Francis Newton Littlejohn

Francis Newton Littlejohn, Sr. (July 20, 1908 – November 24, 2005) was the news director at the American Broadcasting Company that made the decision to cover the Army-McCarthy Hearings live, from gavel to gavel.[1] He resigned from ABC in 1961.[2]

References

Holley, Joe (December 9, 2005). "Francis Littlejohn Dies. Aired Full McCarthy Hearings on ABC". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-03-15. Francis Newton "Fritz" Littlejohn, 97, news director at ABC in 1954 when the network provided gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Army- McCarthy hearings, died of cardiac arrest November 24 at his home in New York City.
Shepard, Richard F. (January 4, 1961). "Francis Littlejohn, Director of Public Affairs and News, Leaves Post". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-21. Francis Littlejohn, for seven years director of news and public affairs for the American Broadcasting Company, resigned yesterday.

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[1] Holley, Joe (December 9, 2005). "Francis Littlejohn Dies. Aired Full McCarthy Hearings on ABC". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-03-15. Francis Newton "Fritz" Littlejohn, 97, news director at ABC in 1954 when the network provided gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Army- McCarthy hearings, died of cardiac arrest November 24 at his home in New York City.

[2] Shepard, Richard F. (January 4, 1961). "Francis Littlejohn, Director of Public Affairs and News, Leaves Post". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-21. Francis Littlejohn, for seven years director of news and public affairs for the American Broadcasting Company, resigned yesterday.