Month: November 2016

JOHN F. KENNEDY. A REMEMBRANCE. 53-YEARS AGO.

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JFK: YEARS OF LIGHTNING, DAY OF DRUMS (audio) * Gregory Peck * November 1964

JOHN F. KENNEDY: YEARS OF LIGHTNING, DAY OF DRUMS

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New York Times Movie Review (above link) Aprill 11, 1966

This 1964 documentary, narrated by actor Gregory Peck, tells the story of President Kennedy’s 1000 days in office, while also showing scenes from his funeral. The film was created to air internationally only, but due to critical acclaim Congress passed a special resolution allowing it to be seen in the United States. The documentary was funded by the U.S. Information Agency and written and directed by Bruce Hershensohn.

Funded by HBO in partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performance Arts, the film was digitally restored in observance of the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s death, November 2013.

Available on DVD by Warner Brothers Home Entertainment. Released 2013.

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A MCRFB ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’: WEEK OF 11/25/63

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MCRFB.COM TOP 10 COUNTDOWN * November 1963 * A Henry Krueger Production

A MCRFB.COM 1963 TOP 10 HITS COUNTDOWN

TODAY’S ’60s TOP 40 SINGLES FLASHBACK FOR THE WEEK, NOVEMBER 25, 1963

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Henry Krueger Productions shares this day’s ’63 audio ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’ hits on MCRFB.COM

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ON THIS THANKSGIVING DAY: A ‘FOOD FOR THOUGHT’ . . . NOVEMBER 17, 1958

From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1958

There’s “Food For Thought” In a Thanksgiving Day Visit to Your House of Worship

 

 

 

 

Old-congregational-church-in-fall-weather (MCRFB 2)T O D A Y ,  F A R   T O O   M A N Y  of us think of Thanksgiving in terms of food and football — overlooking the fact that there is so much more food offered than that which is placed on the family table. For there is much “food for thought” as well.

Thanksgiving is a time to take stock of life’s blessings . . . to take a bright-eyed child on your knee and talk to him, or her, of things that really matter. . . of their great American heritage and the promise it holds for them. It’s a time to take your whole family to your church or synagogue for an hour of prayer and thanks that will make your holiday mean so much more.

True, our lives are far removed from those of the Pilgrim Fathers. We live in the uncertainty of the Atomic Age. But we also live in the abundance of 20th Century America. Has any one of us so much or so little that he cannot find room or time in his heart to say thanks?

This Thanksgiving, why not take your family to your church or synagogue? Wherever you are . . . whatever your beliefs may be . . . take time to offer your word of thanks.

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FIND THE STRENGTH FOR YOUR LIFE . . . WORSHIP TOGETHER THIS WEEK!

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(Information and news source: Billboard; November 17, 1958)

With every head bowed over the dinner table, a reverent family of five saying Grace, Thanksgiving Day, 1958.
With every head bowed over the dinner table, a reverent family of five saying Grace. Thanksgiving Day, 1958
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A MCRFB ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’! WEEK OF 11/24/77

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MCRFB.COM TOP 10 COUNTDOWN * November 1977 * A Henry Krueger Production

A MCRFB.COM 1977 TOP 10 HITS COUNTDOWN!

TODAY’S ’70s “HEARD THESE FIRST ON THE RADIO” TOP 40 SINGLES FLASHBACK

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Henry Krueger Productions shares this day’s ’77 audio ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’ hits on MCRFB.COM

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DETROIT RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACKS: 11/23/1963

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Saturday, November 23, 1963

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: DETROIT RADIO: ‘Radio-TV Programs, Commercials Halted’ 

(Above Detroit radio related article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2016. Newspapers.com).

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A MCRFB ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’! WEEK OF 11/23/76

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MCRFB.COM TOP 10 COUNTDOWN * November 1976 * A Henry Krueger Production

A MCRFB.COM 1976 TOP 10 HITS COUNTDOWN!

TODAY’S ’70s “HEARD THESE FIRST ON THE RADIO” TOP 40 SINGLES FLASHBACK

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PROGRAMMING THE DETROIT RADIO DIAL: 11/22/1963

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Friday, November 22, 1963

 DETROIT FREE PRESS: FRIDAY’S RADIO GUIDE 

(Above article and all images courtesy freep.com newspapers archives. Copyright 2016; Newspapers.com).

DETROIT FREE PRESS Morning Edition Friday, November 22, 1963
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Friday, November 22, 1963

DETROIT FREE PRESS ‘METRO FINAL’ HEADLINES

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“November the 22nd began, without a hint that it would be remembered. The country awoke, without knowing its President, was to sleep. The morning came, but the sun would set in mid-day. . . . “

— GREGORY PECK, ‘John F. Kennedy, Years Of Lightning, Day Of Drums’ (1964)

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WXYZ 11/22/1963: “WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM . . . “

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THE ABC RADIO NEWS * WXYZ (ABC affiliate) * FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963

01:36 P.M., EST., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963

THE ABC RADIO NETWORK

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At approximately 1:36 p.m., EST (12:36 p.m., CST; Dallas time), Don Gardiner of ABC News in New York first broke the airways nationwide with a FLASH news bulletin President Kennedy had been shot in Dallas, over the ABC Radio Network (WXYZ; Detroit).

Almost immediately following the ABC report, the CBS (WJR; Detroit) and NBC (WWJ; Detroit) radio networks broke in with bulletins approximately 1:38 p.m. EST. The Mutual Broadcasting System (WKNR; Detroit) began picking up the news feed pouring out of Dallas, breaking radio programming with flash bulletins covering Mutual affiliates nationwide, four-minutes later. Time approximately 1:40 p.m., Detroit time.

By 1:45 to 2:00 p.m., virtually every station on the dial (with the exception of WJLB who had not suspended their Friday scheduled programming) would cease all commercial radio programming in Detroit, and thereafter would remain under the news control of the three major networks out of New York during those four days, November 22-25, 1963.

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WKNR 11/22/1963: MUTUAL BROADCASTING BULLETINS

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MUTUAL RADIO BULLETINS * WKNR (Mutual affiliate) * NOVEMBER 22, 1963

 

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01:40 P.M., EST., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963

THE MUTUAL RADIO NETWORK

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At approximately 1:36 p.m., EST (12:36 p.m., CST; Dallas time), Don Gardiner of ABC News in New York first broke the airways nationwide with a FLASH news bulletin President Kennedy had been shot in Dallas, over the ABC Radio Network (WXYZ; Detroit).

Almost immediately following the ABC report, the CBS (WJR; Detroit) and NBC (WWJ; Detroit) radio networks broke in with bulletins approximately 1:38 p.m. EST. The Mutual Broadcasting System (WKNR; Detroit) began picking up the news feed pouring out of Dallas, breaking radio programming with flash bulletins covering Mutual affiliates nationwide, four-minutes later. Time approximately 1:40 p.m., Detroit time.

By 1:45 to 2:00 p.m., virtually every station on the dial (with the exception of WJLB who had not suspended their Friday scheduled programming) would cease all commercial radio programming in Detroit, and thereafter would remain under the news control of the three major news networks coming out of New York — including the Mutual Network — during those four days, November 22-25, 1963.

 

NOVEMBER 22

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