CBS Evening News

CBS Evening News is an American television newscast that has aired on the CBS network since 1948. It is one of the longest-running evening television news programs in the United States.

CBS Radio News: CBS Radio News is the news division of the CBS radio network, producing reports and programs for broadcast. The television newscast grew out of CBS’s established radio news operation.
Walter Cronkite: Walter Cronkite was an American journalist who anchored CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. His tenure made the anchor’s role central to the program’s public identity.
Evening news: Evening news is a scheduled television or radio bulletin summarizing the day's major events. CBS Evening News is a long-running instance of this broadcast format.
NBC Nightly News: NBC Nightly News is NBC's flagship evening television newscast, first broadcast in 1970. It competes directly with CBS Evening News for national audiences and influence.
Douglas Edwards: Douglas Edwards was an American broadcast journalist who became the first anchor of CBS’s nightly television newscast. He anchored the program from its 1948 launch until 1962.
Dan Rather: Dan Rather is an American journalist who anchored CBS Evening News from 1981 to 2005. His long tenure carried the newscast through major changes in television news.
Television journalism: Television journalism gathers, verifies, and presents news through broadcast or video media. The program combines reporting, interviews, and visual storytelling within this medium.
ABC World News Tonight: ABC World News Tonight is ABC's flagship evening television newscast, first broadcast in 1953. It is the program’s other principal broadcast-network rival.
Edward R. Murrow: Edward R. Murrow was an American broadcast journalist known for influential radio and television reporting at CBS. His reporting helped establish CBS’s postwar reputation for television journalism.
Katie Couric: Katie Couric is an American journalist who anchored CBS Evening News from 2006 to 2011. Her appointment made her the first solo woman anchor of a major U.S. network evening newscast.

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