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The first presidential debate between Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy took place on Monday, September 26, 1960, at the WBBM-TV studios in Chicago, Illinois. The debate was moderated by Howard K. Smith of CBS with Sander Vanocur , Charles Warren, Stuart Novins and Bob Fleming as panelists.
Full broadcast of the September 26, 1960 debate. There were four televised debates between Nixon and Kennedy. [2] The first debate on September 26, which received around 70 million viewers, [8] is the subject of disagreement by writers over how detrimental it was to Nixon.
On September 26th in 1960, Democratic Senator, John F. Kennedy, and Vice President, Richard M. Nixon, participated in the first major televised debate between presidential candidates. The ...
Second debate: October 7, 1960: WRC-TV studios Washington, D.C. Frank McGee of NBC: 61.9 million Third debate: October 13, 1960: Split-screen telecast with Nixon and panelists in ABC studios in Los Angeles and Kennedy in ABC studios in New York Bill Shadel of ABC: 63.7 million Fourth debate: October 21, 1960: ABC studios: New York City, New ...
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Republican vice president Richard Nixon and democratic senator John F. Kennedy take part in a televised debate in 1960. - Hulton Archive/Getty Images
The debate showed the power of television when Kennedy won the election the moment he stepped onstage
He directed the televised production of the first 1960 U.S. presidential candidate debate between Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice-president Richard M. Nixon on September 26, 1960, at the CBS studios in Chicago. It was the first presidential candidate debate ever televised.