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Robert Bruton Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Robert Bruton. As operations manager for KXOL Radio in Fort Worth in 1963, Bruton covered the Kennedys' visit to the city in November 1963 as well as Lee Harvey Oswald's death at Parkland Memorial Hospital on November 24, 1963, and Oswald's funeral in Fort Worth the following day.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 24, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour long long.

Object Details

Object title:

Robert Bruton Oral History

Date:

01/24/2011

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 60 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.001.0007

Curatorial Note:

Robert Bruton passed away on February 8, 2016. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

KXOL Radio went on the air in Fort Worth on April 2, 1947. It was the city's first full-time unaffiliated independent radio station. KXOL changed ownership multiple times over the years and continued broadcasting until November 1985 when the format and call letters were changed to KWJS. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Robert Bruton Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Robert Bruton. As operations manager for KXOL Radio in Fort Worth in 1963, Bruton covered the Kennedys' visit to the city in November 1963 as well as Lee Harvey Oswald's death at Parkland Memorial Hospital on November 24, 1963, and Oswald's funeral in Fort Worth the following day.Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 24, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour long long.

Object Details

Object title:

Robert Bruton Oral History

Date:

01/24/2011

Terms:

Oral histories

Oswald funeral

Fort Worth

Reporter

Broadcast journalism

Funeral services

Fort Worth breakfast

Radio

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Connally, John

Johnson, Lyndon B.

Oswald, Marina

Oswald, Marguerite

KXOL station (Ft. Worth)

Parkland Hospital

Hotel Texas

Carswell Air Force Base

Dallas

News Media (OHC)

Fort Worth (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 60 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.001.0007

Curatorial Note:

Robert Bruton passed away on February 8, 2016. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

KXOL Radio went on the air in Fort Worth on April 2, 1947. It was the city's first full-time unaffiliated independent radio station. KXOL changed ownership multiple times over the years and continued broadcasting until November 1985 when the format and call letters were changed to KWJS. - Stephen Fagin, Curator