NBC News Live Coverage of The Assassination of President John Kennedy Part 1

From Friday November 22nd 1963 NBC covers the death of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Part 1 begins at 1:57 P.M EST/12:57 P.M CST
Less than 30 minutes after President Kennedy was shot
NBC News began there coverage with News bulletin at 1:45 P.M EST with NBC'S Don Pardo than at 1:53 P.M EST NBC News began there continous coverage with NBC News's Bill Ryan,Chet Huntley and Frank Mcgee
the 1st 3 minutes where not filmed, than at 1:57 P.M EST is when NBC News began recording there live coverage with Bill Ryan saying "Thank You Frank'
that is where this part one began s as NBC News began recording history

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• 1963
• NBC
• News
• John
• Kennedy
• Assassination

[RJY4356]

@johnissoevil A beautiful sentiment.

[andrelebaron]

"3 bursts of gunfire". kind of makes you realize what a lot of shite all that second gunman stuff was

[andrelebaron]

this raw stuff is so much better than history interpreted by someone.

[jjddjjddaa]

Coverage is so much better than Cronkite's

[johnissoevil]

I still remember the day that Reagan was shot. I've always believed that Kennedy was watching over him that day from heaven, saying "Oh no, it ain't happening again!" And I'm sure that on the evening of June 5, 2004, Ronnie was thanking JFK personally.

[fromthesidelines]

Bill Ryan was the local anchor for WNBC-TV's 6pm newscast in New York at that time; he joined Frank McGee and Chet Huntley (co-anchor of the network's nightly newscast, "THE HUNTLEY-BRINKLEY REPORT") for this "emergency" coverage.

[fromthesidelines]

For some reason, NBC didn't begin "rolling tape" to preserve the start of their live coverage until 1:57pm(et); they, too, were "down" between 1-2pm(et), with local affiliates presenting their own programming to fill the hour [WNBC-TV in New York aired repeats of "BACHELOR FATHER" at 1:30]. However, an audio collector has the first four minutes of what NBC failed to preserve (that can be found at Archival Television Audio's website, along with the Pardo bulletin the network failed to record).