Yesterday we ran a news story about the anniversary, with comments from
somebody from the local VFW post etc. For background audio I pulled out
some of the old radio broadcasts from 12/7/41. On the CBS World News
Roundup that ran that afternoon, anchor John Daly mentions that, while
one of their via-shortwave reports was airing, he just got off the phone
with somebody from their Honolulu affiliate KGMB who was giving him a
verbal report on what they were seeing/hearing in Honolulu etc.
I also have a rather hard-to-hear but rather amusing clip of some poor
guy up on the roof at KGU, TRYING to stay on the line and do a live
report on NBC, and the operator breaks in trying to cut him off because
the phone line is needed for "emergency traffic"... "Hey, but I'm on the
line to New York here!!" Didn't matter... she pulled the plug, leaving
the NBC newscaster high and dry... "one moment please!" is all he can
manage. Guess he went back to fill music--that's what the clip starts
with.
Randy Stewart
KSMU
Springfield MO
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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 01:26:33 -0800
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Martin)
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Just another day?
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Mike,
According to Chuck Boehnke, Dec 7th, KGMB was indeed on the air during
the bombing. However they signed off right after, but were told to
return to the air to give out emergency info. Both KGU and KGMB returned
to the air.
Patrick Martin
KAVT Reception Manager
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