 In the days following the initial landings, war correspondents had trouble setting up mobile transmitters and were unable to broadcast live for over a week.In the meantime, Collingwood recorded a broadcast on June 6 that aired two days later, while LeSueur's account did not air until June 18.On June 14 Downs managed to find a working transmitter and unwittingly delivered the first live broadcast from the Normandy beachhead to the United States.