"for live coverage. The ""CBS Morning News"" title was originally used as the name of a conventional morning news program that served as a predecessor to the network's current morning program, ""CBS This Morning"". For most of the 1960s and 1970s, the program aired as a 60-minute hard news broadcast at 7:00 a.m., preceding ""Captain Kangaroo"" and airing opposite NBC's ""Today"". Walter Cronkite and sportscaster Jim McKay both anchored the original ""CBS Morning News"" at one time. When CBS reformatted the early morning broadcast, the ""CBS Morning News"" became a pre-dawn 30-minute news broadcast. The program first aired in its"
"of the radio program ""Behind the Scenes at CBS"". In 1948, as CBS's top correspondents and commentators shunned the fledgling medium of television, Edwards was chosen to present regular CBS television news programs and to host CBS's television coverage of the 1948 Democratic and Republican conventions. The term ""anchor"" would not be used until 1952, when CBS News chief Sig Mikelson would use it to describe Walter Cronkite's role in the network's political convention coverage. At first, Edwards would be eclipsed by John Cameron Swayze of NBC News's ""Camel News Caravan"", but he would eventually regain his ratings lead. By"
"transmit from a flying airplane and, by some definitions, the first to broadcast a daily news program, creating the news anchorman role. It was Bob Trout in the mid-1930s who passed on to a then-new CBS executive, Edward R. Murrow, the value of addressing the radio audience intimately, as if the announcer was talking to one person. Trout played a key role in Murrow's development as a broadcaster, and the two would remain colleagues until Murrow departed the network in 1961, and friends until Murrow's death in 1965. On Sunday night, March 13, 1938, after Adolf Hitler's Germany had annexed"
"made official one day later, on May 31, with Anthony Mason being named interim anchor at the same time. On June 6, the ""CBS Evening News"" announced on Twitter that Pelley would anchor until June 16, with Mason taking over the following Monday, June 19. Mason, was in turn, replaced by Jeff Glor, who took over December 4th. In 2012, the ""Columbia Journalism Review"" wrote, ""In Pelley, CBS has probably the most well-qualified and proven television journalist ever to ascend to the anchor job."" ""Variety"" wrote, ""For CBS the key was switching to Pelley, the former war reporter and White"
"anchor of a broadcast network's flagship evening newscast. She stepped down in 2011 and was replaced by Scott Pelley. In 2017, it was abruptly announced that Scott Pelley would be leaving CBS Evening News. Anthony Mason acted as interim anchoruntil Jeff Glor was announced as the new anchor and took over on December 4th, 2017. Scandal enveloped NBC's Brian Williams after controversy over his accounts from the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina, causing NBC to suspend Williams for six months starting February 2015. Lester Holt was named the broadcast's interim anchor, and in June of that year, would become the"
"the state of ethics in our current culture, this seems a fitting time to endow a center for the study of ethics, and my university is its fitting home."" Roger Mudd Roger Harrison Mudd (born February 9, 1928) is a retired American broadcast journalist who was a correspondent and anchor for CBS News and NBC News. He worked most recently as the primary anchor for The History Channel. Previously, Mudd was weekend and weekday substitute anchor for the ""CBS Evening News"", the co-anchor of the weekday ""NBC Nightly News"", and the host of the NBC-TV ""Meet the Press,"" and ""American"
"at age 73. Many of his early CBS radio newscasts, including his World War II anchoring of ""World News Today"", memorable broadcasts on D-Day and his ""Andrea Doria"" coverage, remain favorites of old-time radio collectors. Edwards was posthumously elected to the Radio Hall of Fame in 2006. In a 4 hour interview for the Archive of American Television, Walter Cronkite described Edwards as ""a true gentleman... one of the gentlest men I've ever known."" Douglas Edwards Douglas Edwards (July 14, 1917 – October 13, 1990) was an American network news television anchor. He anchored CBS's first nightly television news broadcast"
"her last night as the anchor. Meg Oliver Meg Oliver (born December 7, 1970) is an award winning Network Television Correspondent and Anchor. She returned to CBS News in 2015. She currently reports for CBS This Morning, the CBS Evening News weekend and fills in anchoring for their 24-hour digital network by CBSN On CBSN she has covered extensive live breaking news from the San Bernardino shootings to the murders of WDBJ's Allison Parker and Adam Ward. In March 2006, she became anchor of the overnight CBS newscast, ""Up to the Minute"" and remained in that position for three years."
"the future. On March 1, 2016, CBS announced that it had hired former ESPN, NBC Sports and ""Good Morning America"" anchor Josh Elliott to serve as the lead anchor for CBSN. Of the hiring, CBS News president David Rhodes explained that Elliott needed an ""outlet"", going on to say that ""we're going to need from him as much as he can bring in these different areas of reporting and anchoring. It's another reason it's the perfect place for him because it's kind of unlimited. We have some really hard-working people at CBSN, but we don't have enough of them."" Elliott"
"the most challenging and high-profile beats in network news. Prior to joining CBS News, Pegues was a reporter for WABC-TV in New York City. He received numerous Emmy Awards during his nearly ten-year run (2003-2013) at WABC-TV. Pegues is credited with bringing the story of David Goldman and his international fight for his son into the headlines. Jeff has also been recognized for his outstanding reporting at the height of Superstorm Sandy. As the storm crashed into New York City he reported on the rising flood water and spreading fires in Queens. In 2005, he reported on Hurricane Rita from"
"and Washington, D.C. before joining CBS in 1971. While at CBS, Glenn worked in a variety of capacities in its news organization. He was a narrator for ""In the News"", a long-running Emmy award-winning TV news program geared toward children and young people, which aired between the network's Saturday-morning children's shows. Glenn also appeared on camera as an anchor for the short-lived ""30 Minutes"", a young people's version of ""60 Minutes"". He served as an anchor for two of the CBS Radio Network's signature news roundups carried by affiliates in the United States - ""The World Tonight"" (now the ""CBS"
"career: Hal Fishman Harold ""Hal"" Fishman (August 25, 1931 – August 7, 2007) was a local news anchor in the Los Angeles area, serving on-air with Los Angeles-area television stations continuously between 1960 until his death in 2007. Fishman was the longest-running news anchor in the history of American television before Dave Ward surpassed him in 2015. He was also a record-holding aviator. ""The Simpsons"" cartoon television anchorman Kent Brockman was partially inspired by Hal Fishman. A Brooklyn, New York native, Fishman received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University where he worked at the campus radio station. He also received"
"laude, Phi Beta Kappa Kent Shocknek Kent Shocknek is an American former television newsman turned actor. Because of the length of his journalism career, the duration of his broadcasts, and breaking news events, by the time of his retirement from news, he is credited with having logged more hours anchoring newscasts than anyone else in Los Angeles. The city has designated a day in his honor (below). Before anchoring prime-time newscasts on CBS-TV owned stations CBS2 and KCAL9, Shocknek was Southern California's first and longest-running television news morning news anchor. Starting with his tenure at CBS News, he also has"
"the United States for Calmer and his wife and daughter. Calmer authored more than a dozen other books during his lifetime, including ""The Anchorman"" (1970), on the influence of television, and ""The Winds of Montauk"" (1980), a family story. Ned Calmer Ned Calmer (July 16, 1907—March 9, 1986) was a Chicago-born American journalist and author. He was a long-time CBS News analyst and close associate of Edward R. Murrow. Calmer was born Edgar Calmer in Chicago, Illinois. Calmer was hired by Edward R. Murrow to work for CBS in 1940. He worked abroad and in the United States as a"
"Bill Leonard (journalist) William Augustus ""Bill"" Leonard (April 9, 1916 – October 23, 1994) was an American journalist and television executive who served as President of CBS News from 1979 to 1982. Leonard was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, the son of Ruth (Leonard) and James Garfield Moses, a lawyer. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1937, where he worked for the student newspaper, ""The Dartmouth"". He served in the United States Navy until 1945, when he took a position at CBS as the radio anchorman for ""This Is New York"" and its subsequent television show ""Eye"
"Hal Fishman Harold ""Hal"" Fishman (August 25, 1931 – August 7, 2007) was a local news anchor in the Los Angeles area, serving on-air with Los Angeles-area television stations continuously between 1960 until his death in 2007. Fishman was the longest-running news anchor in the history of American television before Dave Ward surpassed him in 2015. He was also a record-holding aviator. ""The Simpsons"" cartoon television anchorman Kent Brockman was partially inspired by Hal Fishman. A Brooklyn, New York native, Fishman received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University where he worked at the campus radio station. He also received a"
"(Brinkley, McGee, and John Chancellor) during the early months of ""Nightly News"". Despite the efforts of the network's eventual lead anchor, the articulate, even-toned Chancellor, and an occasional first-place finish in the Nielsens, ""Nightly News"" in the 1970s was primarily a strong second. By the end of the decade, NBC had to contend not only with a powerful CBS but also a surging ABC, led by Roone Arledge. Tom Brokaw became sole anchor in 1983, after co-anchoring with Roger Mudd for a year, and began leading NBC's efforts. In 1986 and 1987, NBC won the top spot in the Nielsens"
"Sonny Dixon Sonny Dixon retired in May 2015 as lead anchor of ""THE News at 5 & 6"" and ""WTOC PRIME"" on WTOC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He succeeded Doug Weathers, following Weathers' retirement in 2001. Dixon is the only Savannah anchor to win the Best Anchor Emmy Award. He has also won numerous AP Awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award. Dixon was selected as Savannah's Favorite Media Personality 14 years in a row by readers of ""Savannah Magazine"". He has earned a similar title for many years from the readers of Connect Savannah. Mr. Dixon"
"of Development and Major Gifts. He is also a contributing author for ""Southern Exposure Magazine"". Harry Chapman (news anchor) Harry Edwin Chapman was a news anchor at WTVF CBS (NewsChannel5) in Nashville, Tennessee for 35 years before retiring in 2006. He was a long time co-host of the midday CBS show ""Talk of the Town"" and still hosts ""Words and Music"" on NewsChannel5+. Chapman grew up in Hartwell, Georgia and played football at Hart County High School until a broken arm ended his playing career. He started in broadcasting during high school at WKLY in Hartwell. He then enrolled at"
"the iconic and distinctive CBS network ""bong"" indicating that the time is on the hour (although the station now broadcasts with a 10-second delay). The time is distinctly introduced with ""WCBS news time: _:__"". This standard practice, with slight variations, is also used at other CBS-affiliated news radio stations nationwide. By the late 1950s and early 1960s, WCBS evolved into a Middle of the Road (MOR) music and personality format, which included limited talk programming. Personalities included legendary morning host Jack Sterling, Bill Randle and Lee Jordan. Like many MOR stations at the time, WCBS did mix in softer songs"
"be said for the show's take on the American news media and its ""fear mongering."" Real-life CNN news anchor Campbell Brown serves as the vessel in which this is made apparent. In one episode, ""Horror, terror, horror, terror, nightmare, horror, fear. Back to you, Brian"", serves as the entire report issued by Brown. Campbell issued a statement regarding the parody saying that she ""loves, loves Tracey Ullman, and is a huge fan of the show. "" Brown even wants to book Ullman on her 8 p.m. program. Celebrities Laurie David and Dina Lohan, who also take hits in the show,"
"quest for better treatments, and a cure. Mike Schneider (news anchor) Mike Schneider is an American television news anchor and producer. He has held leading anchor and reporting positions at CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, PBS and Bloomberg Television, most recently hosting and producing the adventure/history special, ""On the Trail with Mike Schneider"", which was broadcast in 2016 on the PBS flagship station Thirteen/WNET, WLIW(TV), and NJTV. The program generated positive news headlines across the United States and in the United Kingdom, as well. Schneider was born on Long Island, New York, moved to suburban Philadelphia during his high school years,"
"over the following Monday, December 4. On October 25, 2017, CBS News announced that correspondent Jeff Glor would become the new permanent anchor for the ""Evening News"". On November 26, 2017, the organization announced his first official air date for December 4. Together with Glor's debut, the newscast also updated its looks; and used a new logotype and updated typography, using Ridley Grotesk as its base. However, the theme music and set from the later Pelley era were retained. The ""CBS Evening News"" expanded to weekend evenings in February 1966, originally anchored by Roger Mudd. The Sunday edition of the"
"Bishop, sports anchor Chuck Dowdle and meteorologist Walter Cronise. In 1982, the station adopted the ""Eyewitness News"" format for its newscasts, which was used until its news branding was changed to the generic ""Channel 10 News"" in 2001; that year, Rinker left for another position in Orlando and was replaced as evening co-anchor by Mike Schneider. Schneider and Bishop remained paired as the station's lead anchor team until 1986, when Schneider left to become the 5:30 and 11:00 p.m. co-anchor at CBS flagship station WCBS-TV in New York City and was replaced by general assignment reporter Dwight Lauderdale (who had"
"later by Douglas Edwards. On May 3, 1948, Edwards began anchoring ""CBS Television News"", a regular 15-minute nightly newscast on the CBS television network, including WCBS-TV. It aired every weeknight at 7:30 p.m., and was the first regularly scheduled, network television news program featuring an anchor (the nightly Lowell Thomas NBC radio network newscast was simulcast on television locally on NBC's WNBT—now WNBC—for a time in the early 1940s and the previously mentioned Richard Hubbell, Ned Calmer, Everett Holles and Milo Boulton on WCBW in the early and mid-1940s, but these were local television broadcasts seen only in New York"
"deal with the media. He also served as the American Legion's National Director of Public Relations. Wood retired in 2006. Lew Wood died at a hospice in Riverside County, California, on August 21, 2013, at the age of 84. Lew Wood Lew Wood (1929 – August 21, 2013) was an American television journalist and public relations professional who reported for CBS News and NBC News. Wood served as the news anchor on NBC's ""Today Show"" from 1975 to 1976. Wood was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and attended Howe High School. He received a bachelor's degree in speech and broadcasting from"
"CBS News correspondents and other newsmakers. The network's then-news director, Mike Freedman, was the creator and first executive producer of the show. Bill Lynch, former anchor of the morning ""Roundup,"" was the first host of the weekend show. It is now anchored by CBS News Corrsepondent Steve Dorsey. Former anchors include Former CBS News National Correspondent Dan Raviv in Washington. Correspondent Howard Arenstein, the Washington radio bureau chief, was also an executive producer. Raviv's last show as host was broadcast on January 20, 2017. CBS World News Roundup The CBS World News Roundup is the longest-running network radio newscast in"
"Gary Tuchman Gary Tuchman is a reporter on the American cable news channel CNN. His father, Ronald E. Tuchman, was CEO of Child World which was the 2nd largest toy store in the US at the time. Before joining CNN in 1990, Tuchman worked for five years as an anchor and reporter at CBS-affiliated WPEC (TV) in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he specialized in political reporting. Currently, he is a staff correspondent for the news show ""Anderson Cooper 360°"". Tuchman's daughter Lindsay is following in her father's footsteps, starting her career at WBOC-TV in Salisbury, Maryland. This is the"
"New York City, where he anchored the 5:30 and 11pm nightly newscasts. During his career at the station, he also moderated the 1988 New York City Presidential debate, and covered the 1987 stock market crash, and Pope John Paul's first trip to the United States. In 1989, he became news anchor for ABC's ""World News This Morning"" and ""Good Morning America"", where he served as the regular substitute for host Charles Gibson. He also contributed reports to ABC's ""20/20"" news magazine and ""Nightline"", including live reports from the landfalls of Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew. Schneider also anchored ABC's overnight and"
"no ""Top Cat""!. Huckleberry Hound, Chief Wiggum, Yogi Bear? Andy Griffith, Edward G. Robinson, Art Carney!"" The character Kent Brockman functions as ""The Simpsons""s main character for news parodies. He was based on Los Angeles anchormen Hal Fishman and Jerry Dunphy, and modeled after anchorman Ted Koppel. Another influence on the character was ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Ted Baxter, played by Ted Knight. His role on ""The Simpsons"" is to host the news as the fictional television channel, Channel 6's anchorman. In addition to the news, he also hosts the programs ""Eye on Springfield"" and ""Smartline"". In most of"
"became the newscast's sole anchor. In 1976, ""CTV National News"" scored a major coup by hiring Lloyd Robertson, anchor of CBC's ""The National"", as co-anchor with Kirck. When Kirck retired in 1984, Robertson became sole weekday anchor of the program, a position he held until 2011. For a time in the late 1970s and again in the early 1990s, Keith Morrison acted as weekend and substitute anchor and was considered Robertson's likely successor before a network shakeup resulted in his moving to NBC News. Since 1985 (except for a brief period from 1990 to 1991), Sandie Rinaldo has served as"
"program and the skills and knowledge of the particular anchor. The terms ""anchor"" and ""anchorman"" are derived from the usage common in relay racing, specifically the anchor leg, where the position is typically given to the fastest or most experienced competitor on a team. In 1948, ""anchor man"" was used in the game show ""Who Said That?"" to refer to John Cameron Swayze, who was a permanent panel member of the show, in what may be the first usage of this term on television. The ""anchor"" term then became commonly used by 1952 to describe the most prominent member of"
"the Southern United States. In March 2018, Cooper confirmed that he and his long-time boyfriend Benjamin Maisani had split up. Anderson Cooper Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3, 1967) is an American journalist, television personality, and author. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show ""Anderson Cooper 360°"". The program is usually broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live from CNN's studios in Washington, D.C., or on location for breaking news stories. In addition, he is a correspondent for ""60 Minutes"". From September 2011 to May 2013, he also served as host"