Douglas Edwards
American television news anchor (1917–1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Douglas Edwards (July 14, 1917 – October 13, 1990) was an American radio and television newscaster and correspondent who worked for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) for more than four decades. After six years on CBS Radio in the 1940s, Edwards was among the first major broadcast journalists to move into the rapidly expanding medium of television. He is also generally recognized as the first presenter or "anchor" of a nationally televised, regularly scheduled newscast by an American network. Edwards presented news on CBS television every weeknight for 15 years, from March 20, 1947 until April 16, 1962.[4] Initially aired as a 15-minute program under the title CBS Television News, the broadcast evolved into the CBS Evening News and in 1963 expanded to a 30-minute format under Walter Cronkite, who succeeded Edwards as anchor of the newscast. Although Edwards left the evening news in 1962, he continued to work for CBS for another quarter of a century, presenting news reports on both radio and daytime television, and editing news features, until his retirement from the network On April 1st, 1988.[5]
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Born | Clyde Douglas Edwards (1917-07-14)July 14, 1917 Ada, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Died | October 13, 1990(1990-10-13) (aged 73) Sarasota, Florida,[1] U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Television and radio broadcaster, news anchor, correspondent, copy editor[2] |
Years active | 1942–1988 |
Spouses | May Hamilton Dunbar[3] (m. 1966-1990; his death) Sara Belle Byrd (m. 1939-div.1965) |