Fulton Lewis Jr was a prominent conservative American broadcaster from the 1930s to the 1960s. His commentaries were broadcast nationally by the Mutual Broadcasting System. 

Fulton Lewis Jr. radio commentary. 

                                                  

     Fulton Lewis comments related to the battle of Dien Bien Phu.        

Fulton Lewis Jr was a prominent conservative American broadcaster from the 1930s to the 1960s. His commentaries were broadcast nationally by the Mutual Broadcasting System. 

Fulton Lewis Jr. radio commentary. 

                                                               

Fulton Lewis Jr was a prominent conservative American broadcaster from the 1930s to the 1960s. His commentaries were broadcast nationally by the Mutual Broadcasting System. 

Fulton Lewis Jr. Commentary on Senator Joseph McCarthy's Committee hearings and comments on Korea. 

                                                                            

November 7, 1954-April 20, 1961
September 15, 1963-

Host: Griffing Bancroft 
William Hines jr (Washington Star), 
Arthur Sylvester (Newark News), 
Peter Lisagor (Chicago Daily News).  

Eleanor Roosevelt attacks Middle Eastern foreign policy, discusses the Soviet Union and states that the world situation is not presently a good one, pointing out that here has been a failure of current American leadership. 

Senator Margaret Chase Smith comments on the current crises in the Middle East, Yugoslavian leader Tito, Egyptian Prime Minister  Nasser...latest news related to  Secretary of State John Foster Dulles cancer diagnosis...her confidence that Herbert Hoover Jr. will be effective substituting for Dulles if necessary. Smith states that there is currently high prosperity in the USA and that President Eisenhower will be reelected for a second term as President.

NOTE: Roosevelt and Smith were the first two women to appear on "Face The Nation," on its second anniversary broadcast.                                                    

The USS Constellation aircraft carrier catches fire. The fire was started by a forklift truck accident. Over 3200 workmen were on the carrier with 50 people killed. The fire took place at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 

Live coverage of the Freedom 7 space flight with Commander Alan B. Shepard aboard. Complete flight from countdown to post-flight report.            

The ABC television network is examined for its "sex and violence" program line-ups in order to boost ratings.           

Film covering Lt. Col. John Glenn's space flight, prepared by the General Dynamics Corporation for NASA. The program will have voice over narration by CBS News correspondent Walter Cronkite. 

Happy ending of the flight of "Aurora 7. A  CBS Special half-hour report on the successful three-orbit space flight of Scott Carpenter, completed earlier in the day.                      

Live coverage of the first TV transmissions from "Telstar 1."
All three networks show scenes from various parts of the US. Also, scenes from London, Paris, Rome, and the artic are beamed to the US. 

CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow is interviewed.            

Cuban President Fidel Castro gives a speech in Havana, Cuba.           

Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba gives a speech.             

FIVE STAR NEWS with anchor Kevin Kennedy was a WPIX TV weekday 10 minute presentation telecast from 11:50am - Noon. 
The broadcast would open with catchy instrumental theme song with the following introduction:
"Good Morning. Kevin Kennedy with Five Star News."
 
Topics: John Steinbeck wins the Nobel prize for  literature. He is interviewed on location by John Tillman. Sixty year old Steinbeck describes his astonished reaction and feelings related to this prestigious award.  A report on the Cuban missile crisis, Cubans continue missile buildup on the island, Adlai Stevenson and Russian diplomat Valerian Zorin in a row at the UN Security Council today, a heated exchange, Stevenson shows aerial photos of Cuban missile sites.  The Carrier Enterprise leads a naval interception armada.

NOTE: It is interesting that in 1962 TV news broadcasting still injected into their news stories dramatic "canned" dramatic music to accompany a news segment as demonstrated by the story related to the Carrier Enterprise naval interception armada. 

NOTE: Anchor Kevin Kennedy would also do the news for WPIX weekdays at 7:00pm to 7:10pm preceding a fifteen newscast anchored by John Tillman (7:10-7:25pm).  

                                                                

Fulton Lewis Jr was a prominent conservative American broadcaster from the 1930s to the 1960s. His commentaries were broadcast nationally by the Mutual Broadcasting System. 

Fulton Lewis Jr. attacks New York, Governor Nelson Rockefeller.

           

Fulton Lewis Jr was a prominent conservative American broadcaster from the 1930s to the 1960s. His commentaries were broadcast nationally by the Mutual Broadcasting System. 

Fulton Lewis Jr. radio commentary. 

                                     

Live coverage of the funeral of President John F. Kennedy. 

Fulton Lewis Jr was a prominent conservative American broadcaster from the 1930s to the 1960s. His commentaries were broadcast nationally by the Mutual Broadcasting System. 

Fulton Lewis Jr. radio commentary. 

                        

Live CBS coverage of Winston Churchill's funeral. Walter Cronkite reports. Comments on Churchill from Dwight Eisenhower.            

Comments by Walter Cronkite and Eric Sevareid on the funeral of Winston Churchill.              

November 7th, 1954-April 20th, 1961. September 15th, 1963-Present.

Counterpart of NBC's "Meet The Press." Newsmakers are interviewed by a panel. CBS correspondent George Herman moderated the program from 1969 until September 1983 when he was replaced by Lesley Stahl. Bob Schieffer took over as moderator in 1991. Eventually, the panel of interviewers was dropped in favor of the program host conducting interviews of all guests.

An interview with Governor George Wallace of Alabama, commentary on the crisis in Selma, fear of a voting rights controversy.   

Martin Agronsky is the host.                      

Adlai Stevenson.tribute on the day of his funeral. Introduction by Charles Kuralt. Other guests include Hubert Humphrey, Prime Minister Harold Wilson, poet and writer Archibald Macleish, and Labor Secretary Williard Wirtz.

Eric Sevareid hosts from London.           

September 19th, 1965- July 26th, 1970 (NBC)

Successor to the "SUNDAY" series. Edited and anchored by veteran NBC newsman Frank McGee.                      

48 civilians die due to miscalculation. John Rich reports.
Two USAFA-1 sky raiders mistakenly struck South Vietnamese village of De Duc killing 48 civilians. Ronald Reagan campaigning in 1966 California Governor's race-leads in poll. Profile of Reagan by Frank McGee who narrates.    

Host: Frank McGee.               

September 19th, 1965- July 26th, 1970 (NBC)

Successor to the "SUNDAY" series. Edited and anchored by veteran NBC newsman Frank McGee.     

Report on Senator Robert F. Kennedy's tour of Latin America. The Senator has been visiting peace corps installations in South America. Speech by RFK to students in Lima, Peru.                            

The Vietnam war reaches a new high for the US, a special report on the political future of Ronald Reagan, a possible role in national office.    

This is the ninth broadcast in the series.        

Countdown of the Gemini V1 spacecraft. Flight fails to take off, a misfire.            

President Johnson in Hawaii to meet with South Vietnamese leader General Nguyen Cao Ky in Honolulu summit.              

The first space docking of the Gemini spacecraft.              

Ted Koppel reporting.          

Coverage of the Gemini 9A spaceflight. Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard.         

CBS Newsman Eric Sevareid reports on the flight of the Gemini 9 spacecraft.  Includes NBC live coverage with Chet Huntley and Frank McGee.           

WNBC radio news launch coverage of the Gemini 9 space flight with astronauts Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford aboard, interrupting the Joe Pyne Show.       

A report on the Gemini 9 spaceflight.             

NBC LIVE NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. Frank McGee reports on the flight of Gemini 11 with Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon, and Chet Huntley.

Duplicate of #6086. 

November 7th, 1954-April 20th, 1961. September 15th, 1963-Present.

The counterpart of NBC's "Meet The Press." Newsmakers are interviewed by a panel. CBS correspondent George Herman moderated the program from 1969 until September 1983 when he was replaced by Lesley Stahl. Bob Schieffer took over as moderator in 1991. Eventually, the panel of interviewers was dropped in favor of the program host conducting interviews of all guests.

Guest: Dr.Benjamin Spock, accused by President Johnson of the betrayal of the American people for his anti-Vietnam war movements. Martin Agronsky is the host. 


                                         

November 7th, 1954-April 20th, 1961. September 15th, 1963-Present.

The counterpart of NBC's "Meet The Press." Newsmakers are interviewed by a panel. CBS correspondent George Herman moderated the program from 1969 until September 1983 when he was replaced by Lesley Stahl. Bob Schieffer took over as moderator in 1991. Eventually, the panel of interviewers was dropped in favor of the program host conducting interviews of all guests.

Guest: Senator Eugene McCarthy. Panelists: Martin Agronsky, Roger Mudd, and John Hart. Joined in progress. 


                                                      

Live TV and radio coverage of the funeral services for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Radio coverage provided by WGY, Schenectady.                      

Walter Cronkite reports on the Apollo 7 space flight. 
This is the first US space flight in 20 months.                     

November 7th, 1954-April 20th, 1961. September 15th, 1963-Present.

The counterpart of NBC's "Meet The Press." Newsmakers are interviewed by a panel. CBS correspondent George Herman moderated the program from 1969 until September 1983 when he was replaced by Lesley Stahl. Bob Schieffer took over as moderator in 1991. Eventually, the panel of interviewers was dropped in favor of the program host conducting interviews of all guests.

Guest: Vice-Presidential candidate Spiro Agnew is interviewed by Martin Agronsky and George Herman.

Host: George Herman


                                                                                             

November 7th, 1954-April 20th, 1961. September 15th, 1963-Present.

The counterpart of NBC's "Meet The Press." Newsmakers are interviewed by a panel. CBS correspondent George Herman moderated the program from 1969 until September 1983 when he was replaced by Lesley Stahl. Bob Schieffer took over as moderator in 1991. Eventually, the panel of interviewers was dropped in favor of the program host conducting interviews of all guests.

Guest: GOP presidential candidate Richard Nixon.

Host: George Herman


                                                                                                          

Live coverage of the Apollo 8 moon flight with astronauts Jim Lovell, William Anders, and Frank Borman aboard.              

Profile of Dr. Philip Blaiberg, heart transplant patient, and the Atlas spacecraft.      


Host: Sander Vanocur.           

 SPECIAL BROADCAST with Sander Vanocur resuming his on-camera duties as editor of this two-hour TV magazine.

*Content has to be monitored. 
Scheduled are  four reports including A COP'S LOT, HUNTING-EUROPEAN STYLE, RELIGOUS BIGOTRY, bEST-SELLERS MADE TO ORDER.          

 Special FIRST TUESDAY  broadcast.
Sander Vanocur is the on-camera editor for this month's issue of NBC's news magazine. 

Jack Perkins interviews Senator Robert F. Kenndy's killer, Sirhan B. Sirhan on the day following his being sentenced to death.