Live coverage of the first TV transmissions from "Telstar 1."
All three networks show scenes from various parts of the US. Also, scenes from London, Paris, Rome, and the artic are beamed to the US. 

CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow is interviewed.            

A commercial for Freedomland U.S.A. amusement park, a theme park in the Baychester section of the northeastern Bronx New York City. Dedicated to American history, it operated from 1960 to  September 1964.                          

Cuban President Fidel Castro gives a speech in Havana, Cuba.           

Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba gives a speech.             

8-4-62-?? 1963

Frankly Jazz was a thirty minute musical television program, produced in Los Angeles and broadcast on KTLA television in the early 1960's. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performers of the day. The program was hosted by jazz disk jockey Frank Evans. Regulars on the show included musicians Bud Shank, Gary Peacock, Larry Bunker, Terry Morel, Chico Guerrero and composer, arranger and pianist Clare Fischer. 

Guest is comedian Dick Gregory.                         

8-4-62-?? 1963

Frankly Jazz was a thirty minute musical television program, produced in Los Angeles and broadcast on KTLA television in the early 1960's. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performers of the day. The program was hosted by jazz disk jockey Frank Evans. Regulars on the show included musicians Bud Shank, Gary Peacock, Larry Bunker, Terry Morel, Chico Guerrero and composer, arranger and pianist Clare Fischer. 

Host Frank Evans interviews comedian Soupy Sales.            

8-4-62-?? 1963

Frankly Jazz was a thirty minute musical television program, produced in Los Angeles and broadcast on KTLA television in the early 1960's. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performers of the day. The program was hosted by jazz disk jockey Frank Evans. Regulars on the show included musicians Bud Shank, Gary Peacock, Larry Bunker, Terry Morel, Chico Guerrero and composer, arranger and pianist Clare Fischer. 

Host Frank Evans interviews guest Soupy Sales. 

Dupe Of 7131. 

                                                                                        

FIVE STAR NEWS with anchor Kevin Kennedy was a WPIX TV weekday 10 minute presentation telecast from 11:50am - Noon. 
The broadcast would open with catchy instrumental theme song with the following introduction:
"Good Morning. Kevin Kennedy with Five Star News."
 
Topics: John Steinbeck wins the Nobel prize for  literature. He is interviewed on location by John Tillman. Sixty year old Steinbeck describes his astonished reaction and feelings related to this prestigious award.  A report on the Cuban missile crisis, Cubans continue missile buildup on the island, Adlai Stevenson and Russian diplomat Valerian Zorin in a row at the UN Security Council today, a heated exchange, Stevenson shows aerial photos of Cuban missile sites.  The Carrier Enterprise leads a naval interception armada.

NOTE: It is interesting that in 1962 TV news broadcasting still injected into their news stories dramatic "canned" dramatic music to accompany a news segment as demonstrated by the story related to the Carrier Enterprise naval interception armada. 

NOTE: Anchor Kevin Kennedy would also do the news for WPIX weekdays at 7:00pm to 7:10pm preceding a fifteen newscast anchored by John Tillman (7:10-7:25pm).  

                                                                

8-4-62-?? 1963

Frankly Jazz was a thirty minute musical television program, produced in Los Angeles and broadcast on KTLA television in the early 1960's. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performers of the day. The program was hosted by jazz disk jockey Frank Evans. Regulars on the show included musicians Bud Shank, Gary Peacock, Larry Bunker, Terry Morel, Chico Guerrero and composer, arranger and pianist Clare Fischer. 

                                    

8-4-62-?? 1963

Frankly Jazz was a thirty minute musical television program, produced in Los Angeles and broadcast on KTLA television in the early 1960's. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performers of the day. The program was hosted by jazz disk jockey Frank Evans. Regulars on the show included musicians Bud Shank, Gary Peacock, Larry Bunker, Terry Morel, Chico Guerrero and composer, arranger and pianist Clare Fischer. 

                                                 

8-4-62-?? 1963

Frankly Jazz was a thirty minute musical television program, produced in Los Angeles and broadcast on KTLA television in the early 1960's. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performers of the day. The program was hosted by jazz disk jockey Frank Evans. Regulars on the show included musicians Bud Shank, Gary Peacock, Larry Bunker, Terry Morel, Chico Guerrero and composer, arranger and pianist Clare Fischer. 

                                                              

8-4-62-?? 1963

Frankly Jazz was a thirty minute musical television program, produced in Los Angeles and broadcast on KTLA television in the early 1960's. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performers of the day. The program was hosted by jazz disk jockey Frank Evans. Regulars on the show included musicians Bud Shank, Gary Peacock, Larry Bunker, Terry Morel, Chico Guerrero and composer, arranger and pianist Clare Fischer. 

                                                                           

 Right wing talk attacking President John F. Kennedy using "managed news."            

Fulton Lewis Jr was a prominent conservative American broadcaster from the 1930s to the 1960s. His commentaries were broadcast nationally by the Mutual Broadcasting System. 

Fulton Lewis Jr. attacks New York, Governor Nelson Rockefeller.

           

Fulton Lewis Jr was a prominent conservative American broadcaster from the 1930s to the 1960s. His commentaries were broadcast nationally by the Mutual Broadcasting System. 

Fulton Lewis Jr. radio commentary. 

                                     

Live coverage of the funeral of President John F. Kennedy. 

Fulton Lewis Jr was a prominent conservative American broadcaster from the 1930s to the 1960s. His commentaries were broadcast nationally by the Mutual Broadcasting System. 

Fulton Lewis Jr. radio commentary. 

                        

October 5th, 1963-September 25th, 1965 (NBC)

This Saturday morning series was one of the first to use supermarionation, a technique using fine wires and plastic models developed by creator Gerry Anderson. The series was set in Space City with its central character being Colonel Steve Zodiac, who piloted his spacecraft, Fireball XL-5, throughout the Galaxy.                                              

Space writer comments on future space programs. He predicts Russians will put a man on the moon by 1966.                        

Crescent City devastated by a tidal wave. Easter celebration.                          

Rightist coup in Laos. Suvanna Phuma remains premier. 

                     

News events.                                       

January 8th, 1965- July 23rd, 1965 (ABC)

This series traces the career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt  drawing on such sources as films, personal papers, recordings, and comments of friends, political associates, and critics. The late Eleanor Roosevelt acted as a consultant for the series, which was co-produced by the creators of "Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years." Music composed and conducted by Alex North. Tonight: Part 1, "The Making Of A Man," covers FDR's pre-presidential years. Arthur Kennedy narrates and Charlton Heston reads from the President's writings.   

Series debut.                    

Live CBS coverage of Winston Churchill's funeral. Walter Cronkite reports. Comments on Churchill from Dwight Eisenhower.            

Comments by Walter Cronkite and Eric Sevareid on the funeral of Winston Churchill.              

In 1933, conflict exploded between labor and management as unions sought the right to bargain collectively under a vague section of President Roosevelt's National Industrial Recovery Act. Tonight's program, written by Quentin Reynolds, reviews the violent labor-management relations of the thirties.
The times are bitter for working man and employer alike. In Georgia, prison camps are set up for strikers, San Francisco and Minneapolis are virtually paralyzed by strikes; soldiers are sent to restore order in the coal fields of West Virginia; FDR is called " a traitor to his class" and the labor movement splits into two camps: AFL and CIO. Early in 1935, Senator Robert Wagner, Democrat from New York, introduces the National Labor Relations Act, designed to enforce the rights of labor. A manufacturers association claims the NLRA "will out-Stalin Stalin," while the Dailey Worker asserts "it will be a weapon to destroy the power of the workers." 
Among those interviewed: Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New York City and labor leader James Carey. Narrated by Arthur Kennedy. Charlton Heston reads from FDR's writings.                            

November 7th, 1954-April 20th, 1961. September 15th, 1963-Present.

Counterpart of NBC's "Meet The Press." Newsmakers are interviewed by a panel. CBS correspondent George Herman moderated the program from 1969 until September 1983 when he was replaced by Lesley Stahl. Bob Schieffer took over as moderator in 1991. Eventually, the panel of interviewers was dropped in favor of the program host conducting interviews of all guests.

An interview with Governor George Wallace of Alabama, commentary on the crisis in Selma, fear of a voting rights controversy.   

Martin Agronsky is the host.                      

June 19, 1965-September 11, 1965. This was the first broadcast of the series. Trumpeter Al Hirt hosts this variety hour, a summer replacement for "Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine." Hirt leads his own musical group each week, presenting top name guest stars, comedy and novelty acts, with music as part of each routine. 
A full orchestra backs the show which is recorded on tape 
in New York. 12 broadcasts in the series.             

June 19, 1965-September 11, 1965. Trumpeter Al Hirt hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine."  

Originally this second show in the series, scheduled to be broadcast June 26th, was advertised with a complete different guest list, including Anna Moffo, Gene, Pitney, Chad & Jeremy, Edward Villella & Patric McBride, Dionne Warwick, and Stan Freeberg. This broadcast was either never recorded or if it was it never aired.            

Adlai Stevenson.tribute on the day of his funeral. Introduction by Charles Kuralt. Other guests include Hubert Humphrey, Prime Minister Harold Wilson, poet and writer Archibald Macleish, and Labor Secretary Williard Wirtz.

Eric Sevareid hosts from London.           

June 19, 1965-September 11, 1965. Trumpeter Al Hirt hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine."             

June 19, 1965-September 11, 1965. Trumpeter Al Hirt hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine."   

NOTE: "The Strut"
Written by Oscar Peterson is performed by Liza Minnelli.          

Captured pilots in Vietnam. 

Includes commercials             

48 civilians die due to miscalculation. John Rich reports.
Two USAFA-1 sky raiders mistakenly struck South Vietnamese village of De Duc killing 48 civilians. Ronald Reagan campaigning in 1966 California Governor's race-leads in poll. Profile of Reagan by Frank McGee who narrates.    

Host: Frank McGee.               

September 19th, 1965- July 26th, 1970 (NBC)

Successor to the "SUNDAY" series. Edited and anchored by veteran NBC newsman Frank McGee.                      

The Vietnam war reaches a new high for the US, a special report on the political future of Ronald Reagan, a possible role in national office.    

This is the ninth broadcast in the series.        

September 19th, 1965- July 26th, 1970 (NBC)

Successor to the "SUNDAY" series. Edited and anchored by veteran NBC newsman Frank McGee.     

Report on Senator Robert F. Kennedy's tour of Latin America. The Senator has been visiting peace corps installations in South America. Speech by RFK to students in Lima, Peru.                            

Countdown of the Gemini V1 spacecraft. Flight fails to take off, a misfire.            

Guest Oregon Senator Wayne Morse talks about Vietnam. 

Host: Ted Koppel.