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Ike Pappas - Radio reporter who asked a question of Lee Harvey Oswald just as Jack Ruby shot JFK's assassin

London Telegraph
8 Sept 2008

Ike Pappas, who died on August 31 aged 75, was an American radio reporter who had just asked a question of the alleged assassin of John F Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, when the suspect was shot dead in the basement of Dallas police headquarters in November 1963. <more>

 
Ike Pappas, 75; Newsman Covered Vietnam, Kent State

By Patricia Sullivan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Ike Pappas, 75, a former CBS newsman who covered the Vietnam War, was on the scene of the Kent State University shootings and broadcast live the shooting of accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, died Aug. 31 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington County of congestive heart failure. He lived in McLean. <more>

 
WNEW's Illustrious Run is Over

January 16, 2007
By David Hinckley
Daily News Staff Writer


Fresh-FM (102.7 FM) officially became WWFS last Tuesday, meaning that for the first time since Feb. 13, 1934, New York doesn't have a WNEW. But while this closes the book on a major chapter in city radio history, it's been years since WNEW really meant much. <more>
 
"Hello World"

17 Mar 2007

Hello World!

I don’t know how WNEW (AM) affected your life, but I know how it affected mine. As an only child in Brooklyn it became my surrogate brother. It was my time to dream .....enjoy the great music and DJ’s.....as well as provide me with elements that guided and formed my entire career.<<more>>

Michael Brockman


19 May 2007

I am so happy to read these comments from others who seem to share the same experience I had and feelings I have for this great station.<<more>>

Angela Johnson


9 May 2007

I lived in NYC from 1965 to 1983 and was totally devoted to WNEW AM. I can still sing one of its more memorable jingles, and often do.<<more>>

Christopher St John


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Nat King Cole and the WNEW Jingle

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