If you were wondering exactly why AMC was running about 16 straight hours of Oliver Stone's "JFK" this weekend, in addition to all the History Channel documentaries on conspiracy theories* we were awash with over the course of the past few days, it was the 45th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination. So we wondered: With all of the amazing things that the internet has to offer, was there any footage of Chicago area news breaking the story to the city that Kennedy had been shot? The short answer: No. But delving a little deeper into the times, we were reminded that Kennedy wouldn't have ever been in Dallas as President if Mayor Daley's Machine didn't turn out the vote in Cook County to put him over the top in Illinois. more ›

So here we were, doing a little poking around some Chicago radio websites on a Saturday afternoon. One link leads to another, and all of a sudden we're on Chicago Tonight correspondent Rich Samuel's site, which we've discovered is a treasure trove of old Chicago media pictures, airchecks and video. more ›