From the CBS News archives, legendary anchorman Walter Cronkite signs off for the final time on the "CBS Evening
News." Cronkite manned the anchor desk from April, 16,
1962 until March 6, 1981.
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)
1967
Robert MacNeil, formerly the anchor of the evening news program
now known as "PBS News Hour," died Friday of natural causes at
New York-Presbyterian Hospital at 93.
Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009)
Harvey died on February 28, 2009, at age 90 at a hospital in
Phoenix, Arizona, surrounded by family and friends. No
cause of death was stated.
Paul Harvey (right) was an on – air guest when this blogger worked at KATN radio in Boise, Idaho.
With the words, “Hello! This is New York calling,” the U.S. Voice
of America (VOA) began its first radio broadcasts to the Soviet
Union. The VOA effort was an important part of America’s
propaganda campaign against the Soviet Union during the
Cold War.
The VOA began in 1942 as a radio program designed to
explain America’s policies during World War II and to
bolster the morale of its allies throughout Europe, Asia,
the Middle East, and Africa.
After the war, VOA continued as part of America’s Cold War
propaganda arsenal and was primarily directed toward the
western European audience.
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