Chuck Conrad Oral History

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Videotaped oral history interview with Chuck Conrad. Owner and operator of the Texas Broadcast Museum in Kilgore, Texas, Conrad began a career in broadcast news, production and engineering in the late 1960s. Since the 1980s he has been an active collector of radio and television memorabilia. His collection includes a WFAA-TV Dumont Telecruiser and a KRLD-TV camera used during the assassination weekend. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 15, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and ten minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

Chuck Conrad Oral History

Date:

05/13/2015

Terms:

Oral histories

Collectibles

Researchers

Broadcast journalism

Cameras

Cameraman

Education

Student

Memorabilia

Mementos

WFAA-TV

KRLD-TV

Dallas

News Media (OHC)

Kennedy Collectors (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Popular Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 70 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2015.001.0070

Curatorial Note:

As of summer 2024, the Texas Broadcast Museum in Kilgore, Texas is open on Fridays and Saturdays and for groups by special appointment. The museum's website includes pages devoted to the KRLD-TV camera and WFAA-TV Dumont Telecruiser discussed during this interview: Texas Broadcast Museum. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Mr. Conrad's KRLD-TV camera was displayed at The Sixth Floor Museum as part of the "Covering Chaos" exhibit from June 2005 to January 2006. As discussed in this oral history, Conrad owns KRLD-TV camera #4. In 2022, the Museum acquired KRLD-TV camera #3, which may be found here in the Museum's online collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/73556. - Stephen Fagin, Curator