On March 15, 1962, KATU in Portland, Oregon went on the air with
its first broadcast in black-and-white.

In 1973, KATU’s Eyewitness News Team was anchored by
(seated) Dick Bogle (left) and Gary Bentley (right) standing:
Weatherman Jim “The Boz” Bosley (left) and Sportscaster 
Roger Twibell (right). 

CBS News correspondent Walter Cronkite delivers the
news from behind a microphone in 1951.

Cronkite informs a shocked nation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.

Walter Cronkite anchored CBS News’ coverage of the Apollo
11 moon landing, July 20, 1969.

On March 6, 1981, CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite
(above) signed off with his trademark valediction, "And that’s
the way it is, " for the final time. Over the previous 19 years,
Cronkite had established himself not only as the nation’s
leading newsman but as "the most trusted man in America,
" a steady presence during two decades of social and political
upheaval.  

 

 
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)

Hugh Malcolm Downs (February 14, 1921 – July 1, 2020) 

Broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer, author, game
show host, and music composer. A regular television presence from
the 1940s through the 1990s, he had several successful roles on
morning television, prime time television, and late night television.

Downs served as announcer/sidekick for Tonight Starring Jack Paar
from 1957 to 1962, co-host of the NBC News program Today from
1962 to 1971, host of the Concentration game show from 1958 to
1969, and anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20 from 1978 to
1999. Downs died at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona.

MIKE GRACIA

Actor, comedian and filmmaker Robert (Rob) Reiner
First came to national prominence with the role of
Michael Stivic on the CBS sitcom All in the Family
(1971-1979). Rob is 73 years old today.

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