50th Anniversary of the deaths of John F. Kennedy and C.S. Lewis.

razark · 11-22-13, 08:33 PM

I'm curious about the TV news coverage at the time. I asked my parents about it earlier. My father was in the Marines, and didn't have access to a television. My mother said that they listened to the radio at work, and she spent the next four days watching TV, but she couldn't remember much other than "seeing a man [Oswald] murdered on live TV."

Any of those old enough to remember, how did the networks handle it? I've only really seen today's style of 24/7 news channels, and I'd like to know what it was like in that previous era.

11-22-13, 08:33 PM	#9
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,731 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	I'm curious about the TV news coverage at the time. I asked my parents about it earlier. My father was in the Marines, and didn't have access to a television. My mother said that they listened to the radio at work, and she spent the next four days watching TV, but she couldn't remember much other than "seeing a man [Oswald] murdered on live TV." Any of those old enough to remember, how did the networks handle it? I've only really seen today's style of 24/7 news channels, and I'd like to know what it was like in that previous era. __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"