Photographs and descriptive text document such world changing events as Pearl Harbor, Nixon's resignation, the assasinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the Oklahoma City Bombing.

The rise of the audiovisual media -- television and radio -- has turned breaking news events into phenomena that can be experienced by a huge swath of the nation simultaneously. Baby boomers reminisce about where they were when they heard the news of JFK's death; their parents recall the Hindenburg's explosion; their children bond generationally by pinpointing the moment they heard of the Challenger tragedy. We Interrupt This Broadcast collects audio...