NBC’s David Brinkley Breaks The News On Television…
In the late afternoon of August 16, 1977, scattered radio reports began to surface on the death of Elvis Presley. It was after 4PM Eastern time when news reports began to confirm the rumors. Many didn’t know till they got home and watched the evening news. Here is the start of that night’s broadcast on NBC.
Do you remember where you were when you heard the news?
Under Construction…NBC Studio 6B Thanks to our friend Dennis Degan, here are a couple of photos of 6B undergoing a massive face lift. In the October 20 photo on the left we see the curved steel platform under the audience riser start to take shape. In the November 23 picture on the right, you can […]
Short But Sweet…NBC NY & Burbank Quick Shots, Early 70s Thanks to our friend John Schipp, we are able to see a little over a minute’s worth of rare footage inside 30 Rock and Burbank. This is from a behind the scenes episode of NBC’s ‘The Go Show’ which aired briefly around 1973. It was […]
TK42 – Iconoscope Cameras, What Do They Have In Common? They both have internal lenses. What you see on the front of this TK42 is NOT the lens…it is a wide angle adapter. In the next post down, about the first mobile unit, you’ll see that they had a lot in common. It seems that […]
The Very First Hanna – Barbera Cartoon…’Ruff & Ready’ This is the very first episode of ‘Ruff & Ready’. It aired on NBC December 14, 1957 and was the first cartoon ever produced by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera’s new company. Ruff (the cat) was voiced by Don Messick, and Reddy was voiced by Daws […]
Changing the diaper on my girlfriends 10 mo old son.
I remember it. I was at a neighbor’s house that afternoon. I was 7 (almost 8) at the time. I was in shock as was the rest of the country.
Watched it standing in master control at WSFA TV in Montgomery AL
I was working at WREG-TV in Memphis. In the days before satellite transmissions were common, the only way to feed video out of Memphis was to call AT&T to set up a video line, and that had to be done before 5pm. We somehow wound up with the only video line out of Memphis until two days later. All three US networks and some foreign ones fed their news stories from the station. We stayed very busy from that afternoon until the day after the funeral.
11 years old, listening to the radio (tuned to WBZ 1030 Boston) upstairs in my parent’s bedroom. I ran right down and told my mother.
I was 7 years old (the day before my birthday) I was probably playing outside!!!!
I was getting ready to direct the local news and had CBS on in the control room. Walter came out of a break on the phone which got my attention…with a call from Col. Parker and the announcement.
I stepped into my optician’s office with my mom to get my first pair of eyeglasses when I was 14. It was on the TV there in the waiting room. We were both stunned and saddened by the news.
It was my 8th wedding anniversary. The phone rang and when I answered it, my sister blurted out in tears, “HappyAnniversaryRoxyElvisPresleydied!”
Listening to WAXY-FM in Ft. Lauderdale, they were playing Billy Joe Royal’s “I Knew You When” when the song suddenly stopped midway — and South Florida radio legend Rick Shaw broke the news. From 7 p.m. on, it was all Elvis the rest of the evening.
I was 5. My neighbor came over and told us. I totally remember.