MBC Announces Survey Results for the...
CHICAGO – John F. Kennedy’s assassination and funeral, the 9/11 World Trade Center attack, and the first televised presidential debate in 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon head the "most memorable" political moments in American radio/television history, the Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) announced today.
These events top a list of the 125 most memorable political moments chosen recently by leading scholars, politicians, commentators, and analysts from the period since radio’s commercial debut on Election Night 1920. View Moments 1 through 10 View Moments 11 through 20 View Moments 21 through 30 Click to see the entire list.
"For decades American politics has used—and been shaped by—radio and TV," said Bruce DuMont, MBC founder and president. "Most of the domestic and foreign events on this list are landmarks in our lives. Many have shaped America and strongly influenced its role in the world."
This unprecedented national survey was announced on July 2, when Franklin Roosevelt was posthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. The date marked the 75th anniversary of his proclamation of a "New Deal" for the American people at the 1932 Democratic Convention in Chicago.
"Eleven Presidents have succeeded, if not replaced, FDR," said Museum Political Coordinator Curt Smith. "Each is included in this list, as are many other moments impossible to forget." Smith is the author of 12 books, former Speechwriter to President George H.W. Bush, and Senior Lecturer of English at the University of Rochester, teaching Presidential Rhetoric and Public Speaking.
Click here to read more about the list.
Requests for interviews with Bruce DuMont and Curt Smith about the 125 "Most Memorable" list can be sent to Gina Loizzo.
To request an electronic copy of the full list, please send an e-mail to archives@museum.tv. |
