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1956-05-22, WNBC, min.
TEX AND JINX Radio & Television BROADCAST HISTORY: April 22, 1946- February 27, 1959. WEAF (WNBC, WRCA), New York weekdays at 8:30 A.M. until 1954; at 1:00pm,1954-1955; then at 6:30 and 10:35pm until July 31, 1958, moving briefly to WOR, broadcasting at 2:15pm. In addition to the Kollmars (Dorothy Kilgallen and husband Richard Kollmar) and the Fitzgeralds (Pegeen and husband Ed Fitzgerald), another well-recognized New York couple, newlyweds Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, added their own bread-and-bacon banter to the local airwaves between 1946 and 1959. Their gabfest, initially Hi Jinx but later revised to Tex and Jinx, was beamed over WEAF which was subsequently re-lettered WNBC and later WRCA. In limited doses, the flagship outlet of the National Broadcasting Company transmitted Meet Tex and Jinx to the whole country during 1947 and 1948. Tex and Jinx devoted most of their airtime to lofty and noble concepts, visitors and sidebars. Tex and Jinx [on WEAF-WNBC-WRCA] were interviewing Bernard Baruch, Margaret Truman, or Ethel Waters…. McCrary built the show on the assumption that the early morning audience was not stupid, as programmers generally assumed; that people in general had fresher minds and were more open to serious topics at the beginning of the day.” Their joint radio venture began in April 1946 just 10 months following their nuptials (June 10, 1945). Launched as a breakfast feature, the series later shifted to afternoons and finally into the evening hours before departing the ether a dozen years afterward. They were branded by one journalist “Mr. Brains and Mrs. Beauty.” In early 1947 NBC put them on its television network as a portion of a Sunday evening quarter-hour dubbed Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties. “The McCrarys were naturals for TV,” wrote a reviewer, “with their combination of friendly chatter, interviews, and features.” That summer the web awarded them an exclusive Sunday night half-hour format under the appellation At Home with Tex and Jinx. A decade later, in the 1957-58 season, the duo hosted a daytime NBC-TV showcase, The Tex and Jinx Show. When hepatitis sidetracked Falkenburg in 1958 from their broadcast commitments, McCrary carried on solo on their radio show for another couple of years. In the 1980s, however, the couple separated, remaining on genial terms. McCrary died in New York on July 29, 2003 and Falkenburg expired just 29 days later in the same city, on August 27, 2003. NOTE:: The scores of TEX AND JINX SHOWS archived by Archival Television Audio, Inc. were originally obtained as original 16" Electronic Discs from Barry Farber, producer of the show (1957-1959), in 1960 after he had begun his own career in front of the mike at WINS Radio. These discs were subsequently transferred to 1/4" reel to reel tape, and then disposed. These broadcasts are rare and represent the largest known collection of TEX AND JINX extant broadcasts in the world. Today's Guest: Senator Barry Goldwater.1962-11-18, ABC, min.
- Barry Goldwater
- Hubert Humphrey
- Adlai Stevenson
- John F. Kennedy
- Richard Nixon
- Fred Foy
- Alger Hiss
- Der Spiegle
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy. A review of the week's news: Controversy on the appearance of Alger Hiss on a TV program about Nixon's future, Senator Barry Goldwater comments on Nixon's future, also urges Kennedy oust Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey comments, the crisis in German Government, Der Spiegle affair, disarmament talks continue, Cuban threatens to shoot US planes, Cubans arrest US-trained saboteurs, the FBI arrests three Cubans in the US on sabotage mission to blow up stores in the US, a typhoon in Guiana, a greek freighter is afire in the Caribbean, Sino-Indian war in the Himalayas, Indians hurled back. Narrator: Fred Foy. NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25 minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1962-12-31, ABC, min.
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy. The top news stories of 1962: The Algerian rebellion ends, the OAS (secret army) insurrection to maintain a French Algeria, problems of nuclear disarmament, the cycle of Nuclear testing, comments by Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater and Edwin Walker on the "communist conspiracy," Walker's involvement in the integration crisis, Oxford racial crisis, comments by Governor Ross Barnett, racial tension in Southern cities, JFK's domestic problems. Host: Fred Foy.
1963-02-10, NBC, 27 min.
- Chet Huntley
- Barry Goldwater
- Sargent Shriver
- Adlai Stevenson
- John F. Kennedy
- Kenneth Keating
- Charles Halleck
Humorous excerpts from the speeches of Barry Goldwater, Sargent Shriver, John F. Kennedy, Charles Halleck, Adlai Stevenson, and Kenneth Keating. Narrated by Chet Huntley.
1963-03-15, ABC, min.
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy. A review of the week's news: Barry Goldwater, Dean Rusk, and Florida Senator George Smathers comment on what to do with Cuba, communist infiltration in South America, Fidel Castro attacks President Kennedy personally, Senator Goldwater attacks Pentagon defense cuts in the budget, Secretary McNamara accused as "dictator" in defense matters, moon project funds might be cut. Narrator: Fred Foy. NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25 minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1963-04-07, ABC, 23 min.
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy. A review of this week's news: Communication link between the White House and the Kremlin be set up, the Russians launch a rocket to the moon, probably a failure, Soviet-Chinese split widens, Khrushchev having troubles at home, possible ouster, A Russian MIG fires on a private plane over West Germany, the US is against anti-Castro raids in Cuba fearing Soviet reprisals, etc, Senator Barry Goldwater comments on "timidity" of the US Government, negroes stage protests in the south- seek voter registration tests, Dick Gregory in comic mood, birth control program under fire in Illinois, RR labor problems, TV rating system is criticized by FCC's Newton Minnow, Bob Hope gets an award. Narrator: Fred Foy. NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25 minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1963-06-16, , min.
- Herbert Hoover
- Barry Goldwater
- John F. Kennedy
- John Perfumo
- Ngo Dinh Diem
- David Ben-Gurion
- Hugh Scott
- Pope John 23
Topics: Former President Hoover is seriously ill, the Russian astronauts are still in space, President Kennedy is criticized by the Republicans, Hugh Scott and Barry Goldwater should avoid European trip and pay attention to domestic matters, David Ben Gurion resigns as Israeli Prime Minister, a riot in Saigon following the funeral of a Buddhist priest who burned himself to death in protest to Diem's government, a review of British weeklies, Perfumo sex-scandal. negro crisis in the US, the legacy of Pope John 23rd, English monarchy.
1963-06-28, , min.
Topics: President Kennedy greeted in Ireland, more on the John Profumo-Christine Keeler sex-scandal, call-girl problem at the UN,? Red China plans to test the A-bomb next year, Senator Barry Goldwater assails the Kennedy trip to Europe, Nikita Khrushchev greets German communist leader Walter Ulbricht in Berlin.
1963-07-05, CBS, min.
EYEWITNESS - September 30, 1960 - July 26, 1963 Originally titled "Eyewitness to History" title shortened to "Eyewitness" by the Fall of 1961 ------------------ EYEWITNESS ----------------- 'CBS News' Production US Documentary series 1960-63 30 minute Documentary program Hosted by Charles Kuralt (1960-61) Hosted by Walter Cronkite (1961-1962) Hosted by Charles Collingwood (1962-1963) Tonight's show: "Goldwater Boom." A rally for Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater running for president in 1964. Host: Charles Collingwood.
#14220: WORLD TODAY
Order1963-07-12, WOR, min.
World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. Voices from the South, Governor Ross Barnett of Mississippi on negro and civil rights, A Russian officer defects to Britain, Averill Harriman comments on China-Soviet rift on the way to Moscow for nuclear test ban talks, a report on ideological talks between the Soviets and the Red Chinese, a rumor of US Nato reduction, Barry Goldwater comments on liberals. Host: Tony Marvin.1963-07-14, ABC, min.
- Barry Goldwater
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Dean Rusk
- Fred Foy
- John F,Kennedy
- Robert McNamara
- Charles Halleck
- McGeorge Bundy
- Everett Dirkson
- Strom Thurmond
- Queen Elizabeth
- Queen Frederika
- King Paul Of Greece
- Gale W. McGee
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy. A review of the week's news: racial demonstrations in Cambridge, Maryland, in the North negroes protest segregation in an NYC diner, Senate hearings on civil rights comments by Dean Rusk, Strom Thurmond, Senator Gale W. McGee, Gov. Ross Barnett of Mississippi attack the Kennedys proposed march on Washington, blames communists in civil rights, proposed nuclear test ban treaty, comments by Averill Harriman, Thurmond, Dirkson, and Goldwater comment on both the treaty and Kennedy, a railroad strike is threatened because of automation, comment by President Kennedy, Rep. Charles Hallack, King Paul and Queen Frederica of Greece arrive in England and trouble-left wingers boo Queen Elizabeth, comment by King Paul, Robert McNamara is proud of government savings operations, Soviet-Chinese rift, the Chinese demand removal of Khrushchev as the price for ending the split, comment by McGeorge Bundy. Narrator: Fred Foy. NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25 minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1963-07-15, , min.
Government forces kill 80 Viet Cong, police in New York City arrest eight Neo-Nazis trying to incite a riot at the White Castle diner integration area, an arsenal of unique weapons is seized, the sit-in continues at the White Castle diner, comment by James Farmer, Governor Nelson Rockefeller attacks the GOP who support Barry Goldwater.
1963-07-15, , min.
More on Neo-Nazis-an interview with the leader Model, Khrushchev opens nuclear test ban treaty in Moscow, Nelson Rockefeller attacks right-wing groups such as followers of Senator Barry Goldwater.
1963-07-19, , min.
Khrushchev in angry outburst Chinese Red "fanatics," attacks those trying to unseat him, President Diem tries to can conciliate Buddhists in South Vietnam, Syria executes coup conspirators, Nelson Rockefeller asks Barry Goldwater to disavow "right-wing lunatic fringe," Republicans in a squabble over conservative movements.
1963-08-26, WINS, 27 min.
- John F. Kennedy
- Jim Gordon
- Barry Goldwater
- James Baldwin
- Sid Davis
- A. Philip Randolph
- Bayard Rustin
- George David Akin
- John Bell Williams
- Tom Bryson
- Robert Murray
Pre-empting scheduled broadcasting. A Special View Point Broadcast. A report on preparations for the civil rights march on Washington on Wednesday August 28th. Interviews with leaders. Sid Davis reports from Washington DC on the scheduled "March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom." He states that there are 19 million negroes living in the United States, and that 200,000 visitors are expected to come to Washington to be a part of this March on Washington. A history of past demonstrations in Washington D.C. is reviewed. We hear many brief contemporary statements, pro and con, related to the rally set to take place in two days. Voices include A. Philip Randolph, John F. Kennedy, Bayard Rustin, George David Akin, John Bell Williams, Barry Goldwater, WINS correspondent Tom Bryson, Robert Murray, James Baldwin, others. Special from 1010 WINS radio in New York City. Sid Davis anchors.
1963-09-09, CBS, min.
Alabama Governor George Wallace blocks three students in Birmingham, Alabama, Eric Sevareid speaks about Barry Goldwater.1963-09-09, NBC, 18 min.
October 29th, 1956-July 31st, 1970. The Huntley-Brinkley report replaced the Camel News Caravan with John Cameron Swayze on October 29th, 1956. Originally a fifteen-minute news broadcast it was expanded to a half-hour on September 9th, 1963, a week after the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite expanded to a half-hour. Chet Huntley was in New York City and David Brinkley was in Washington, DC. Topics: An interview with President Kennedy (first 12 minutes), a report on the presidential campaign of Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, (Goldwater is interviewed), David Brinkley receives a telegram from CBS evening news anchor Walter Cronkite congratulating Chet Huntley and David Brinkley on the premiere of their first thirty-minute newscast. The first thirty-minute Huntley-Brinkley newscast.1963-09-09, CBS, 28 min.
- Walter Cronkite
- Barry Goldwater
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Eric Sevareid
- George Wallace
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon Johnson
- Madame Nhu
An angry President Kennedy accuses George Wallace of civil rights violations, state troopers bar negroes at schools in Alabama, hundreds of students riot against the South Vietnam Government, a report from South Vietnam, Reds step up fighting, Madame Nhu leaves Saigon for a tour, Chinese Reds attack Khrushchev, Lyndon Johnson is tiring in a tour of Norway, an interview with Senator Barry Goldwater, he comments on coming presidential prospects, a comment by Eric Sevareid on Goldwater and the Republicans.
1963-09-09, NBC, 18 min.
October 29th, 1956-July 31st, 1970. The Huntley-Brinkley report replaced the Camel News Caravan with John Cameron Swayze on October 29th, 1956. Originally a fifteen-minute news broadcast it was expanded to a half-hour on September 9th, 1963, a week after the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite expanded to a half-hour. Chet Huntley was in New York City and David Brinkley was in Washington, DC. Topics: President Kennedy says the US will not cut aid to South Vietnam, an interview with President Kennedy, Barry Goldwater on a campaign speaking tour, attacks Kennedy as being "far left." Governor Nelson Rockefeller tours conservative areas and attacks Kennedy, an interview with Senator Goldwater.1963-10-11, CBS, min.
- Walter Cronkite
- Konrad Adenauer
- Barry Goldwater
- John F. Kennedy
- Dwight Eisenhower
- Edith Piaf
- Franlin Roosevelt Jr.
Crisis at the Berlin Wall, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer resigns, politics with comments by Barry Goldwater, President Kennedy, and Dwight Eisenhower, Vietnam report, French singer-songwriter Edith Piaf has died, Franklin Roosevelt Jr visits the White House, Host: Walter Cronkite.
1963-10-18, NBC, min.
- David Brinkley
- Nelson Rockefeller
- Barry Goldwater
- Harold McMillan
- Che Huntley
- Alec-Douglas Home
- Theophilus Eugene Connor
- William Miller
British Prime Minister Harold Mcmillan chooses Alec-Douglas Home as the new Prime Minister, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller is expected to enter the presidential race, he campaigns in New Hampshire, Barry Goldwater and his Republican running mate William Miller attack Kennedy, Sheriff Theophilus "Bull" Connor comments on negro policemen.
1963-10-20, WPIX, 31 min.
October 14, 1958 - August 13, 1961 OPEN END with David Susskind: (WNTA Channel 13 Television) September 10, 1961-May 5, 1963 OPEN END with David Susskind (WNEW Channel 5 Television) June 9, 1963 last show of the season broadcast on WPIX TV. October 13, 1963-September 18, 1966 OPEN END with David Susskind (WPIX Channel 11 Television) October 2, 1966-September, 1986 DAVID SUSSKIND SHOW (SYNDICATED, PBS, and COMMERCIAL STATIONS, including WNEW, New York). Open End with David Susskind was a break through talk show which literally had no time limit. The show ended when host, moderator David Susskind, felt all conversation points were discussed. Some of these marathon telecasts lasted over four hours! Jean Kennedy was the producer during the 28 year run of the series. The series premiered and aired on WNTA Channel 13 in New York for three years, an independent broadcast station, before it would become a Public Broadcast Station in 1962. A myriad of talk show guests, famous, infamous and unknown, found a forum on OPEN END. Subjects varied focusing on usually one topic...show business, politics, the economy, sex, education, crime, etc. Typically, many guests would discuss a subject sitting around a large table with David Susskind moderating, leading his guests with baited questions. On occasion a solo guest would highlight the show. For the first three years, of its 28 year existence as a regular series, WNTA TV was home to OPEN END which originally began its broadcasts on Tuesday nights, switching on January 18, 1959 to Sunday nights...a future Sunday evening time slot of the week where it would remain until 1986, for the rest of its run. After broadcasting with a two hour truncated format on WNEW form September 10, 1961 to May 5, 1963 a falling out and rift occurred between Susskind and WNEW management centered on WNEW's reluctance to air discussions regarding race relations in America. WPIX reacted with interest in bringing OPEN END to their flagship New York channel. For the last OPEN END show of the 1962-1963 season WPIX TOOK LAST MINUTE EMERGENCY MEASURES TO CLEAR TWO HOURS ON SUNDAY NIGHT June 9, 1963, featuring solo guest Dr. Martin Luther KIng, pre-empting regular scheduled programming (6:30-8:30 pm). Open End was later cut by WPIX to one hour time slot. David Susskind not satisfied with the shortened format reconnected with WNEW where he returned to a two hour format with a changed program name. THE DAVID SUSSKIND SHOW had its return premiere on WNEW TV October 2, 1966. The David Susskind Show also found syndication across the country and each market would run the program at different times at their own discretion. Most all of the telecasts were recorded on video tape, 2" quadruplex. Most shows were kept for a year or two like THE MOVIE MAKERS broadcast which was re-run on August 6, 1961 almost a year after it was first telecast on October 2, 1960. By this time the show was no longer without a time limit. It ran for a finite three hours long. Thus the re-run of the MOVIE MAKERS had some footage deleted from its original run which aired for over three and half hours, including commercials. The re-run of "THE MOVIE MAKERS" was the next to last broadcast telecast on WNTA channel 13. On September 10, 1961 the show moved to WNEW Channel 5 METROMEDIA in New York. Sadly, most all of OPEN END broadcasts (1958-1966), later re titled THE DAVID SUSSKIND SHOW (1966-1986), were wiped erased, destroyed, discarded...whereabouts unknown, representing most shows produced and telecast during the late 1950's, 1960's and early 1970's. Only a handful of OPEN END / DAVID SUSSKIND shows are known to survive from 1958 thru 1969. Hundreds of programs survive representing the middle 1970's thru 1986. Open End with David Susskind was a unique break through talk with no time limit, rare during any time in television broadcast history, and never to be replicated in the future of television broadcasting after 1960. On occasion only one guest would be profiled. Mostly shows were comprised of many individuals discussing one topic which included race relations, the draft, organized crime, the Hollywood scene, the politics of the times, sex-change operations, divorce, clairvoyants, psychoanalysis, and prostitutes. The oldest surviving archived remnant is a December 23,1958 kinescope 20 minute segment of a broadcast titled "Method or Madness?" The topic, "method acting" with guests Michael Benthal, Ben Gazarra, Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Lawrence Harvey, Jule Styne , and Patricia Neal. Tonight's Topic: "Goldwater For President:" A triumph or disaster for the Republican Party? The effects of Goldwater conservatism on the outlook for the Republican Party are discussed by Senators Jacob Javits of New York, John G. Tower of Texas, and Norris Cotton of New Hampshire, Rep.Stanley Tupper of Maine and political scientist James McGregor Burns. Host: David Susskind. This is the second broadcast of "Open End" on WPIX-TV Channel 11 in New York City.1963-11-01, CBS, min.
Coup in Saigon, President Kennedy in Philadelphia, comment from President Kennedy, Barry Goldwater comments, JFK comments he would like Lyndon Johnson to be his vice-presidential running mate again in 1964, President Kennedy comments on the space race. Includes commercials.
#556: NBC'S FIRST LIVE BULLETINS AND LIVE COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
Order1963-11-22, WNBC, 123 min.
- David Brinkley
- Joe Franklin
- Chet Huntley
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Frank McGee
- John F. Kennedy
- Irving R. Levine
- Merriman Smith
- Charles Murphy
- Don Pardo
- Barry Goldwater
- Richard Valeriani
- Charles Brehm
- Bill Ryan
- Robert MacNeil
- Jeff Pond
- Ed Silverman
- Tom Whalen
- Phil Gries
- Ron Simon
- Andrew K. Franklin
- Bill Mackey
- Samuel Brylawski
Discussion: Gries preserved lost NBC coverage of JFK assassination NBC television recorded over 70 hours and 25 minutes of coverage on President John F. Kennedy's assassination beginning on November 22nd and ending on November 25th, 1963. However, NBC failed to record the first two NBC television bulletins on Nov. 22, the first a local WNBC (NYC) TV bulletin, voiced by Don Pardo, at 1:45:03 to 1:45:30pm EST (27 seconds) & then an NBC NATIONAL bulletin at 1:46:45 - 1:47:53pm EST (68 seconds), and then subsequently an initial 3 minutes & 53 seconds of continuous coverage by Frank McGee, Chet Huntley and Bill Ryan, commencing at 1:53:12 to 1:57:05pm EST, before NBC TELEVISON began televising picture and sound, and preserving the broadcast, rolling 2" Quad Video Tape, the first Network to do so (Both CBS and ABC began continuous coverage was at 2:00pm EST). Amazingly, when there existed over 50 million television sets in the USA, ONLY Phil Gries, from his Brooklyn New York home, was in a position to audio tape record first NBC television coverage of these initial world changing historic broadcast events off the air, at the moment when the television generation came of age. The Kennedy Assassination coverage on television set a new standard for how breaking national stories could be delivered on TV. It was only in September 1963, that networks expanded their nightly news programs from 15 minutes to half-hour long broadcasts. Within an hour of the shooting, 68 percent of Americans had heard the news; within two hours, 92 percent had heard, and half of them found out from TV or radio. NBC TV clocked the most on air hours (70 hours 25 minutes) during its four day coverage, followed by ABC TV (60 hours), and CBS TV (55 hours). CBS used 600 employees, ABC used 500 employees, and NBC used 400 employees to televise their coverage all at an estimated cost of $225 million by todays value. Since 1963 the Television industry has greatly refined and expanded its abilities to deliver big and breaking stories, but with competition from the internet and social media, it will unlikely ever again hold a nation's attention the way it did that November weekend in 1963, when the first NBC TV bulletins broadcast by Don Pardo were to be the only historic recordings extant in broadcast history, recorded by one individual recording those historic moments on a tape recorder at his home in Brooklyn, New York. Phil Gries, founder and owner of Archival Television Audio Inc. used "American" Brand 1/4" reel to reel audio tape, recording, direct line, on his 1959 WEBCOR Stereo 1/4" reel to reel audiotape recorder (speed 3&3/4" IPS) which was connected to a 1949 ANDREA television set during the actual live NBC television broadcast. These historic soundtracks were donated by Phil Gries to the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, MA, in 1995 (through archivist Bill Mackey), to Sam Brylawski representing The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. in 1997, and to archivist Ron Simon representing The Paley Center for Media in 2006. In addition, Archival Television Audio, Inc. duplicated a copy of these peerless bulletins and initial coverage to a stunned Don Pardo in 1998 on his 80th birthday...now confirming by ear and believing that a broadcast recording of his bulletins exist and not just as a memory. His May 1998 phone conversation with Phil Gries, recounting his memories announcing the first NBC TV bulletins can be heard on You Tube and on the ATA website (www.atvaudio.com) http://www.atvaudio.com/jfk.php Page at URL above contains letter from Gries describing how he taped the first four minutes of the NBC coverage. NBC did not archive this portion of its coverage, but Gries taped it and preserved it. In November 2013 these peerless recordings were donated by Phil Gries to Andrew K. Franklin, Senior Producer of NBC NIGHTLY NEWS for use on their 50th anniversary telecast, NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS (November 22, 2013). David Von Pein was given these recordings to be used on his definitive JFK website (http://dvp-video-audio-archive.blogspot.com) and uploaded to you tube in 2013. These first live NBC News Bulletins by Don Pardo would precede regular program cancellations and continuous NBC live coverage of this 20th century tragedy (the assassination of President John F. Kennedy) for the next three and a half days. The first two bulletins are heard. Bulletin number one (Local in NYC) is broadcast at 1:45:03 PM EST and airs for 27 seconds. Bulletin number two (National) is broadcast at 1:46:45 and airs for 68 seconds, followed by the first two hours of uninterrupted News coverage with NBC anchors Bill Ryan, Chet Huntley and Frank McGee. Seventy-one hours and twenty-seven minutes of continuous coverage begins with voice only on NBC at 1:53:12 PM, developing into picture and voice at 1:57:05 PM with CBS and ABC both starting their live continuous live on air person coverage at 2:00pm EST. The American Broadcasting Company was the first to go on air (RADIO) at 1:36:50pm EST voicing a bulletin by Don Gardiner. Like CBS TV, ABC TV came on with their first on air TV bulletin with logo slide being shown at 1:40 PM, and 1:41pm respectively. ABC would further have three more Bulletins all four voiced by Ed Silverman between 1:41 and 2:00pm before going live with video and tape rolling at 2:00pm. NBC TV actually went live with video and audio at 1:57:05 pm and as confirmed on Phil Gries' audio air check recorded off the air on to his television set with adjoining tape recorder, we hear a station identification BEEP at 2:00 pm (further provenance of this tape's authentic origin) which is NOT heard on the extant NBC TV recorded direct feed video tape that we are all familiar with and which resides in the National Archives. Furthermore, the Gries original audio tape has additional recorded audio material NOT originally duplicated and given as donations detailed above, or ever distributed or shared by anyone. There are live telephone reports from correspondent Robert MacNeil in Dallas, Texas. There are additional reports from Charles Murphy, David Brinkley and Marvin Agronsky. There is live coverage from the United Nations where the Secretary General expresses sorrow to all members of the Kennedy Family and to all the people in the United States. One minute of silence is observed by all delegates from the 111 member nations. There is continuing NBC coverage from station WBAP, the affiliate in Fort Worth, Texas with Newsman Tom Whalen. Eyewitness Charles Brehm recounts what he saw. There is the first live overseas report from Irving R. Levine from Rome and live coverage from outside the NBC building at Rockefeller Center, with its Mobile Unit searching out reactions from New Yorkers with reporter Jeff Pond. Correspondent Richard Valeriani reports live from the White House. There are statements from Senator Barry Goldwater and from former President, Dwight D. Eisenhower. It took an incident of this proportion to catapult television into the forefront as the world's number one communicator of news and special events. Television had come of age. NOTE: "FOUR DAYS: THE HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY" compiled by The United Press International (Published by American Heritage Publishing Company, copyright 1964) details (reproductions of his teletype bulletins) United Press International's Merriman Smith, dean of the White House correspondents, description of his frantic rush to call the Dallas UPI bureau and communicate first reports of the JFK shooting. It was his UPI copy that came off an NBC Teletype machine in a newsroom in NYC that was read by Don Pardo. Because in 1963 it took an NBC camera 11 minutes to become "active," transmitting a visual signal, an NBC Bulletin Card was viewed at first by those tuning in to this station. It was chaotic on NBC where staff announcer Don Pardo made the first mention of the shooting. News reporter Frank McGee was pressed into service and was receiving his information over the phone from correspondent Robert McNeil in Dallas. TRIVIA NOTE: NBC's staff announcer Don Pardo's first local WNBC-TV bulletin interrupted the telecast of a Bachelor Father re-run which originally aired on May 26, 1960) Season 3, Episode 35 titled 'Bentley and the Beach Bum.' Also, interesting to note that on this day only three television programs broadcast LIVE prior to the assassination, none at the time when the shooting occurred. They were THE TODAY SHOW (NBC 7:00-9:00am, THE JOE FRANLKIN SHOW (WOR 12:15-1:30pm), and TELL US MORE (WNBC 1:00-1:30pm). NBC's television coverage, although informative, did not match the gravitas of Walter Cronkite at his desk at CBS Television, who would be visually seen on the air beginning at 2:00pm Eastern Standard Time, informing the country of the death of the president as he removed his glasses and struggled with his emotions. Surprisingly, in the end, more people tuned into NBC’s coverage, anchored by Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, than Walter Cronkite and the CBS crew. It would be several years before Cronkite was able to overtake NBC’s popular anchor duo in the ratings. NOTE: The first two NBC Television Bulletins (the first local WNBC, and the second National NBC) and the initial 3:53 seconds of continuous NATIONAL coverage commencing at 1:53:05pm EST was never recorded by NBC or by any other known broadcasting station or broadcasting archive. Amazingly, the only existing broadcast recording in the world of NBC'S TV historic television transmission was audio recorded off the air by Phil Gries, founder of Archival Television Audio, Inc., viewing his 1949 Andrea television at that moment, and fortuitously pushing the record button on his Webcor Stereophonic 1/4" reel to reel audio tape recorder during the actual live Television Broadcast. To date, no other audio or video has ever surfaced documenting these moments, an incredible fact since 50 million American homes approximating 200 million viewers were tuned in to their television set comprehending that the President of the United States was shot in Dallas. In today's digital world where every minutia event is recorded and preserved, it is mind boggling to this archivist that I uniquely recorded a television broadcast related to an assassination of an American President, at a time in 1963, when there were over 55 million television sets in the homes of people living in the United States. These historic sound tracks have been donated to the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, MA, The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and The Paley Center for Media in NY and LA. The November 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy NBC-TV assassination bulletins and the initial lost 3:53 seconds of NBC live coverage are the most significant treasure in our archive. They personify just a part of the many thousands of other Archival Television Audio original, off the air, television soundtracks which represent the only record of a specific TV broadcast known to exist. Archival Television Audio, Inc. is the largest repository in the world collecting, preserving and archiving "lost" vintage TELEVISION BROADCASTS surviving as AUDIO ONLY, focusing and representing the years 1946 thru 1982. The ATA website (www.atvaudio.com) initiated in 2002 offers the public access to searching for tens of thousands of programs by title, performer, and date. TIMELINE of the John F. Kennedy assassination Television and Radio Coverage (from 1:36 p.m. EST - 2:00 p.m. EST) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia NATIONALLY The first national news bulletin of the shooting came over the ABC Radio Network at 12:36:50pm CST/1:36:50pm EST.[183] The most complete recording of the initial ABC bulletins came from WRUL, a New York-based station transmitting to Latin America and Europe on shortwave, which was featuring a program of MOR album music when the shooting took place. At the time, Doris Day's recording of "Hooray for Hollywood", from the 1937 musical film Hollywood Hotel, was playing, when newscaster Don Gardiner broke in with the developments: We interrupt this program to bring you a special bulletin from ABC Radio. [Takes a short pause] Here is a special bulletin from Dallas, Texas: (Reading UPI bulletin) 'THREE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S MOTORCADE TODAY IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, TEXAS.'[184] This is ABC Radio. To repeat: 'in Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at President Kennedy's motorcade today.' The president now making a two-day speaking tour of Texas. We're going to stand by for more details on the incident in Dallas. Stay tuned to your ABC station for further details. Now, we return you to your regular program.[183] 4 minutes after ABC's radio bulletin, CBS was the first to break the news over television at 12:40pm CST/1:40pm EST. The network interrupted its live production broadcast of "As the World Turns" with a "CBS News Bulletin" bumper slide and Walter Cronkite, reporting from the CBS Radio flash booth, filed an audio-only report. Immediate live video of Cronkite wasn't possible at that time, as no camera in the CBS newsroom was active and ready. TV cameras of that era used image orthicon tubes which took approximately 20 minutes to warm up.[185] "Here is a bulletin from CBS News. In Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at President Kennedy's motorcade in downtown Dallas.' The first reports say that President Kennedy has been seriously wounded by this shooting. More details just arrived. These details about the same as previously: President Kennedy shot today just as his motorcade left downtown Dallas. Mrs. Kennedy jumped up and grabbed Mr. Kennedy, she called 'Oh, no!' The motorcade sped on. United Press says that the wounds for President Kennedy perhaps could be fatal. Repeating, a bulletin from CBS News: 'President Kennedy has been shot by a would-be assassin in Dallas, Texas.' Stay tuned to CBS News for further details." Initially, the live broadcast of "As the World Turns," which included commercials, continued, with the actors unaware of the earlier pre-emption for the bulletin. Cronkite later filed two bonus audio-only bulletins to interrupt programming, the last of which interrupted a Friskies dog food commercial and pre-empted the remaining running time of As the World Turns. Only the bulletin bumper remained on screen while a television camera warmed up, until 2:00 p.m. EST. Cronkite stated in a later interview that this event was responsible for a new CBS network policy of always having a "hot camera" available to the newsroom to avoid this difficulty in the future.[186] At that time, As the World Turns was the runaway top-rated daytime show, and ABC and NBC made no concerted effort to compete with CBS in the time slot; as a result, the other television networks weren't on the air in the Eastern and Central Time Zones. Various programs were being broadcast through their affiliate stations.[187] From their main headquarters in New York, WABC-TV's first bulletin came from Ed Silverman at 1:41 p.m. EST, interrupting reruns of The Ann Sothern Show on the East Coast and Father Knows Best in the Mountain Time Zone. ABC-TV was not feeding programming to its affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone at that hour. At the same time of ABC-TV's first bulletin, NBC Radio reported the first of three "Hotline Bulletins", each preceded by a "talk-up alert" which gave all NBC-affiliated stations 30 seconds to join their parent network. Three minutes later, at 1:45:03pm EST Don Pardo broke into WNBC-TV's local rerun of "Bachelor Father" with the news, saying (reading AP bulletin) 'PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS SHOT TODAY JUST AS HIS MOTORCADE LEFT DOWNTOWN DALLAS. MRS. KENNEDY JUMPED UP AND GRABBED MR. KENNEDY. SHE CRIED 'OH NO!' THE MOTORCADE SPED ON.'[166][188][189] (Videotape of the NBC bulletins have been assumed "lost" as they did not start recording coverage until minutes later. However, audio engineer Phil Gries rolled tape on a set of audio recordings on a 1/4" reel to reel audiotape recorder. These have been donated to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.[190] However, NBC, in its book on the coverage of the assassination, mentioned the bulletins, as stated on the Associated Press wire report from which Don Pardo read.)[189] At 1:53:12pm (EST), NBC broke into programming with an NBC Network bumper slide and Chet Huntley and Bill Ryan began informing the viewers what was going on as it happened.[189] However, NBC's camera was not ready and the coverage was limited to audio-only reports as recorded by Phil Gries (3 minutes & 53 seconds), as CBS' coverage had been to that point. Other than for two audio-only bulletins (one following the initial report), ABC TV did not break into its stations' programming at all, instead waiting until the network was to return to broadcasting at 2:00pm Eastern Standard Time to begin its coverage. At 1:57:05pm EST, just as Frank McGee joined the reporting, NBC began broadcasting the report as their camera was ready and working.[190] Three minutes later, at 2:00pm EST, CBS' camera was finally ready and Cronkite appeared on the air after a brief station break, with ABC beginning its coverage at the same time. Radio coverage was reported by Don Gardiner (ABC), Allan Jackson (CBS), and (after a top-of-the-hour newscast) by Peter Hackes and Edwin Neuman (NBC).#14380A: WNEW NEWS WITH BILL LEONARD
Order1963-12-14, WNEW, 3 min.
The news topics of the day from WNEW-TV. A report on 1964 Republican presidential hopefuls, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater. Bill Leonard reports.
1964-01-08, CBS, min.
A report on poverty in the US, military economics, President Johnson says he will put a man on the moon by 1970, comments by Senator Everett Dirksen and Senator Hubert Humphrey. Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater's son campaigns for him for the 1964 presidential campaign Host: Walter Cronkite.
#14416: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
Order1964-01-31, NBC, 41 min.
September 21st, 1962- September 10th, 1965 (NBC) A Friday night variety series starring Jack Paar. Jonathan Winters was a frequent guest on the show. Guests include Jonathan Winters and Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater.1964-01-31, WNBC, 36 min.
Jack Paar's guests are Jonathan Winters, Victor Borge and Senator Barry Goldwater.1964-02-02, ABC, min.
- Nelson Rockefeller
- Barry Goldwater
- William Scranton
- Richard Nixon
- Dwight Eisenhower
- Lyndon Johnson
- Fred Foy
- Charles De Gaulle
- George Romney
- Karl Mundt
- Lone Ranger
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy. Topics: Charles De Gaulle recognizes Red China, comments by Dwight Eisenhower, Barry Goldwater, and Karl Mundt, South Vietnam coup with a comment by President Johnson, problems in Cyprus, Saturn rocket sends satellite into orbit, Ranger rocket hits the moon but its TV fails, politics: comments from Scranton, Nixon, Goldwater, Rockefeller, Eisenhower, and Romney, Lone Ranger memorabilia. The final Lone Ranger radio show after 21 years on ABC radio. Narrator: Fred Foy. NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25 minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1964-03-15, ABC, min.
- Nelson Rockefeller
- Barry Goldwater
- Jack Ruby
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- Richard Nixon
- Martin Luther King
- Fred Foy
- Jimmy Hoffa
- Malcolm X
- Margaret Chase Smith
- William Miller
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy. Topics: The Jack Ruby trial verdict, Jimmy Hoffa sentenced, Turkish-Greek strife over Cyprus.Other news: Henry Cabot Lodge wins the New Hampshire primary, comments by Nelson Rockefeller Senator Barry Goldwater, Margaret Chase Smith, William Miller, and Richard Nixon, Malcolm X separates from the Muslims, Martin Luther King comments. Narrator: Fred Foy. NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award-winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25-minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1964-06-01, WINS, 9 min.
WINS 1010 radio in New York City presents live coverage of tonight's California primary. Profiles of Nelson Rockefeller and Barry Goldwater.
1964-06-01, CBS, min.
A look at the Republican California primary between Nelson Rockefeller and Barry Goldwater.
1964-06-07, ABC, min.
- Jackie Robinson
- Nelson Rockefeller
- Barry Goldwater
- Dean Rusk
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- Richard Nixon
- Fred Foy
- William Miller
- Park Chung-hee
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy. A review of the week's news: The California primary, comments by Barry Goldwater (the winner), Nelson Rockefeller, Bill Miller, Jackie Robinson, Richard Nixon, and William Scranton, Question of "stop Goldwater movement," strategy talks in Honolulu about US involvement in South Vietnam, comments by Henry Cabot Lodge and Dean Rusk, the US will maintain commitments to South Vietnam, US plane shot down over Laos, religious crisis in South Vietnam, mass demonstrations in South Korea against Park regime, civil rights bill is debated, D-Day anniversary report. Narrator: Fred Foy. NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award-winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25-minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1964-06-09, CBS, 17 min.
A "Stop Goldwater" movement led by George Romney and Richard Nixon fails at the Governor's conference in Cleveland, comments from Romney and Nixon, an increase in crime in Brooklyn, NY community-local citizens form vigilante groups, An American Nazi interrupts a racial council meeting, he shouts invectives at group and Jews. Subbing for Walter Cronkite is Harry Reasoner.
1964-06-10, CBS, 9 min.
US Senators vote closure against southern filibuster on civil rights bill-comments by Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell, and Barry Goldwater, CBS correspondent Henry Cassidy comments on "Do Americans Know What is Going On in South Vietnam?"
#14549: CBS NEWS, THE
Order1964-06-12, CBS, 10 min.
Governor William Scranton announces he will enter the GOP race for the presidential nomination in an attempt to stop Goldwater, he claims the Republican party will be in danger if Goldwater wins, interview with Scranton.
1964-06-13, CBS, 21 min.
- Walter Cronkite
- Nelson Rockefeller
- Harry Reasoner
- Barry Goldwater
- Robert Trout
- William Scranton
- Richard Nixon
Recap of events includes: Scranton seeks the GOP nomination, comments by Goldwater, Rockefeller, and Nixon, candidacy, and viewpoints on issues. Host: Harry Reasoner discusses the GOP race with Robert Trout and Walter Cronkite.
1964-06-23, CBS, 14 min.
- Walter Cronkite
- Barry Goldwater
- Nelson Benton
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- Lyndon Johnson
- Wayne Morse
- Robert McNamara
- Maxwell Taylor
Three civil rights workers (two whites and one negro) disappear mysteriously on a Mississippi road after arrest on speeding charges, Nelson Benton reports from Mississippi, "swim-in" on a Florida beach sets off a racial flurry, Henry Cabot Lodge resigns as Ambassador to Saigon and is replaced by General Maxwell Taylor-comments on this event by President Johnson, Senator Wayne Morse, Senator Barry Goldwater, and defense secretary Robert McNamara, there are implications that the US will increase their war-role in South Vietnam. Host: Walter Cronkite. Report from Nelson Benton.
#14577: HOTLINE WITH DAVID SUSSKIND
Order1964-06-23, WPIX, 9 min.
- David Susskind
- Dorothy Kilgallen
- Joyce Davidson
- Barry Goldwater
- J. Edgar Hoover
- Gore Vidal
- Jean Kennedy
- William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
October 6th, 1964-March 2, 1965 (WPIX) A ninety-minute pilot program for a future short-lived phone-in discussion program seen on local WPIX-TV Channel 11 in New York City. Topics discussed are civil rights, (the disappearance of three civil rights workers, the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover,) politics-Barry Goldwater, etc. Host: David Susskind. The producer of this PILOT program is Jean Kennedy. When Hot line became a regular short lived series (23 broadcasts), televised live, on New York local station WPIX (the show was never picked up for syndication) Joyce Davidson became producer of the show, her main function as she confirmed was screen viewer calls. She and David Susskind were married in 1966. Guests: Dorothy Kilgallen, Gore Vidal, and the Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Pilot program.
1964-07-13, NBC, min.
Live NBC opening night coverage of the 1964 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. The Republicans seek to select their presidential candidate. Personalities interviewed are Senator Everett Dirksen, former President Dwight Eisenhower, and Richard Nixon who comments on Barry Goldwater. Thurston Morton is the committee chairman, he raps the Democrats in speech, a speech by former President Eisenhower.
1964-07-15, NBC, 46 min.
Continuing live NBC coverage of the 1964 Republican National Convention from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. The roll call of the states for the presidential nomination, Representative Charles Halleck of Indiana seconds the nomination of Barry Goldwater, Senator Kenneth Keating of New York nominates Nelson Rockefeller, Governor of New York. Dr. Milton Eisenhower puts Governor William Scranton's name in nomination, Scranton in an interview says he will not withdraw, a disturbance by negro delegates on the floor, Goldwater wins ballot for the nomination, Scranton concedes defeat and calls for the unanimous nomination of Goldwater as GOP presidential candidate.
1964-07-16, NBC, min.
Continuing live NBC coverage of the 1964 Republican National Convention from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. Speeches by Richard Nixon and Republican presidential nominee, Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater.
1964-07-17, WABC, 65 min.
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon introduces the Republican Presidential nominee Barry Goldwater who gives his 40 min. acceptance speech. Also heard is "America The Beautiful" sung by the convention chorus.1964-07-17, , 65 min.
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon introduces the Republican Presidential nominee Barry Goldwater who gives his 40 min. acceptance speech. Also heard is "America The Beautiful" sung by the convention chorus.
1964-08-04, WABC, 22 min.
- Jackie Robinson
- Les Crane
- Barry Goldwater
- Shelley Winters
- William F. Buckley Jr.
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- May Craig
It's a heated discussion about Presidential Candidate Barry Goldwater with guests Jackie Robinson, Shelley Winters, May Craig and William F. Buckley Jr. The program is interrupted for 8 minutes by an ABC News Bulletin from the White House. President Lyndon B. Johnson talks to the American People concerning the Gulf of Tonkin attack and USA intervention. Prior to resuming "The Les Crane Show," the network plays "The National Anthem," a patriotic gesture of the era. Crane’s innovative format allowed one of baseball’s biggest heroes, Jackie Robinson, to debate one of conservatism’s biggest allies, William F. Buckley. Nowhere on television in the mid-1960s could audiences see this type of television fodder. In fact this week of five broadcasts were not even individually listed in TV Guide or The Ross Reports Televisión Index. And, with t he exception of the Premiere broadcast (August 3rd) reviewed in Variety Television Reviews, no other mention is written about the follow-up four 90 minute late night programs airing Aug. 4, 5, 6, & 8, 1964. Unfortunately, The Les Crane Show fell victim to a common policy of television networks destroying tapes because of the shortsighted view that future generations would not be interested. How wrong they were. NOTE: In his autobiography I Never Had It Made, Jackie Robinson explained his encounter with William F. Buckley Jr., a harbinger of the right wing, and his reliance on a sports strategy: “When you know that you are going to face a tough, tricky opponent, you don’t let him get the first lick. Jump him before he can do anything and stay on him, keeping him on the defensive. Never let up and you rattle him effectively. When the show opened up—before Buckley could get into his devastating act of using snide remarks, big words, and the superior manner—I lit right into him with the charge that many influential "Goldwaterites" were racists. Shelley Winters piled in behind me, and Buckley scarcely got a chance to collect his considerable wit.” Television History of the LES CRANE SHOW September 16, 1963 - July 31, 1964 (WABC N.Y.) August 3 - 8, 1964 (ABC) November 9, 1964 - February 26, 1965 (ABC) June 28, 1965 - October 22, 1965 (Nightlife ABC) January 15, 1968 - September 6, 1968 (WNEW N.Y.) Debut of program was September 16, 1963. For the first month the title of the telecast was NIGHT LINE...LES CRANE. Beginning on October 22, 1963 the title was changed to THE LES CRANE SHOW. These late night LIVE broadcasts were aired Monday thru Friday. on local station WABC New York. Beginning December 6, 1963 late night broadcasts aired Tuesday thru Saturday. Also, another time slot opened for Crane with a similar format airing on WABC in the afternoon...a one hour version broadcast from 1:30-2:30pm, five days a week, and again returning to late night broadcasting usually 1am to 2:00am after the WABC late movie, THE BEST OF BROADWAY. This TALK SHOW / PHONE IN version of The Les Crane Show concluded its final broadcast on July 31, 1964. On August 3, 4, 5, 6, & 8, 1964 THE NEW LES CRANE SHOW premiered...a five program trial rivaling Johnny Carson's TONIGHT SHOW. It was Nationally televised and it is considered the FIRST network talk show program to compete with THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON. On November 9, 1964 THE LES CRANE SHOW premiered and aired regularly weeknights on the ABC network, opposite Johnny Carson's TONIGHT SHOW. After 14 weeks, and low ratings, this series ended with its last telecast airing on February 26, 1965. Les Crane's late night network career was over, as a solo host, and never to be resumed Nationally. ABC renamed their late night time slot NIGHTLIFE, premiering on March 1, 1965.This one hour forty five minute weekly late night talk series showcased guest hosts. This series run lasted four months, the last broadcast airing on June 25, 1965. Guest hosts included: Shelley Berman, Pat Boone, Jack Carter, Allan Sherman, Dave Garroway, Bill Cullen, William B. Williams (announcer of this series run), Eddy Arnold, Dale Robertson, Dick Shawn, Louis Nye, & Jan Murray. Form June 28 to October 22, 1965 Les Crane returned to this time slot...the series title remaining, NIGHTLIFE. Les Crane no longer was a solo host. He co-hosted with Dave Garroway, and Nipsy Russell. Two years later, Les Crane returned to local late night television appearing for eight months on WNEW channel 5 in New York 11:15pm - 12:15am from January 15, 1968 changing time slots on July 8, 1968, 11:45pm - 12:45pm. Final show aired on September 6, 1968, and it was the last time Les Crane would host a late night television talk show. NOTE: A two hour radio broadcast profiling Les Crane, including TV Audio Air Check Crane highlights from the ATA archive can be listened to in its entirety. It appears on the ATA website under the link TV CONFIDENTIAL. The segment (SOUNDS OF LOST TELEVISION) was recorded in Pasadena California and aired in 2014 with host Ed Robertson, and guest Phil Gries. NOTE: Most all of Les Crane's cumulative 26 months of broadcasting as a talk show host is today non-existent. Tapes were destroyed, erased and whereabouts unknown. The 27 LES CRANE SHOW television air checks archived in the Archival Television Audio, Inc. library is the largest collection known to exist of extant Les Crane broadcasts in the country. Extant examples existing elsewhere include two broadcast kinescopes archived by The Paley Center for Media (one from 1967, and the other, a broadcast from January 31, 1968 titled "Rich Jews." There is archived at UCLA FILM & TV ARCHIVE four extant examples related to Les Crane, including a preserved 41:36 minute compilation demo/presentation kinescope reel with clips from the New Les Crane Show five night trial run (August 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 1964). The content of what the UCLA Film & TV Archive's has related to the above programs include the first show with Les Crane introducing his show and Robert Preston (2:53), a bullfighting segment with Ricardo Montalbaum (6:32), a Jackie Robinson segment debating William F. Buckley with Shelley Winters on the panel (5:40),a Pamela Mason and Artie Shaw segment (3:50), a segment related to New York City cab drivers with Les Crane interviewing a number of them (5:59), guest Irving Schulmen, Adela Rogers St.John and two other guests discussing the legendary actress Jean Harlow (4:18), a segment related to "Deathtraps related to playgrounds in New York" and interviewed comments from women on the street (3:11), an in studio interview segment with Marguerite Oswald, mother of Lee Harvey Oswald 4:14), and an in studio interview with Richard Burton and Les Crane sign off (6:03). Of interest, as to the quality of the video and audio, it is noted many variations exist including tinny sound reproduction, at times, poor audio clarity, at times, echo effect, tinny effect, at times, occasional video glitches, dark, high contrast segments at times, overexposed ("milky") segments. at times. NOTE: The Les Crane Show late night talk program on ABC during the 1964-65 television season pioneered a format of television later embraced by icon Phil Donahue, Crane fell to NBC’s The Tonight Show, a national brand with a decade of broadcasting tenure, proved its dominance. Donahue began his legendary career in Dayton in 1967, evolving into a daytime programming staple for nearly 30 years. Les Crane’s daughter Caprice points out that her father used journalism to cover topics and people that others feared to explore. “He created the shotgun mike,” says Crane of her dad, who passed away in 2008. “He had guests who did not provide the typical fluff, for example, Malcolm X, Bob Dylan, and the mother of Lee Harvey Oswald. He had the first publicly gay man on his show. He was also an amazing listener who helped create a new television format that demanded more information for the listener. The Les Crane Show didn’t last long because the person who tries the new thing always gets penalized. People are afraid of the unknown until it becomes mainstream.” A renaissance media man for the second half of the 20th century, Crane held interests and influences beyond journalism. “My dad gave The Mamas and the Papas group its name,” reminds Caprice Crane. “Casey Kasem credited him with inventing the Top 40 radio format at KRLA. He also got into the computer business before it was big. His company was Software Tool Works, which produced the Chess Master computer program. He was always before his time.”1964-08-17, NBC, 57 min.
- Johnny Carson
- Skitch Henderson
- Hal Roach Sr.
- Barry Goldwater
- Stan Laurel
- Barbara Eden
- Jack Haskell
- Oliver Hardy
- Robert Kennedy
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970's, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past. This is the earliest extant COLOR Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. There is an "Adventures of Johnny Chan" skit, introduced by Jack Haskell, which is performed by Johnny Carson and guest Barbara Eden. Other guest include Al Capp, with many anecdotes, Harry Golden who talks disparagingly about Barry Goldwater and discusses his appraisal of Robert Kennedy who is running for Senate in New York. Johnny Carson talks lovingly about the comedy team of Laurel and Hardy. He mentions a recent phone call he had with Stan Laurel, and airs a clip from a 1923 movie starring Stan Laurel, "Kill or Cure." Singer, Karen Rondell sing, "As Long as He Needs Me." Commercials include: Alpo dog food, Sucral sugar substitute, L&M cigarettes, NBC plug upcoming Convention, Bromo Seltzer, Green Mint mouthwash, and Poligrip denture adhesive cream.#14592: WORLD TODAY
Order1964-09-14, WOR, 14 min.
World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. Parents in New York protest school bussing to achieve racial balance, an abortive coup in South Vietnam, Nguyen Kanh still in power- comment by Dean Rusk, Senator Humphrey raps Barry Goldwater comments on former Cuban crisis, Humphrey talks to Harry Truman regarding campaign tactics, Senator Strom Thurmond switches, will become a Republican and support Barry Goldwater in the election. Host: Tony Marvin.1964-09-16, CBS, 19 min.
A review of humor in politics with samples of jokes told by politicians. Featured are Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, others. Host: Harry Reasoner.
#14597: BARRY GOLDWATER SPEECH
Order1964-09-18, , 16 min.
Republican presidential nominee Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona gives a political talk to the nation. Actor Clint Walker (Cheyenne) speaks on behalf of Goldwater.
1964-09-20, ABC, min.
- Barry Goldwater
- Hubert Humphrey
- Lyndon Johnson
- Martin Luther King
- Fred Foy
- Robert McNamara
- Strom Thurmond
- William Miller
- King Constantine
- Princess Anne Marie
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy. News topics of the day: Two US destroyers are menaced by hostile vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin, comment by Robert McNamara, the US, and Russia announce new defense systems, Johnson-Humphrey, Goldwater-Miller campaign items, Senator Strom Thurmond becomes a Republican, school bussing problems in New York City, Martin Luther King in Rome, comments on integration, Ecumenical Council in Rome, King Constantine of Greece marries Princess Anne Marie of Denmark. Host: Fred Foy.