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5 Convention Coverage
Chancellor got his exclusive on-the-scene interview with Connor by picking him up at the rear of the Alabama delegation and walking backward through the crowded aisle, asking questions as the Birmingham police chief rushed out. A portable camera at Chancellor’s side recorded the interview-on-the~run.
After completing the interview. Chancellor turned Connor over to another network for an interview in its office area.
Chancellor’s enterprise in getting this news beat was typical of the hard-driving performance of all of NBC News' floor reporters — Frank McGee, Edwin Newman and Sander Vanocur for television, and Neil Boggs, Ron Nessen, Charles Quinn and Elmer Peterson for radio.
While NBC News correspondent Ed Gough was reporting for NBC-TV the meeting on the White House lawn of President Johnson, Senator Humphrey and Senator Thomas Dodd, all three networks captured him on camera. Gough was heard on NBC-TV; the other networks supplied audio from their anchor booths.
Wednesday^ convention coverage on NBC-TV totaled eight hours, 46 minutes — more coverage than any other network. NBC’s entire tele¬ vision and radio coverage of the convention is solely sponsored. by the Gulf Oil Corporation.
A special news report summarizing the day's developments (from 4:15-5:25 p.m. ) preceded NBC News’ convention coverage on the NBC Radio Network. Continuous radio coverage of the third session was presented from 8:05 p.m. until 1:09 a.m. Peter Hackes and Russ Ward were anchor men of the coverage throughout the day and Morgan Beatty and Robert McCormick were analysts.
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