BW - EP145—014: November 1963 With Jean Shepherd And JFK—Looking Ahead To Rod Serling And Zero Hour

Breaking Walls: The Podcast on the History of American Network Radio Broadcasting

Well, that brings our look at November 1963 through the eyes of Jean Shepherd and President Kennedy to a close. Frankly, I wasn’t completely sure what this episode would become until I finished producing it. Speaking of anniversaries, we have one in December that’s a bit more recent and much happier if you like radio drama. Next time on Breaking Walls, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of The Zero Hour’s debut on the Mutual Broadcasting System, we spotlight the rebirth of radio drama in 1973. It’s the first of a two-part mini series on radio drama in the 1970s. The reading material used in today’s episode was: • Excelsior You Fathead! The Art and Enigma of Jean Shepherd — By Eugene Bergmann • Boom!: Talking About the Sixties — By Tom Brokaw • Four Days In November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy — By Vincent Bugliosi • On The Air — By John Dunning • Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery — By Norman Mailer As well as articles from: • The Bridgeport Post • The Chicago Tribune • The Cincinnati Enquirer • The Hammond Times • The Kansas City Times • The Library of Congress • The Los Angeles Times • The Miami News • The New York Daily News • The New York Times • The Orlando Sentinel And the Assassination Report of the Warren Commission On the interview front: • Andy Rooney spoke with CBS for their 50th anniversary in 1977 Selected music featured in today’s episode was: • The John Coltrane Quartet in concert — November 19th, 1962 • Pachelbel's Canon In D — By Michael Silverman • All I’ve Got To Do — By The Beatles • The Boston Symphony in concert — November 23rd, 1963 • Some Children See Him — By George Winston Breaking Walls Episode 146 will spotlight Rod Serling and The Zero Hour in honor of the 50th anniversary of its debut on Mutual Broadcasting. This episode will be available beginning December 1st, 2023 everywhere you get your podcasts, and at TheWallBreakers.com. In the meantime, give Breaking Walls a quick rating on whatever platform you listen, especially itunes. You can also join The Breaking Walls Facebook group at Facebook.com/Groups/TheWallBreakers. And support this show for as little as a buck a month at Patreon.com/TheWallBreakers. So until December 1st, my name is James Scully, this has been Breaking Walls Episode 145, and I’ll catch you on the flip side. Thank you very much.