Canadian pianist and composer Glenn Gould discusses the merits of Mozart and illustrates his comments on the piano. "PBL" host Edward P. Morgan reports from Milwaukee on the political scene prior to the Wisconsin primary.

Host: Edward P. Morgan.                                                  

President speaks to America for 43 minutes about Vietnam and his attempts at peace negotiations. He says the bombing of North Vietnam will be reduced. He announces he will not run for reelection in November. Anchor Edwin Newman evaluates the speech. Senators Walter Mondale, Henry Jackson, and Clifford Case comment. Also reporting for NBC News are Herb Kaplow, Elie Abel, Ray Scherer, and Charles Quinn. Also, an excerpt from CBS News on the speech. Roger Mudd and Dan Rather comment.                                        

Highlights of President Johnson's speech and his decision not to run for reelection, comment from Eugene McCarthy. Also heard WCBS Newsradio 88, reactions to Johnson's speech with Dick Harris, comments from Brad Phillips, WINS News, and Sid Davis.             

A news reporter goes door to door to ask citizens their opinion on the Vietnam war. A promo is heard for the movie "Sahara" starring Humphrey Bogart. Will be seen on the 6 PM "Early Flick." Reactions to President Johnson's decision not to run for reelection in 1968. 
From WINS News: expressions of disbelief from New Yorkers on Johnson's decision not to run. No warning from the White House to the press and the public. 
Jerry Landay phones in a report to Brad Phillips from London. Don Bolton also reports from WINS.          

A report on President Johnson's refusal to run for reelection. Dan Rather and Roger Mudd report. From WABC Radio "Perspective in New York." "Sell Out To Militants." A report on Adam Clayton Powell. From 1010 Wins, Brad Sherman interviews Richard Nixon. His comments about Johnson's refusal to run, the President at the lowest point of the year. comment by WINS Newsman Stan Brooks. Joe Resnick with comments on the Viet Cong. A report on WCBS Radio concerning Nassau County Executive Eugene Nickerson and his run for Jacob Javits New York Senate seat. He comments on President Johnson. NBC News with Edwin Newman: Elie Abel reports on LBJ, John Chancellor with commentary, Herb Kaplow reports on Nixon's next move, Ray Scherer reports from the White House on LBJ, Elie Abel interviews Eugene McCarthy,                                                     

In a report on President Johnson's refusal to run for reelection, Hubert Humphrey comments. Commercials and weather. Reports from Dan Rather, Morley Safer, and Marvin Kalb.  

Host: Bruce Morton.         

For many years Lou Adler teamed up with veteran radio newsman Jim Donnelly (formerly of WNEW Radio) to form one of the most successful radio news teams in New York City history. They could be heard on WCBS 880 AM from 6 AM to 10 AM, Monday-Friday. Adler later became news director at WCBS Radio from 1973-1981 when the duo ended their long run. On December 22nd, 2017, Lou Adler passed away at age 88, ironically the same position WCBS has on the New York AM radio dial, 88. 

New York City Councilman Ed Koch is joined by New York State Senator Jacob Javits. Also "man in the street" interviews.                                                                 

A request by Robert Kennedy to meet with Lyndon Johnson. Fred Darwin with commentary on LBJ and current political situation in Vietnam. 

Host: Fred Darwin.                                       

President Johnson reflects on his speech last night, talks to a group. He addresses the National Association Of Broadcasters in Chicago. A statement from Robert F. Kennedy, a garbage strike in Hempstead, New York.

Lou Adler reports.             

The traffic report is heard.             

The ABC Evening Report with Bob Young. Comments from Eugene McCarthy, George Wallace, Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, and others, the European reaction to LBJ's decision not to run.                         

A CBS Editorial with Michael Keating.             

Commentary on Richard Nixon, Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, Barry Goldwater, George Wallace, Hubert Humphrey, and Ronald Reagan. Eric Sevareid's commentary on Johnson giving up on bombings of North Vietnam, ramifications on Johnson's decision not to run for another term. Cronkite interviews Nixon. Martin Luther King will return to Memphis tomorrow to resume his civil rights march, Eric Sevareid reports.  

Includes commercials.                                                                   

Commentary on President Johnson's decision not to run. Walter Kiernan is sharply critical of Johnson's decision. Commentary also from Senators Mike Mansfield, John Tower, and Frank Church.
A comment from Richard Nixon.                                    

Special report on President Johnson's decision not to run for President and on the prospects for peace in Vietnam, George Herman and Dan Rather report, an extended interview with Richard Nixon, Comments from Bill Moyers, John Hughes, and Theodore White.                         

The late WCBS News with Tom Dunn reporting.             

WOR Newsman Walter Kiernan comments on the Wisconsin promaries.            

Actor's strike, gun control and other headlines presented as news stories.             

A CBS News special report with host Walter Cronkite. The topic is President Lyndon Baines Johnson's decision not to seek re-election and on the prospects for peace in Viet Nam.        

President Lyndon B. Johnson's radio address to the Broadcasters Union in Chicago, Illinois.         

A look at the 1968 Presidential campaign.

WTEN is a CBS radio affiliate          

A report on the Wisconsin primary with Howard K. Smith, Tom Jerrold, and Sam Donaldson. Smith reports on President Johnson's decision to stop the bombing of North Vietnam and possible negotiations to come. A report on negro riots in Memphis, Tennessee, a comment by Jesse Jackson, bombing of North Vietnam more extensive than LBJ proposed, results in severe criticism, Hanoi calls the US peace offer a failure.   

Host: Bob Young.                                     

President Johnson comments on the American farmer and attempts to return them to the farms, they are now leaving for the cities, Dan Rather reports, Charles Collingwood reports from Hanoi, Eric Sevareid on the Wisconsin primary, Charles Kuralt reports on the Red River Gorge in Kentucky, the discovery of a primitive hut built by Daniel Boone.                          

Live coverage of the Wisconsin primary. Walter Cronkite anchors.
John Hart, Dan Rather, David Schoumacher and Martin Agronsky report. Comments from Eugene McCarthy, Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, and Eric Sevareid.                                                    

Burt Lancaster movie review.            

Live coverage of the Wisconsin primary from NBC News. Anchors are Frank McGee and Chet Huntley. Reports from Elie Abel and comments from Eugene McCarthy.             

North Vietnam agrees to talk. Herb Kaplow reports.             

A report on North Vietnam peace negotiations. a report also from Hanoi Radio. Wall Street reacts to the possibility of the end of the war.           

World News from NBC Radio.             

NBC News. Includes WOR Radio News with John Wingate.            

ABC Evening News with Bob Young. Reports from Vietnam. Includes commercials.           

An interview with a girl's windmill softball team. Honoring Vietnam peace response.                         

News and commentary with Walter Kiernan.              

"Honor and Washington," the road ahead. Reed Collins host.            

A report on the conditions for peace talks as set by Hanoi earlier in the day.

Host: Bob Young.             

An NBC News report with Edwin Newman.            

Latest news related to Hanoi, Bill Gill reports from Honolulu Hawaii related to President Johnson's visit, In New Zealand allies aggree that any coalition government there would be unacceptable. Bill Brannigan report s on the possibility of peace in Vietnam, Don Baker reports from Saigon and interviews the people there who want peace to come to their land, 27,000 allied troups in Pegasus...troops in Vietnam arriving in droves including Captain Charles Robb, son-in-law of President Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy and Eugene  McCarthy on the Presidential campaign trail and about  to throw his hat into the ring, Sen. Hubert Humphrey who speaks before the AFL/CIO.
Tom Jerriel report s from Arkansas regarding violent tornados effecting many states including Iowa and Alabama.  

President Johnson visits St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, Hubert Humphrey announces his candidacy for president, The Saturn V rocket takeoff, Jules Bergman reports, trouble for the Apollo VI flight. 

Commercials include:
Lidocaine for relief of itching, Johnson's foot soap, Dial, Wax Remover, Vicks Formula 44 Cough Medicine, Viceroy Cigarettes, Playtex Soft Line Padded Bras, and Girdles, Betty Crocker Chocolate Frosting Mix

Bob Young is news anchor.    

NOTE; Interestingly, this ABC National News broadcast aired from 7:00 pm to 7:30pm Eastern Standard time, 6:00pm to 6:30pm Central Time. Dr. Martin Luther King was shot in Memphis Tennessee at 6:05pm  Central time just as this live news broadcast was underway. However, there was no mention of King being gunned down throughout  the live broadcast which concluded the latest news 25 minutes after Dr. Martin Luther King was mortally shot.                               

Jesse Jackson on Dr. Martin Luther King. President Johnson at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, Dan Rather reports.

Host: Walter Cronkite. Joined in progress.              

First radio and television news accounts (different stations) from approximately 9:45pm EST to 10:18pm EST related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, in Memphis, Tennessee.

These reports include first radio and television reports.

Tom Jarriel reports to ABC's Bob Young...reaction of the assassination which took place around 7:10pm...rioting in Tennessee...death of King around 8pm...President Johnson's response to the public...VP Hubert  Humphrey comments, Steve Young reports from Carnegie Hall...Duke Ellington turns concert into a memorial, Ed Bradley Man on the Street reactions in Harlem  to the assassination,  comments from Dr. Sterling Brown, Senator Charles Percy comments...Don Hickman reports from Memphis Tennessee. Other reports from Jeff Green and James Robinson. A Biography is heard on the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King. 

NOTE: All of the above air checks audio taped  were recorded off the air (television and radio) in real time, switching from  one station to another...radio to TV to radio to TV, back and forth from approximately 9:45pm EST to !0:18pm EST. 
                                                                 

First radio and television news accounts (different stations) from approximately 9:45pm EST related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, in Memphis, Tennessee.

These reports include first radio bulletins and reports.

Beginning News Bulletin Radio report related to Martin Luther King assassination.
According to Jesse Jackson a shot fired at King from a building across the street  as he stood on his hotel balcony. As he was getting ready with a group of friends and associates to eat  dinner when the shot was fired. 

Dr. King's death comes only one night after he told associates he was not disturbed by reports that he would be subjected to physical harm while in Memphis.  The civil rights leader was in the city to take charge of demonstrations in support of the city's 1300 striking garbage workers. Most of these garbage workers are negro. Las week the march led by King erupted into rioting. ONe person was killed in that rioting. There had been legal attempts in a court order to revent Dr. King from leading another demonstration in a few days. Dr. Martin Luther King and his attorneys have gone into court in an attempt to have that ban lifted. A decision was expected tomorrow. Dr. King was proclaiming the fact that the could indeed lead. 


Tom Jarriel reports to ABC's Bob Young...reaction of the assassination which took place around 7:10pm...rioting in Tennessee...death of King around 8pm...President Johnson's response to the public...VP Hubert  Humphrey comments, Steve Young reports from Carnegie Hall...Duke Ellington turns concert into a memorial, Ed Bradley Man on the Street reactions in Harlem  to the assassination,  comments from Dr. Sterling Brown, Senator Charles Percy comments...Don Hickman reports from Memphis Tennessee.

Other stations are archived at this time including the following reports:

PBS reaction of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. 
Rioting in Tennessee...WNBC radio Charles Percy states that we must bring negroes into the mainstream of labor and business...Dick Reeves and Frank Gardner  reports from WCBS News. Report that King died at 8pm EST. President Lyndon Johnson responds to the American people. Vice President Hubert Humphrey responds. King shot in the neck. One bullet . Steve Young at Carnegie Hall. Duke Ellington  turns concert into a memorial. At 7:10 King was shot. Ed Bradley reports with man on the street interviews in Harlem, NY. Dr. Sterling Brown comments. Senator Charles P:ercy interviewed at the Plaza Hotel. Don Hickman reports from Memphis Tennessee. Dr. Martin Luther King, third youngest person to win the Nobel Prize. Short biography of King. Effects of Civil Rights during the Viet Nam War, view on congress and their focus on non violence. 

WOR radio report. Jean Sheppard. Bill Mazer. WABC report. Lee Leonard quotes King who said "I am a dead man. The only question is when?" Discussion. Extra police are sent to Harlem. Atmosphere there is electric. James Farmer statement read by nesman. City College closed tomorrow. WVATS speech by Senator Wayne Morris. Riot ing in Memphis Tennessee. WLOK'S Tom Wat son reports. WVAI additional comments. WnBC Lee Leonard studio interview. Dick Reeves. Looting Harlem. 
SP EICAL BROADCAST then NBC re orts from Memphis TN. Jesse Jackson is interviewed ...reaction when bullet hit Dr. King. Again here President Johnson speech to the nation. Late reports from Danie Schorrand King speech, "...mine eyes have seen the glory.". Hubert Humphrey quote that King "An apostle of non-violence has been the victim of violence." CBS TV Russell long interviewed by Marvin Agronsky. WINS reports. King's first filmed interview on Bus Boycott in 1961 in Montgomery Alabama. Charles Kuralt reports retrospective...King at convention during the summer of 1956...prayer pilgrimage, King on advantages of sit-ins. 

NOTE: All of the above air checks audio taped  were recorded off the air (television and radio) in real time, switching from  one station to another...radio to TV to radio to TV, back and forth from approximately 9:45pm EST.


                                                                 

Live coverage of the assassination of Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. 
on April 4th, 1968.
1- News reports by Julian Barber WTOP-TV Washington (CBS)
2- News reports by Glenn Rinker WRC-TV (NBC) Washington 
3- NBC News Special Report-(Joined in progress) (Dr. King in critical condition)
4- ABC News Special Report (Joined in progress) (Dr.King in critical condition)
5- NBC News Special Report (Death Of Dr. King)
6- Special Report  WTTG News (Metro) Washington D.C. Death of Dr. King-32 seconds
7- ABC News Special Report (Death of Dr. King) 41 second special report 
8- CBS News Special Report (Joined in progress) with Dan Rather concerning the death of Dr. King. 
9- NBC News Special Report (Death of Dr.King update)
10- ABC News Special Report with Bob Young (Joined in progress update)
11- CBS News Special Report (Joined in progress) with Walter Cronkite concerning the death of Dr. King and remarks by President Johnson and Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

For events of 4-5-68, please see #11313A. 

Live coverage of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Host: Joseph Benti.                          

President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the nation regarding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.            

Continuing live coverage of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.           

Live coverage of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, hosted by Chet Huntley.
          

News report of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from WTOP-TV(CBS) Washington D.C. by Julian Barber. There is an NBC News bulletin and special report with further details including news of King's death. An ABC bulletin is heard interrupting regular broadcasting, announcing the tragic death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Joined in progress, late reports from Dan Rather on a CBS News Special Report. In a previous speech King is heard, reminding his followers that to put one's life on the line for what is just and righteous is to place oneself in danger, but the risks must be taken. 

Another extensive CBS TV NEWS SPECIAL REPORT from Washington DC is telecast preempting regular programming the evening of April 4, 1968.

 Walter Cronkite relays the latest news from Memphis, Tennessee where King was pronounced dead one hour after he was shot. Cronkite recounts a brief biographic report on King; his early life, his rise to fame, and the influences he has had promoting non-violent activates. Wires are read from shocked dignitaries. President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks live to the American people requesting all Americans to work together for peace and solidarity. Via video tape, Vice President Hubert Humphrey reflects on this tragedy and gives praise to the work which King has done and to his non-violent philosophy for acquiring freedom and civil rights for all people. 

On the following day, April 5, CBS EVENING NEWS with WALTER CRONKIITE.  

Dan Rather reports concerning the racial looting which has occurred. Ike Pappas reports from Memphis Tennessee. He states that at 2:06pm Dr. King walked on to his hotel balcony. 200 hundred feet away across the balcony one shot rang out and the assassin disappeared.  Steve Rowan from Memphis reports of looting and chaos during the day. Officers in gas masks. Fires everywhere. A number of Negroes taken into custody. National Guard requested and called in near the White House. Incidents of looting in Detroit, Boston, and in the states of  Tennessee, Colorado and North Carolina. A national day of mourning is reported by Dan Rather. President Johnson again talks to the American people requesting unity. Additional reports from Memphis come from Ike Pappas who states that King walked to railing at his hotel at 3:06pm. 200 feet away a single shot rang out, and the shooter disappeared. Bill Plante reports from Memphis related to  the emotions felt.. Prayers from Dr. Ralph Abernathy are heard. From Atlanta, a report detailing the return of King's body to Georgia. Peter Burns reports on funeral arrangements. From Cleveland, John Hart reports; we hear statements from Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Carl Stokes.

 From the HUNTLEY BRINKLEY REPORT(NBC), Chet Huntley and David Brinkley inform on the latest development regarding looting and violence in many states including Detroit, Greensboro, and Chicago. Federal troops ordered into the streets. All schools closed. Four deaths reported. Hundreds arrested in Detroit. Guard troops deployed in Nashville, Tennessee and in Chicago.

On CBS EVENING NEWS, Eric Sevareid comments on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.   
He states, "never before has this nation gone into a proclaimed mourning, its flag everywhere at half staffed over the death of  a private citizen. And this man was a descendent of slaves."      

Walter Cronkite concludes with his signature sign off,
"And that's the way it is, April 5th, 1968. This is Walter Cronkinte. Good Night."                           

ASSASSINATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING AND AFTERMATH
Anchor newsman Harry Reasoner examines the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King and the aftermath that has followed a day later.

Harry Reasoner reports on 40 cities across the nation where much domestic disturbance has erupted causing the National Guard to be deployed. We hear prior speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King proclaiming that he will not use violence to protest all that is evil in the country. 

President Lyndon Johnson speaks to the American people. He implores that blacks and whites must come together to fill the void of Dr. King whose voice has been stilled.

Reports of 3000 National Guardsman deployed to Detroit where one person has been killed. Major looting and fires everywhere. 2000 National Guardsman deployed to Boston. State of emergency in Washington DC where Steve Rowan reports major destruction and looting, some by children. Police officers attempt to curtail violence. 

Nelson Benton reports of 100 fires only blocks from the White House. Three deaths reported. 4000 National Guardsman deployed.  

Dan Rather reports from Washington D.C. President Johnson meets with 21 civil rights leaders at the White House this morning. Mourning in the afternoon at the National Cathedral.

In Chicago, 6000 National Guardsman have taken up position. Jeb Duvall reports. Two negroes killed by snipers. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley appeals for all people to protect the
city of Chicago. 

From Memphis Tennessee Ike Pappas reports and reconstructs the assassination. He states that Dr. King emerged from his room #306 and on the balcony leaned over to talk to others below. From a bathroom window across from the balcony, only 200 feet away the assailant fired one shot striking King in the neck, and fled. Also reporting from Memphis is Bill Plante...an extended report of Coretta King arriving at the Memphis airport, and the procession arriving at the funeral home. People line the streets. 

Reverend Ralph Abernathy states that Dr. Martin Luther King believed in non-violence. Tuesday will be his Funeral. There is a message from Jacqueline Kennedy. 

John Hart reports from Cleveland Ohio. Mayor Carl Stokes states that nobody can kill an idea or ideal which Dr. King represented, and whose message will continue to live in this city. 

Whitney Young addresses the question of who will replace Dr. Martin Luther King? He reflects to all that "The time has come for all decent people to voice their will. 

Roger Mudd reports in Washington D.C. that a Joint session of congress will be meeting on Monday with attentions of passing President's Johnson housing and jobs massive spending bill.
 
Eric Sevareid examines the effects of violence that has been seen in many cities across the nation...assessment of the consequences of a great man assassinated, a symbol of a man who has been martyred.

Harry Reasoner signs off.                                                                

Continuing radio coverage of the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.            

President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the nation regarding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.           

    Dan Rather special report on President Johnson...meetings already in progress. Joseph Benti reports latest developments on the rioting and Dr. Kings assassination last night. Corretta King frying to Memphis.