[abb]

This was the reporter that actually broke the news.

http://www.pulitzer.org/article/merriman-smiths-account-jfks-assassination

Merriman Smith’s account of JFK’s assassination

At 12:34 p.m. Central time, four minutes after the shooting, UPI’s A-wire clattered out the first news of the assassination:

“DALLAS, NOV. 22 (UPI) – THREE SHOTS FIRED AT PRESIDENT KENNEDY’S MOTORCADE TODAY IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS.”

[dfwgator]

Back then, they couldn’t even show Cronkite at first, because it took a half an hour for the camera to warm up enough, they just had his voice over a static screen.

[EdnaMode]

Thanks for the info.