/internal/media/dispatcher/75135/fullRobert Bruton Oral History01/24/2011Duration: 60 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2011.001.00070Videotaped oral history interview with Robert Bruton. As operations manager for KXOL Radio in Fort Worth in 1963, Bruton covered the Kennedys' visit to the city in November 1963 as well as Lee Harvey Oswald's death at Parkland Memorial Hospital on November 24, 1963, and Oswald's funeral in Fort Worth the following day.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 24, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour long long.
Oral Histories640300E-100E-1032999Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Robert Bruton. As operations manager for KXOL Radio in Fort Worth in 1963, Bruton covered the Kennedys' visit to the city in November 1963 as well as Lee Harvey Oswald's death at Parkland Memorial Hospital on November 24, 1963, and Oswald's funeral in Fort Worth the following day.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 24, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour long long.
Oral historiesOswald funeralFort WorthReporterBroadcast journalismFuneral servicesFort Worth breakfastFort WorthRadioOswald, Lee HarveyKennedy, John F.Kennedy, JacquelineConnally, JohnJohnson, Lyndon B.Oswald, MarinaOswald, MargueriteKXOL station (Ft. Worth)Parkland HospitalHotel TexasCarswell Air Force BaseDallasFort WorthNews Media (OHC)Fort Worth (OHC)Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Robert Bruton passed away on February 8, 2016. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorKXOL Radio went on the air in Fort Worth on April 2, 1947. It was the city's first full-time unaffiliated independent radio station. KXOL changed ownership multiple times over the years and continued broadcasting until November 1985 when the format and call letters were changed to KWJS. - Stephen Fagin, Curator