The marathon broadcasts set the template for the decades that followed, as viewers grew accustomed to seeing military invasions, revolutionary uprisings and terrorist attacks unfold in real time with the advent of 24-hour cable news and the internet.
The moments marked the dawn of a new era in media as the three television networks NBC, CBS and ABC that owned the audience 60 years ago stayed on the air for four days to provide live, continuous coverage of a national crisis for the first time.
The only thing on television anywhere in the country was the Kennedy assassination, said former CBS News anchor Dan Rather.
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