Julian Goodman
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About This Interview
Television executive Julian Goodman (1922-2012) was interviewed for nearly three-and-a-half hours in Jupiter, FL. Goodman discusses his years as president of NBC (from 1966 to 1974). In addition, he talks about his start at NBC News, when he was a news writer for David Brinkley in 1945. Goodman recalls producing the coverage of important news events including President John F. Kennedy's assassination and funeral, the moon landing, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Vietnam War. He also describes his rise within NBC management, eventually serving as President and then Chairman of the network. Michael Rosen conducted the interview on December 12, 1998.
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Julian Goodman on NBC's coverage of JFK's assassination and his opinion on TV's best shot ever
Clip begins at: 24:24, Duration: 01m 10s
Julian Goodman on NBC's coverage of Lee Harvey Oswald's death - TV's first live murder
Clip begins at: 00:00, Duration: 02m 48s- Julian Goodman on the second Kennedy-Nixon debate in Washington, D.C.
Clip begins at: 03:12, Duration: 06m 21s 
Julian Goodman on meeting a young Jim Henson at WRC NBC in Washington, D.C.
Clip begins at: 04:05, Duration: 01m 05s
Julian Goodman on working on the first episode of Today
Clip begins at: 25:47, Duration: 01m 41s
Interview
- Part 1
- On his early childhood in Kentucky; on hobbies; on thinking he'd be a newspaper-man
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On working for his local newspaper; on how the Depression affected his family; on his college years
Clip begins at: 09:01 - On serving in World War II; on moving to Washington, D.C. and his first exposure to broadcasting; on working for a subsidiary of the War Protection Bureau and writing precis
Clip begins at: 16:06 - Part 2
- On becoming a radio news writer for WRC, NBC in Washington, D.C.; on his first supervisor at NBC, David Brinkley; on meeting a young Jim Henson at the station; on writing for radio
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On the NBC News Bureau in Washington, D.C.; on NBC being challenged by CBS News and Edward R. Murrow; on a rivalry between New York and Washington; on Pat Weaver
Clip begins at: 10:35 - On attending George Washington University; on working the 1948 political convention in Philadelphia and radio's dominance over television
Clip begins at: 15:15 - On becoming manager of news and special events for NBC Radio in D.C.; on watching Meet the Press when it debuted
Clip begins at: 22:50 - Part 3
- On covering the 1952 Presidential Convention and CBS dominating the coverage; on equipment used
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On producing the public affairs shows Window on Washington and Comment; on NBC studios in the mid 1950s; on his duties as a news producer/director
Clip begins at: 04:45 - On McCarthyism and the Hollywood Blacklist; on broadcasting Congressional Committee Hearings on radio
Clip begins at: 15:10 - On Edward R. Murrow's See it Now episode on Senator McCarthy; on the debut of The Huntley-Brinkley Report; on the expansion of television news; on working on the first episode of Today
Clip begins at: 22:01 - Part 4
- On the first Presidential News Conference in 1955; on Robert Kintner joining NBC; on NBC being the first network to broadcast in color
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On becoming Director of News and Public Affairs; on working with David Sarnoff; on documentary filmmaker Irving Gitlin joining NBC
Clip begins at: 11:19 - On television news documentaries
Clip begins at: 18:21 - On producing the second of the Kennedy-Nixon debates
Clip begins at: 24:23 - Part 5
- On observing the first Kennedy-Nixon debate in Chicago and prepping to produce the second debate; on the second debate in Washington, D.C.
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On becoming VP of NBC News in 1961; on Instant News Specials
Clip begins at: 09:33 - On NBC's electronic news service; on covering Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis; on expanding NBC Nightly News to 30 minutes
Clip begins at: 14:40 - On on NBC's coverage of JFK's assassination; on CBS' Walter Cronkite announcing JFK's death, and on NBC's announcement of the same
Clip begins at: 19:27 - Part 6
- On coverage of JFK's assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald's death; on the 1964 California primary and the '64 Republican convention
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On becoming President of NBC
Clip begins at: 08:14 - On NBC interrupting a 1968 Jets football game to broadcast "Heidi"; on the death of NBC's Bill McAndrew and Reuven Frank becoming President of NBC News
Clip begins at: 16:45 - On news coverage of the 1968 Democratic Convention; on NBC news coverage of the Vietnam War
Clip begins at: 21:48 - Part 7
- On NBC's coverage of the moon landing; on becoming Chairman of NBC; on leaving NBC in 1979 and serving on the boards of several companies, including Gannett and Gulf Oil
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On the most important decisions he made at NBC - pairing Huntley and Brinkley, and getting the AFL contract for NBC; on significant events on television; on news integrity; on 24 hour news networks
Clip begins at: 11:45 - On the future of networks and ratings; on his thoughts on colleagues from throughout the years
Clip begins at: 19:30
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