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The Great Debate: First televised presidential debate held at CBS Chicago 64 years ago
On Sept. 26, 1960, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy met for the first ever televised presidential debate in Studio 1 at the old CBS Chicago broadcast center at 630 N. McClurg Ct.