First report of JFK assassination from WFAA News in Dallas
https://rumble.com/v3515gm-first-report-of-jfk-assassination-from-wfaa-news-in-dallas.html?mref=1wxk5&mrefc=92
What was interesting, in those days the big TV cameras took about a half hour or so to warm up (vacuum tubes) and stabilize, so it was Audio only for a while before Cronkite could be televised.
Oddly enough the very very first reports - that blood was seen from his head, and Kennedy was most likely dead, was the most accurate. Everyone who was actually there knew it was mortal, it was just a matter of conveying that to the press. Certain national security concerns probably prompted the delays in the “official” announcement.
They did have some stray voltage, claiming a secret service agent had also been shot. That never happened, one wonders how that got reported.
Thank you for these links. Extraordinary.
Ted Cassidy (Lurch later of the Addams Family show) was early on to the scene as he was working for a local news outlet. Can’t you imagine someone 6 foot 9 inches walking around with a microphone recording what witnesses saw?