hills, MI., for contributing these historic recordings with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
In November 1963, Bob Pratt recorded over 15 hours on reeled tapes covering the tragic four days, 55 years ago.
Some 5 hours after the NBC Radio Network broke with stunning word President Kennedy had been shot (12:40 p.m., CST; 1:00 p.m., CST;) Bob Pratt proceeded recording more of the NBC radio news — as they unfolded on WWJ-FM, Detroit. The evening recordings began at 6:20 p.m., running through 11:36 p.m. Friday night, November 22, 1963.
Bob Pratt shares his recollections of President Kennedy’s assassination. His personal memories is featured on this website, here.
These historic Detroit radio broadcasts was never available to anyone — anywhere — until now. Motor City Radio Flashbacks features these historic recordings in their entirety — exclusively here — for the very first time.
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TOMORROW: WJBK FM and WWJ AM November 23, 1963
— ABOUT THESE IMAGES —
Above newspaper images courtesy from the freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2018. Newspapers.com.
The above featured images was ‘clipped,’ saved, and imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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All images posted in this featured presentation was created by Jim Feliciano. The ‘televised’ image was used, having been obtained from the personal collection of the author.
AP Bulletin image: Scanned from an actual 11-22-1963 AP scroll. (from the author’s personal collection)
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Photo featured: Associated Press (Mary Moorman)
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Photo featured: Jack Rosen
About this photo: Photographer Jack Rosen captured this image, on November 22, 1963, inside a Sears & Roebuck department store, in Levittown, PA.
(Note the television monitors. Broadcasting the news coming out of Dallas that day. CBS, ABC, NBC, respectively).
The author purchased this very image, 10 years ago, from the Jack Rosen website. This same image is available and can be purchased HERE
