CBS Radio NetAlert - CHALLENGER SPACE SHUTTLE DISASTER - Christopher Glenn Reporting – Jan 28, 1986

A CBS Radio NetAlert Bulletin with Christopher Glenn broke the news at approximately 11:42 a.m. EST on Jan 28, 1986— the earliest national audio bulletin of the tragedy. His voice, steady but weighted with disbelief, became the moment many Americans first learned that something had gone terribly wrong. The timing of Glenn’s bulletin in the immediate aftermath of the explosion captured the raw shock of a nation struggling to understand what had just happened. Audio courtesy of USA Radio Museum.