By Charlie Hutson

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – On this Throwback Thursday, this is a look at two of the original Associated Press news bulletins for Tuesday, August 16, 1977(46 years ago).

The alarm bell on the AP news teletype begn to sound off announcing an urgent news story for Tennessee.

This bulletin came over the Associated Press teletype machine at WLAF on the afternoon of Aug. 16, 1977.

The first one stating Elvis had been transported to Baptist Hospital in Memphis. Presley was transported about 3:00pm Memphis time. The bulletin was released at 3:55. The second Bulletin at 4:21 Memphis time confirmed Presley was dead. At this point radio stations across the national began to play Elvis Presley music.

News that shocked the world came into the WLAF studio in 1977.

Do you remember the day Elvis died and what you were doing when you heard the news? (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 08/17/2023-6AM)

One Reply to “Throwback Thursday looks back at the day Elvis died”

  1. Me and a buddy, who lived next door, were up in the woods behind our homes building a pretty good size tree house. My mother yelled for me to come home for a few minutes. She knew that I was, and still am, an Elvis fan. She pointed me to the television showing that every national channel was running the emergency news that Elvis had died.

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