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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.
In this hourly segment you will hear NBC radio reports by the following correspondents:
Peter Hackus (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)
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Note: In 1963, WWJ WWJ-FM was owned and operated by The Detroit News. The NBC Detroit affiliate was represented nationally by Peters, Griffins, Woodward, Inc.
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In this hourly 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 — top of 7:00 p.m. hour — NBC Radio in Detroit.
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Note: In 1963, WWJ WWJ-FM was owned and operated by The Detroit News. The NBC Detroit affiliate was represented nationally by Peters, Griffins, Woodward, Inc.
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In this hourly 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 — top of 11:00 p.m. hour — NBC Radio in Detroit.
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Note: In 1963, WWJ WWJ-FM was owned and operated by The Detroit News. The NBC Detroit affiliate was represented nationally by Peters, Griffins, Woodward, Inc.
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A special thank you to Bob Pratt, of Farmington Hills, MI., for contributing these historic recordings for our Motor City Radio Flashbacks archive.
In November 1963, Bob Pratt recorded over 20 hours on reeled tapes covering the tragic four days, 60 years ago.
Some 5 hours after the NBC Radio Network first 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 in Detroit. The evening recordings began at 6:20 p.m., running through 11:36 p.m. Friday night, November 22, 1963.
Bob Pratt also shared his personal recollections of President Kennedy’s assassination. His personal memories is featured on this site, here.
These historic Detroit radio broadcasts was never available to anyone — anywhere. Motor City Radio Flashbacks featured these historic recordings in their entirety — exclusively here — for the very first time, when this site premiered these broadcasts in November 2018, five years ago.
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Above newspaper images courtesy from the freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2023. Newspapers.com.
The above featured images was ‘clipped,’ saved, and re-imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
All photographs used in this featured presentation was randomly selected. All photographs was captioned by the author. All selected photos herein were found to be under/as ‘public domain’ and are exhibited here for educational purposes only, as stipulated under the “fair use” clause, unless specified otherwise, and having been credited, as.
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All images posted in this featured presentation was re-imaged, re-framed, and was web created for this featured presentation by Jim Feliciano. The selected ‘televised’ image was used (see top frame), having been obtained from the personal collection of the author.
AP Bulletin image: Scanned from an actual 11-22-1963 AP scroll (from author’s personal collection).
Photos featured: Associated Press; UPI (Mary Moorman)
Photo featured: by Jack Rosen (for additional content by the author further referencing the Jack Rosen photograph, above, go here)
In the Rosen photo, note the television monitors. All three major news networks were broadcasting the news out of Dallas that day. CBS, ABC, NBC, respectively.
The author purchased the Jack Rosen photograph (featured above) 15 years ago, from the official Jack Rosen (now defunct) website. This same image is available today and can now be purchased HERE
Photo featured, by Eanon Kennedy: The Dallas Times Herald
This photograph was published enlarged on the front page of The Dallas Times Herald (and was published also in other major newspaper publications) on Saturday, November 23, 1963.
For a remarkable story about this iconic November 22, 1963 photograph, and the photographer who took it, read this article, HERE.
Photos featured: The Dallas Times Herald
