Douglas Edwards (July 14, 1917 – October 13, 1990)

The "CBS Television News" began as a Saturday night broadcast, expanding to 
two nights in 1947 and becoming "Douglas Edwards and the News" on a nightly 
basis on August 15, 1948.

By 1962, Edwards was replaced by Walter Cronkite, and the name of the program
was eventually changed to “CBS Evening News”.

Producer Don Hewitt (left) goes over production details on the
set with anchor Douglas Edwards in 1950.

Mike Wallace, after years working in radio and television, began
hosting The Mike Wallace Interview on ABC. He interviewed many 
senators, authors, actresses, politicians and a Klansman. The show
ended in September 1958. Wallace was direct and occasionally he 
was confrontational.

Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012)

Ross Simpson

Oprah Gail Winfrey is 61 years old today

Oprah Winfrey was crowned Miss Black Tennessee while in college and began 
co-anchoring the evening news on a local radio station when she was nineteen.

Host  E.G. Marshall

The format of CBS Radio Mystery Theater was similar to that of classic old
time radio shows like Suspense, and The Whistler, in that the episodes were
introduced by a host (E. G. Marshall) who provided brief commentary during
the program which aired from January 6, 1974 till the final episode December
31, 1982.

1974 Sony Marconi Table Top Radio.