{"id":27712,"date":"2022-11-22T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=27712"},"modified":"2022-11-29T13:26:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:26:30","slug":"keener-today-november-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=27712","title":{"rendered":"Keener Today &#8211; November 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JFK_limousine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-27725\" src=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JFK_limousine-300x225.png\" alt=\"The Kennedy Limousine\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JFK_limousine-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JFK_limousine-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JFK_limousine-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JFK_limousine-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JFK_limousine-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JFK_limousine-1018x764.png 1018w, https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JFK_limousine-480x360.png 480w, https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JFK_limousine.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>November 22, Fifty-nine years ago<\/strong>, at approximately 12:30pm Central time, two shots rang out over Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas and <strong>a lone assassin took life of President John F. Kennedy<\/strong>. Keener&#8217;s new hit music format was barely a month old, but the WKNR News Team turned the station into a 24 hour news and information source as listeners from across Detroit tuned to radio and television for news of the president&#8217;s death and the events that followed. 28 years ago, we recorded a podcast about how Keener and the world covered the tragedy. Here it is.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-27712-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Keener-13-The-Podcast-11-20-2004.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Keener-13-The-Podcast-11-20-2004.mp3\">https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Keener-13-The-Podcast-11-20-2004.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dominos-Electric-Delivery.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-27713\" src=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dominos-Electric-Delivery-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Dominos Electric Delivery\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dominos-Electric-Delivery-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dominos-Electric-Delivery-100x150.webp 100w, https:\/\/keener13.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dominos-Electric-Delivery.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Get your pizza electrically delivered in the new year. <strong>Domino&#8217;s<\/strong> recently announced it will have <strong>855 custom-branded Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles in delivery service<\/strong> by the end of 2023. Franchisees can lease the EVs as an enticement to potential team members who don&#8217;t want to put miles on their own vehicles. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/money\/cars\/general-motors\/2022\/11\/21\/dominos-pizza-chevy-bolt-electric\/69667368007\">More<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>With a three game winning streak for the <strong>Lions<\/strong> and a victory over the Browns at Ford Field for the blizzard refugee Buffalo Bills, Thanksgiving annual football fest is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/game\/_\/gameId\/401437857\">starting to look interesting<\/a>. How many years did we expect Turkey, stuffing and a Lion&#8217;s loss?<\/p>\n<p>This past weekend in 1976 <strong>Paul Simon<\/strong> hosted NBC&#8217;s Saturday Night Live with <strong>George Harrision<\/strong> is his musical guest. They sing two tunes together, &#8220;Homeward Bound,&#8221;&#8221;Here Comes the Sun.&#8221; Imagining how much fun they had rehearsing together.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Simon &amp; Goerge Harrison-  Here Comes The Sun\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KEgBMTMUanU?start=4&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today in History:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1899 &#8211; The <strong>Marconi<\/strong> Wireless Company of America was incorporated in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>1906 &#8211; The International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin adopted the <strong>SOS<\/strong> distress signal.<\/p>\n<p>1910 &#8211; Arthur F. Knight patented a <strong>steel shaft to replace wood shafts in golf clubs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>1935 &#8211; <strong>The first trans-Pacific airmail flight<\/strong> began in Alameda, CA, when the flying boat known as the China Clipper left for Manila. The craft was carrying over 110,000 pieces of mail.<\/p>\n<p>1950 &#8211; <strong>The lowest scoring game in the NBA was played<\/strong>. The Fort Wayne Pistons (later the Detroit Pistons) defeated the Minneapolis Lakers (later the Los Angeles Lakers) 19-18.<\/p>\n<p>1963 &#8211; <strong>U.S. President Kennedy was assassinated<\/strong> while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, TX. Texas Governor John B. Connally was also seriously wounded. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was inaugurated as the 36th U.S. President.<\/p>\n<p>1975 &#8211; &#8220;<strong>Dr. Zhivago<\/strong>&#8221; appeared on TV for the first time. NBC paid $4 million for the broadcast rights.<\/p>\n<p>1977 &#8211; Regular passenger service on the <strong>Concorde<\/strong> began between New York and Europe. For 27 years it was the fastest way to get from New York to London.<\/p>\n<p>1985 &#8211; <strong>38,648 immigrants became citizens of the United States<\/strong>. It was the largest swearing-in ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>1986 &#8211; <strong>Mike Tyson became the youngest to wear the world heavyweight-boxing crown<\/strong>. He was only 20 years and 4 months old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Released on this date:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1961 &#8211; Elvis Presley &#8211; \u201cCan\u2019t Help Falling In Love\u201d<br \/>\n1965 &#8211; The Beach Boys &#8211; \u201cThe Little Girl I Once Knew\u201d<br \/>\n1966 &#8211; Stevie Wonder &#8211; \u201cUptight (Everything\u2019s Alright)\u201d<br \/>\n1967 &#8211; Bob Dylan &#8211; \u201cAll Along The Watchtower\u201d<br \/>\n1967 &#8211; Aretha Franklin &#8211; \u201cChain Of Fools\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keener Birthdays:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1941 &#8211; <strong>Jesse Colin Young<\/strong>, born (Perry Miller): who co-founded The Youngbloods (\u201cGet Together, #5, 1969), left in 1972 for a 40-year solo career.<br \/>\n1941 &#8211; <strong>Terry Stafford<\/strong>: who&#8217;s hit once with the channeled \u201c<strong>Suspicion<\/strong>\u201d (#4, 1961), died from liver ailments on 3\/17\/1996, age 54.<br \/>\n1942 &#8211; <strong>Floyd Sneed<\/strong>: who played drums for <strong>Three Dog Night<\/strong> on ten top-ten hits including \u201c<strong>Joy To The World<\/strong>\u201d (#1, 1971) between 1969 and 1973.<br \/>\n1942 &#8211; <strong>Stephen Caldwell<\/strong>: sang with the doo-wop quartet <strong>The Orlons<\/strong>, who gave us the top ten hit, \u201c<strong>The Wah-Watusi<\/strong>\u201d (#2, R&amp;B #5, 1962). He quit in 1964 for a career in trade union management and served 29 years on the Philadelphia Board of Education, reforming the group in 1988 for the oldies circuit.<br \/>\n1947 &#8211; <strong>Sonny Geraci<\/strong>: the versatile Lead singer for Cleveland&#8217;s <strong>Outsiders<\/strong> (\u201c<strong>Time Won\u2019t Let Me<\/strong>,\u201d #5, 1966) and the L.A. group <strong>Climax<\/strong> (\u201cP<strong>recious And Few<\/strong>,\u201d #3, 1972), one of very few artists to score Top 10 hits with two different acts.<br \/>\n1947 &#8211; <strong>Rod Price<\/strong>: Played the iconic slide guitar licks on Foghat&#8217;s, \u201c<strong>Slow Ride<\/strong>\u201d (#20, 1975). He died following a heart attack on 3\/22\/2005, age 57.<br \/>\n1948 &#8211; <strong>Dennis Larden<\/strong>: guitarist and vocalist with his brother Larry in the one hit wonder band <strong>Every Mother\u2019s Son<\/strong>, cracking the top-ten with \u201c<strong>Come On Down To My Boat<\/strong>\u201d (#6, 1967).<br \/>\n1950 &#8211; <strong>Steve Van Zandt<\/strong>: Axe man and songwriter who was a founding member of <strong>Southside Johnny &amp; The Asbury Jukes<\/strong> before joining <strong>Bruce Springsteen\u2018s E Street Band<\/strong> in 1975. Also known for other solo and collaborative work and as an actor on HBO&#8217;s <strong>The Sopranos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 22, Fifty-nine years ago, at approximately 12:30pm Central time, two shots rang out over Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas and a lone assassin took life of President John F. Kennedy. Keener&#8217;s new hit music format was barely a month old, but the WKNR News Team turned the station into a 24 hour news and information source as listeners from across Detroit tuned to radio and television for news of the president&#8217;s death and the events that followed. 28 years ago, we recorded a podcast about how Keener and the world covered the tragedy. Here it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[727],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-keener-today","wpcat-727-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27712"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27830,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27712\/revisions\/27830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}