Chuck Conrad Oral History
Object number2015.001.0070
Date05/13/2015
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Chuck Conrad
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 70 Minutes
Terms
- Oral histories
- Collectibles
- Researchers
- Broadcast journalism
- Cameras
- Cameraman
- Education
- Student
- Memorabilia
- Mementos
- WFAA-TV
- KRLD-TV
- Dallas
- News Media (OHC)
- Kennedy Collectors (OHC)
- Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
- Childhood Recollections (OHC)
- Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
- Popular Culture (OHC)
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Chuck Conrad. Owner and operator of the Texas Broadcast Museum in Kilgore, Texas, Conrad began a career in broadcast news, production and engineering in the late 1960s. Since the 1980s he has been an active collector of radio and television memorabilia. His collection includes a WFAA-TV Dumont Telecruiser and a KRLD-TV camera used during the assassination weekend.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 15, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and ten minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryAs of summer 2024, the Texas Broadcast Museum in Kilgore, Texas is open on Fridays and Saturdays and for groups by special appointment. The museum's website includes pages devoted to the KRLD-TV camera and WFAA-TV Dumont Telecruiser discussed during this interview: Texas Broadcast Museum. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Mr. Conrad's KRLD-TV camera was displayed at The Sixth Floor Museum as part of the "Covering Chaos" exhibit from June 2005 to January 2006. As discussed in this oral history, Conrad owns KRLD-TV camera #4. In 2022, the Museum acquired KRLD-TV camera #3, which may be found here in the Museum's online collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/73556. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
