BROADCASTING | WWJ DETROIT RADIO AD: SEPTEMBER 1962

BROADCASTING September 10, 1962

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BROADCASTING | WWJ DETROIT RADIO AD: JANUARY 1963

BROADCASTING January 28, 1963

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57 YEARS AGO: WWJ 1964 DETROIT RADIO �?BROADCASTING’ AD

A �?BROADCASTING’ WWJ-AM 760 AD Page Rip: May 25, 1964

BROADCASTING | WWJ | 1964

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57 YEARS AGO: WWJ 1964 DETROIT RADIO �?BROADCASTING’ AD

A �?BROADCASTING’ WWJ-AM 760 AD Page Rip: May 25, 1964

BROADCASTING | WWJ | 1964

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WWJ: MICHIGAN REACTS TO DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT


 

WWJ-FM John Hultman NOVEMBER 22, 1963

 


 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963

JOHN HULTMAN * WWJ * NBC DETROIT

 

WWJ WWJ FM John Hultman anchors and reports on the immediate Michigan and Detroit reactions to the news of President Kennedy’s assassination and his death.

Breaking momentarily from the national NBC radio coverage from New York, this WWJ news report was broadcast 7:00 p.m., Detroit, November 22.

In 1963, WWJ AM WWJ FM was owned and operated by the Detroit News. A NBC affiliate, WWJ was represented nationally by Peters, Griffin, Woodward, Inc.

 

NOTE: This is the first of two Detroit WWJ news reports — as broadcast late Friday, November 22, 1963 — Motor City Radio Flashbacks is featuring today.

The second featured broadcast was reported by WWJ’s Don Perrie.

 

 

A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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A special �?THANK YOU’ to Bob Pratt of Farmington Hills, Michigan, for sharing this historic, WWJ recording (he personally taped) from November 22, 1963 – exclusively – with this website.

Motor City Radio Flashbacks featured Bob Pratt’s historic recordings, having covered those four tragic days on Detroit radio — as was recorded in their entirety in November 1963.

The reeled recordings were presented in their entirety — digitized in mp3 format — on this website last November 2018 covering those four tragic days. (See and click on the link below)

 

THE BOB PRATT COLLECTION

 

 

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

 

Photo caption: President John F. Kennedy Is Dead. Detroiters gaze at the WXYZ TV news ticker marquee above the old Detroit Bank and Trust Building, downtown Detroit (1212 Griswold Ave. and State), Friday, November 22, 1963.

 

A Note of Interest: The old Colonial Department Store is seen to the right in photo, facing State St., as it appeared in 1963. You can view the same building today in this May 2019 Google street map imagery here.

 

 

 

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Last November 2018, in commemorating the 55th Anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination, Motor City Radio Flashback featured a comprehensive Detroit NBC Radio coverage of those four dark days in November 1963 as was reported on WWJ-AM WWJ-FM and WJBK-AM WJBK-FM radio in Detroit.

 

Our special �?Kennedy Tapes’ Detroit radio coverage can be found archived HERE

 


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WWJ: MICHIGAN REACTS TO DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT


 

WWJ-FM Don Perrie NOVEMBER 22, 1963

 


 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963

DON PERRIE * WWJ * NBC DETROIT

 

WWJ WWJ FM Don Perrie anchors and reports on the immediate Michigan and Detroit reactions to the news of President Kennedy’s assassination and his death.

Breaking momentarily from the national NBC radio coverage from New York, this WWJ news report was broadcast 10:45 p.m., Detroit, November 22.

In 1963, WWJ AM WWJ FM was owned and operated by the Detroit News. A NBC affiliate, WWJ was represented nationally by Peters, Griffin, Woodward, Inc.

 

NOTE: This is the second of two Detroit WWJ news reports — as broadcast late Friday, November 22, 1963 — Motor City Radio Flashbacks is featuring today.

The first featured broadcast was reported by WWJ’s John Hultman.

 

 

A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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A special �?THANK YOU’ to Bob Pratt of Farmington Hills, Michigan, for sharing this historic, WWJ recording (he personally taped) from November 22, 1963 – exclusively – with this website.

Motor City Radio Flashbacks featured Bob Pratt’s historic recordings, having covered those four tragic days on Detroit radio — as was recorded in their entirety in November 1963.

The reeled recordings were presented in their entirety — digitized in mp3 format — on this website last November 2018 covering those four tragic days. (See and click on the link below)

 

THE BOB PRATT COLLECTION

 

 

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

 

Photo caption: President John F. Kennedy Is Dead. Detroiters gaze at the WXYZ TV news ticker marquee above the old Detroit Bank and Trust Building, downtown Detroit (1212 Griswold Ave. and State), Friday, November 22, 1963.

 

A Note of Interest: The old Colonial Department Store is seen to the right in photo, facing State St., as it appeared in 1963. You can view the same building today in this May 2019 Google street map imagery here.

 

Photo caption: Mrs. Daisy Fisher reflects on the JFK memorial display at the J. L. Hudson building (closed), downtown Detroit, Friday evening, November 22, 1963.

 

 

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Last November 2018, in commemorating the 55th Anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination, Motor City Radio Flashback featured a comprehensive Detroit NBC Radio coverage of those four dark days in November 1963 as was reported on WWJ-AM WWJ-FM and WJBK-AM WJBK-FM radio in Detroit.

 

Our special �?Kennedy Tapes’ Detroit radio coverage can be found archived HERE

 


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�?BROADCASTING’ 1962: A WWJ 950 DETROIT RADIO AD

A ‘BROADCASTING’ WWJ-AM 1500 AD PAGE RIP: March 26, 1962 (On your PC? click image 2x for largest view)

 

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�?BROADCASTING’ 1960: A WWJ 950 DETROIT RADIO AD

A �?BROADCASTING’ WWJ-AM 950 AD PAGE RIP: July 18, 1960 (On your PC? click image 2x for largest view)

 

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