Jerry Kunkel Oral History

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Audio oral history interview with Jerry Kunkel. A broadcaster at KBOX Radio in 1963, Kunkel reported from Parkland Memorial Hospital and Dallas police headquarters. He encountered Jack Ruby that weekend and had a brief exchange with Lee Harvey Oswald during the midnight press showing.Interview conducted via telephone on November 2, 2012 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and one minute long.

Object Details

Object title:

Jerry Kunkel Oral History

Date:

11/02/2012

Terms:

Oral histories

Midnight press conference

Press

Reporter

Broadcast journalism

Ruby, Jack

Oswald, Lee Harvey

King, Karl

Pate, Sam

KBOX station (Dallas)

Parkland Hospital

Dallas Police Headquarters

Dallas Municipal Building

Dallas Police Department

Dallas

News Media (OHC)

Jack Ruby (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.wav file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 61 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2012.001.0094

Curatorial Note:

Jerry Lee Kunkel passed away on August 27, 2016 at the age of seventy-seven. In addition to his work at KBOX Radio in Dallas, Kunkel also worked at WKY Radio and Television in Oklahoma City and was later vice president and general manager of television and radio stations in Indiana and New York. - Stephen Fagin, Curator