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Retro: Fairbanks, Alaska TV & Radio Friday March 27, 1964 ( day of the quake )

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bk77

From the Fairbanks ( Alaska ) News-Miner
TV & Radio listings for Friday, March 27th, 1964

This was the day of the 9.2 magnitude "Good Friday" earthquake that did massive damage to the state.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake

KFAR-TV 2.....
5:15 Fairbanks Health & Safety
5:30 Fireball XL 5 ( NBC )
6:00 Big 30
6:30 Alaska Hi-Lites
6:45 Whats News in Photography
7:00 Yogi Bear
7:30 Dr. Kildare ( NBC )
8:30 You Don't Say ( NBC )
9:00 Mr. Novak ( NBC )
10:00 Espionage ( NBC )
11:00 Nighcap News Final
11:15 Weater Map
11:30 Channel 2 Playhouse


KFAR-AM 660 "Radio On The Go"....
6:00 Wee's Breakfast Express
7:30 Maury's News
9:00 Little Richard
Noon Wee Willie Wally
12:30 Maury Smith's Hometown News
1:00 Wee Willie Wally
2:00 Little Richard
4:00 Tiny Todd
6:00 Big 30
6:30 Alaska Hi-Lites ( same as KFAR-TV )
6:45 Hometown Reporter
7:00 Tiny Todd
9:20 Tundra Topics
9:30 Tiny Todd
10:00 Lee Russell
11:30 Music For Her
Mid Lee Russell


KTVF channel 11......
6:00 The Rebel
6:30 CBS News & Sports
7:00 The Great Adventure ( CBS )
8:00 Route 66 ( CBS )
9:00 Twlight Zone ( CBS )
9:30 Carol Burnett & Company ( CBS )
10:30 Four Star News Final


KUAC-FM 104.9 ( University of Alaska )
Noon Tempo
1:30 Portrait of a City
1:55 Medical Milestones
2:00 Doctor Tell Me
2:05 Afternoon Serenade
4:15 How They Live
4:30 Popovers
5:00 Whats New at the "U"
5:15 Legendary Pianists
5:45 Japanese Press Review
6:00 Music a la Carte
7:00 The Yankee Dollar
7:30 Recital Hall
8:00 Mirror to the Mind
8:15 Vintage Jazz
9:00 Evening Concert
11:00 Andanto
Mid Sign Off
 
Re: Retro: Fairbanks, Alaska TV & Radio Friday March 27, 1964 ( day of the quake )

bk77 said:
From the Fairbanks ( Alaska ) News-Miner
TV & Radio listings for Friday, March 27th, 1964

This was the day of the 9.2 magnitude "Good Friday" earthquake that did massive damage to the state.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake

KFAR-TV 2.....
5:15 Fairbanks Health & Safety
5:30 Fireball XL 5 ( NBC )
6:00 Big 30
6:30 Alaska Hi-Lites
6:45 Whats News in Photography
7:00 Yogi Bear
7:30 Dr. Kildare ( NBC )
8:30 You Don't Say ( NBC )
9:00 Mr. Novak ( NBC )
10:00 Espionage ( NBC )
11:00 Nighcap News Final
11:15 Weater Map
11:30 Channel 2 Playhouse


KFAR-AM 660 "Radio On The Go"....
6:00 Wee's Breakfast Express
7:30 Maury's News
9:00 Little Richard
Noon Wee Willie Wally
12:30 Maury Smith's Hometown News
1:00 Wee Willie Wally
2:00 Little Richard
4:00 Tiny Todd
6:00 Big 30
6:30 Alaska Hi-Lites ( same as KFAR-TV )
6:45 Hometown Reporter
7:00 Tiny Todd
9:20 Tundra Topics
9:30 Tiny Todd
10:00 Lee Russell
11:30 Music For Her
Mid Lee Russell


KTVF channel 11......
6:00 The Rebel
6:30 CBS News & Sports
7:00 The Great Adventure ( CBS )
8:00 Route 66 ( CBS )
9:00 Twlight Zone ( CBS )
9:30 Carol Burnett & Company ( CBS )
10:30 Four Star News Final


KUAC-FM 104.9 ( University of Alaska )
Noon Tempo
1:30 Portrait of a City
1:55 Medical Milestones
2:00 Doctor Tell Me
2:05 Afternoon Serenade
4:15 How They Live
4:30 Popovers
5:00 Whats New at the "U"
5:15 Legendary Pianists
5:45 Japanese Press Review
6:00 Music a la Carte
7:00 The Yankee Dollar
7:30 Recital Hall
8:00 Mirror to the Mind
8:15 Vintage Jazz
9:00 Evening Concert
11:00 Andanto
Mid Sign Off
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Were the stations knocked off the air?
 
Re: Retro: Fairbanks, Alaska TV & Radio Friday March 27, 1964 ( day of the quake )

cowboybud said:
bk77 said:
From the Fairbanks ( Alaska ) News-Miner
TV & Radio listings for Friday, March 27th, 1964

This was the day of the 9.2 magnitude "Good Friday" earthquake that did massive damage to the state.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake
Click to expand...

Were the stations knocked off the air?
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Given the location of the quake, it would have been the Anchorage stations that were directly affected -- Fairbanks was far enough from the quake to be unscathed. It would be fascinating, though, to see local coverage of the quake if either of the Anchorage stations (I think there were only two back then) managed to stay on the air and had the foresight to roll tape on it (if they were even equipped with VTRs at the time). Anyone know if there are any surviving radio airchecks from that day?
 
Re: Retro: Fairbanks, Alaska TV & Radio Friday March 27, 1964 ( day of the quake )

Stanislav said:
Given the location of the quake, it would have been the Anchorage stations that were directly affected -- Fairbanks was far enough from the quake to be unscathed. It would be fascinating, though, to see local coverage of the quake if either of the Anchorage stations (I think there were only two back then) managed to stay on the air and had the foresight to roll tape on it (if they were even equipped with VTRs at the time). Anyone know if there are any surviving radio airchecks from that day?
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You are correct that at the time of the 1964 earthquake Anchorage only had two TV stations those being channel 2 ( KENI now KTUU ) and channel 11 ( KTVA ). Yes it would be very interesting to see how the local Anchorage stations did handle such a big quake ( 9.2 !!! ).

My guess is that being such a big quake that force alone had knocked all of the stations radio & TV off the air. I guess there could had been a chance that Fairbanks' KTVF channel 11 perhaps maybe they sent a signal to Anchorage's KTVA channel 11 to provide TV coverage since at the time they were sister stations, but I don't know.

Of course even if the Anchorage stations did get knocked off the air, that is not to say that the Anchorage stations don't have films of the quake during and its aftermath. Back in the 70's I can remember seeing some special on PBS about the quake that showed a film of an older man having a picnic with two small kids only to have the earthquake hit and all three of them fell into the opening earth. I believe that film had came from one of the Anchorage TV stations.

Another film some folks had claimed seeing over the years was that of a woman who was walking down the street in front of the local JC Penney only to get decapitated by a large sign. I have heard it said in the past that KTUU still has that film but I have also seen past messages on other sites from many including those at KTUU who say that NO such film exists but it still doesn't stop others from saying that they had seen that film.

This is very similar to the West Virginia Marshall University plane crash in 1970. There are those who to this day repeat the story where WSAZ & WOWK actually have on film and/or tape a scene of the plane crashing down into that field. Come to think of it I am pretty sure when doing research for the film "We Are Marshall" even actor Matthew McConaughey had made some claim of him watching on tape that plane actually crashing. Even though both stations were indeed at the airport on the fateful night, I believe WHTN ( WOWK ) even had a live camera there, both stations have said over the years that they do NOT have a film of the plane actually crashing. Like the JC Penney decapitation & KTUU-TV, maybe WSAZ & WOWK do have such films in their vaults but say they don't because they don't want people to contact them to view the grim scenes. I don't know.
 
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