[BC] Broadcast Radio when JFK was assassinated

[Lotus Engineering]

Scott,
        I was a fledgling DJ at the college station in Fredonia NY (WCVF)when JFK was shot. I did have a lot of contacts at the local Fredonia and Dunkirk stations as well as the Buffalo stations.  I do not remember any FCC mandates nor do I remember any stations playing specifically JFK favorites, although some stations may have done so voluntarily.  I listened mainly to WKBW Buffalo in those days, and while the event was treated with a great deal of respect I don't remember any particular change in their rock format not did any FCC mandates come down that I was aware of at any of the other stations in the area. It was the normal start of Thanksgiving break at the college so we were let out a little early, but otherwise I don't remember any other great changes other than respect for the event.  Of course it has been 45 years.
Bill

Bill Croghan CPBE WBØKSW
Chief Engineer,
KOMP/KXPT/KENO/KBAD/KWWN/KWID
Lotus Broadcasting, Las Vegas, NV



"In times like these it helps to recall that there have always been times like these." Yet the world hardly ever comes to an end.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:broadcast-
> bounces at radiolists.net] From:  Scott Fybush
>
> Brent Hall wrote:
> > I wasn't around during Pearl Harbor, but I remember the Friday that
> JFK
> > was=
> >  assasinated. All the schools closed early, and the FCC issued orders
> > that =
> > all stations cease playing any commercials that weekend. They further
> > order=
> > ed that all stations play only music that JFK loved. The local Top 40
> > stati=
> > ons all had to go out and buy those records that were required.
>
> Do you have a citation for that, Brent? While I'm aware that most
> stations dropped their usual formats and stopped playing commercials,
> I've never seen anything to suggest that this was the result of an FCC
> mandate.
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