Follow us on

Listen live to Atlanta's breaking news, severe weather, & traffic online

recent on-air advertisers

Now Playing

News/Talk WSB
Listen live to ...

Online

380 items
Results 1 - 10 of 380next >

blog

Two-and-a-half weeks of NASCAR wonder storms

After a couple of weeks off, let's talk the reason for soft racing, the Busch Time Bomb, and the NASCAR biggest up-and-coming star.

Rodin sculpture, The Shade, donated to Atlanta by the French government

Aftermath

Morris brought a recording of the Paris memorial service home to Atlanta; it was played on-air upon his return several days later.  Mayor Ivan Allen held a press conference when he arrived at Atlanta airport; it, too, was broadcast on WSB.  And Morris himself was debriefed on the “Nightbeat” evening ...

New York, June 4 - Mayor Ivan Allen, center, of Atlanta, Ga., boards a plane at New York's Idlewild Airport last night for flight to Paris and scene of Air France jetliner crash yesterday with killed 130, most of them Atlanta residents. With him are Edwin L. Sterne, left, assistant Atlanta city attorney, and Aubrey Morris, an Atlanta newscaster. 1962

Direct from France

Upon arrival in France, this second Atlanta delegation was stunned at the sheer thoroughness of the destruction.  “The memory is still etched in my very being”, Aubrey Morris said to WSB’s Scot t Slade decades later.   “When the plane arrived in Paris the following morning, (the crash site) was still ...

June 4, 1962 - Flag flies at half-staff in Atlanta, GA. in honor of the victims of a chartered Air France Boeing 707 which crashed on takeoff at Orly Air Field in France. Most of the passengers were from Atlanta.

Breaking News

The French expedition was no plebian tourist outing, but rather a major effort at touting Atlanta’s cultural pedigree to European movers and shakers—the number and stature of dignitaries intended to demonstrate “the city too busy to hate” was more than a sleepy hamlet barely removed from “Gone with the Wind”.  ...

June 3, 1962 - Firemen play hoses on smoking wreckage of chartered Boeing jetliner. Only 3 of 132 aboard ill-fated plane survived crash on takeoff from Orly Field. (AP)

Orly plane crash - 50 years later

“Some people have described it as being the most significant event since Sherman burned Atlanta,” says one historian.  “It was our Titanic,” concludes another.  “It lives in my memory every day,” said longtime WSB News Director Aubrey Morris before his death, decades later. Sunday, June 3, 1962:  Air France flight ...

blog

Stewart and Keselowski define the NASCAR dichotomy after wild Talladega race

Racing or wrecking? Tony Stewart and Brad Keselowski outline a big disconnect in NASCAR.

blog

Scanner Chatter: Tidbits from Bill Elliott, Brad Sweet, David Stremme, and Jason Bowles

Bill Elliott, David Stremme, Jason Bowles, and Brad Sweet talk Talladega this weekend and much more.

blog

Scanner Chatter: Jeffrey Earnhardt already looking ahead to 2013

NASCAR Nationwide and Grand-AM driver Jeffrey Earnhardt talks about getting back in stock cars and a possible full-time run soon in the NNS.

blog

Scanner Chatter: Mike Wallace explains his team's hauler fire

Small teams have it tough enough in NASCAR, but JD Motorsports was dealt a crushing blow last Sunday night. Their driver, Mike Wallace, explains what happened.

blog

Scanner Chatter: Josh Wise owes Trevor Bayne and Michael McDowell big

Josh Wise talks to WSB about his main job as a rookie driver for a team that start-and-parks and also explains how he owes good friends Trevor Bayne and Michael McDowell for the biggest part of his life.

380 items
Results 1 - 10 of 380next >
 
 
 

© 2012 Cox Media Group. By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad ChoicesAdChoices.

Rovi Portions of Content Provided by Rovi Corporation. © 2012 Rovi Corporation