Hi Rosetennis!
I located some information in chapter 15 of this book: http://oidar.com/POTH.htm
Excerpt:
?It was mid August and I was sitting in my office when Stu Robb burst
through the door. "Elvis has just been rushed to Baptist hospital and
he?s DOA" he blurted. "How did you find out?" I asked. "My Mom is head
nurse at he emergency room" she just called he added. "Will she give
us a statement" I said as I hit the intercom button for the newsroom.
"Get in here McKeever" I barked. Terry rushed in saying "I just got a
call from (one of his police buddies) Elvis is dead!". Within a minute
we broke the story. All I needed was two corroborating sources.
Someone from WHBQ TV came rushing down stairs asking for our sources.
McKeever looked at me and for a second I almost said what was on my
mind, however, I nodded my approval. TV looked down on us and would
rarely do anything to promote the Q. Now they needed us. Sweet irony.
You could almost hear the city of Memphis screech to a halt. Our
phones began to ring; reporters calling for stories. McKeever and
Janis Gordon set up a production line. Terry was on the air almost
continuously. Janis was on the phone getting information, and typing
updates. Debbie Howell was my secretary and a close friend of Ginger
Alden?s. Shortly after Stu had come in followed by McKeever, Debbie
called me on the intercom and said she?d just spoken to Ginger.
Presley?s people cut off the flow of information quickly. The volume
of phone calls was growing out of control. We gave every person on the
staff "fresh" copy and told Diamond Lil, switchboard operator for both
TV and Radio to start putting the calls through to whichever extension
wasn?t busy. There was no way to keep track of the number of calls or
where they came from, but according to staff members they talked to
people all over the world. TV crews and fans began to converge on
Memphis. I talked to a couple of other RKO PD?s about what I should do
on the air.?
Chapter 15
http://oidar.com/CHAPTER15.htm
OIDAR.COM
http://oidar.com/WELCOME.htm
Does this help?
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
