November 1963
72 Hours on the Air
The assassination weekend as radio and television carried it: the bulletin that broke the day, the long vigil, the shooting of the accused, and the funeral that closed it.
1963 · 5 stops · 3h 41m
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The first bulletins — a network cutting into its own afternoon.
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Hours two to six: confirmation, and the slow turn to a nation listening.
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Saturday. The story stops moving and the coverage has to hold the silence.
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Sunday: Oswald is shot on live air, and broadcasting loses its footing.
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Monday's funeral — the medium at its most formal, and its most quiet.
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