Harv Moore writes:

I remember vividly what happened that afternoon. Each jock had a news shift. After I got off the air at 10am I did the news for Bob Raleigh. We did the news from a little desk in the control room. I was sitting at the desk talking to Bob while he was on the air.

Eleanor, the building cleaning lady, called the radio station, and said she was watching TV, and a bulletin came across that President Kennedy had been shot. I immediately went to our teletype, and it was just coming across from UP. I tore it off and ran to the control room. I'll never forget; I sat down at the little news desk, and Bob said, "Harv, read it very slowly".

As I recall, (WPGC Program Director,) Dean Griffith (Dean Anthony) was at lunch at the time, but heard the news and returned to the station immediately. At that point he called in MacNamara to cover the story.

When it was learned that the President had succumbed, we immediately dropped format, and went to generic instrumental music, and that continued until right after the funeral. The day after shooting, the mood was obviously somber, and MacNamara and I continued to keep the listeners informed, as did the other jocks.

 

 

Sound Files

11/22/63

JFK Assassination Update Bulletin - :17

Special thanks to contributor, Lee Whitney for the above audio and Bob McArthur who recorded it who writes:

I remember that I'd been listening to WPGC that morning, and so my first awareness of the assassination was from their bulletin. The announcer said "President Kennedy has been cut down" and at first I took it to mean someone had insulted him, though as the bulletin continued it was clear he'd been shot. I quickly began recording from the radio.

 

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