In 1899…Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America registered in New Jersey
In 1906…the "S-O-S" distress signal was adopted at
the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin .
In 1963…Many U.S. Radio stations suspended regular programming following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The Number One song that week was 'Sugar Shack' by Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs.
Coverage begins at 11:30 AM (Dallas
time) on 11/22/63, with Joe Long of Dallas radio
station KLIF reporting live from Love
Field Airport
as President Kennedy arrives in "Big D".
Kennedy coverage as heard on WBAP 820 AM Fort Worth:
Also, from WCCO 830 AM Minneapolis/St. Paul:
And From The Big One, WLW 700 AM Cincinnati (then an NBC Affiliate):
This is the initial bulletin heard on the NBC Radio Network about the shooting of President Kennedy in
This is the line feed from the ABC Radio Network News in the
initial moments of the coverage of the JFK Assasination. Included is the ABC
Log Book notes on what they were airing. Someone in ABC Master Control had to
log literally everything that was broadcast each day. Also included UPI and AP wire copy which you can see the
network anchors are relying on for information.
1963…In the
In 2011…Stan Case, a 25-year CNN Radio news anchor, was
killed in an car accident at age 59.
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