Alex Burton Oral History
Object number1995.043.0019
Date08/30/1995
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Alex Burton
Oral history interviewer
Bob Porter
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumHi-8 videotape
DimensionsDuration: 102 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Alex Burton. A native of Canada, Burton moved to Texas in 1961 and was a reporter and cameraman at WBAP-TV at the time of the assassination. He later spent twenty years at KRLD-TV and Radio.
Interview conducted at Mr. Burton's home on August 30, 1995 by Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and forty-two minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryAlex Burton passed away on September 13, 2012 at the age of 80. Subsequent to this 1995 oral history recording, Burton was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame (2002) and named a "Living Legend of North Texas Journalism" by the Dallas Press Club. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
