CBS Evening News

Douglas Edwards on "Douglas Edwards With the News". This was the first CBS network evening news television program

The CBS Evening News is a daily evening newscast on CBS. It is the "flagship" program of the CBS News division.^[1] The program began in 1948 as "Douglas Edwards with the News."^[2] They were sponsored by General Motors. In 1963 the name was changed to the "CBS Evening News".^[3] Walter Cronkite anchored the news from 1962 to 1981. Then Dan Rather succeeded Cronkite, lasting from 1981 to 2005. From 1993 to 1995, Connie Chung co-anchored with Rather. In 2005, Bob Schieffer was an interim anchor after Rather departed. Then from 2006 to 2011, Katie Couric was the anchor. Then, Scott Pelley was the anchor and managing editor from 2011 to 2016. ^[4] Pelley was succeeded by Jeff Glor in 2017. Currently, the CBS Evening News is anchored by Norah O'Donnell. Her debut was in July 2019.

CBS Evening News Media

Cronkite interviews President John F. Kennedy to inaugurate the first half-hour nightly news broadcast in 1963
Rather (right) with president Ronald Reagan in 1982
Bob Schieffer, chief Washington correspondent for "CBS News" and anchor/moderator of "Face the Nation," works on the lineup at CBS in New York City on Tuesday, April 11, 2006. Mr. Schieffer once served as an Air Force public affairs officer in the 1960s at Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
Couric with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Mosul, Iraq, April 8, 2011
Pelley interviews President Barack Obama in the Diplomatic Receiving Room of the White House in 2011
Jeff Glor in Singapore for the Trump/Kim Summit in 2018.
O'Donnell speaks to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the US State Department in April 2021
July 15, 2019 – August 28, 2022
July 15, 2019 – August 28, 2022 (version with current anchor)

References

↑ Richard Huff (31 May 2007). "CBS News' flagship sinks lower". NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
↑ Christopher H. Sterling; Glenn Lewis, Encyclopedia of journalism (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2009), p. 83
↑ Leonard Mogel, This Business of Broadcasting: A Practical Guide to Jobs & Job Opportunities in the Broadcasting Industry (New York: Billboard Books, 2004), p. 82
↑ "Scott Pelley". www.cbsnews.com.

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[1] Richard Huff (31 May 2007). "CBS News' flagship sinks lower". NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[Sterling83-2] Christopher H. Sterling; Glenn Lewis, Encyclopedia of journalism (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2009), p. 83

[3] Leonard Mogel, This Business of Broadcasting: A Practical Guide to Jobs & Job Opportunities in the Broadcasting Industry (New York: Billboard Books, 2004), p. 82

[4] "Scott Pelley". www.cbsnews.com.

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