Dick Wheeler Oral History

Object number2006.001.0047

Date09/20/2006

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Dick Wheeler

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumHi-8 videotape

Dimensions45 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dick Wheeler. A Dallas radio and TV broadcaster, Wheeler was hired by Eddie Barker at KRLD just eleven days before the Kennedy assassination. On November 22, 1963, he was assigned to cover the president's breakfast meeting in Fort Worth and the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon for KRLD radio. Following the shooting, Wheeler spent the majority of the weekend at Dallas police headquarters. Interview conducted at Mr. Wheeler's home on September 20, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-five minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Dick Wheeler has had an extensive, storied broadcast career of more than 40 years, almost all based in Texas. Some of his work from the weekend of the Kennedy assassination is preserved on the original KRLD Radio tapes in the permanent collection of The Sixth Floor Museum. - Gary Mack, Curator

Curatorial Commentary

Mr. Wheeler passed away on July 1, 2015. - Stephen Fagin, Curator