Douglas Edwards (July 14, 1917 – October 13, 1990)
Edwards anchored CBS‘s first network nightly television news broadcast from
1947– 1962, which was later to be titled CBS Evening News.
John Cameron Swayze (April 4, 1906 – August 15, 1995)
Swayze was chosen in 1949 to host NBC’s first television newscast, the 15-
minute Camel News Caravan.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1968, "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS-TV.
Harry Reasoner (left) and Mike Wallace co-host the first broadcast.
On this day in 1956, The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field (above).
Ebbets Field – last game between Brooklyn Dodgers & Giants – Willie Mays is shown coming to bat. The Dodgers won.
Today was the first program of its genre when it premiered on NBC-
TV with original host Dave Garroway (above).
Walter Cronkite announces the death of President Kennedy.
Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as President of the United States.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)
Sen. John F. Kennedy (far right) participates in a panel discussion
on NBC’s Meet the Press, which aired on Feb. 14, 1954.
Meet the Press is a weekly television news/interview program broadcast on
NBC. It is the longest-running program in television history, though the
current format bears little resemblance to the debut episode on November
6, 1947. It originates from NBC’s Washington, D.C. bureau. Meet the Press
began on radio on the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1945.
The first host was its creator, Martha Rountree (below) the program’s only
full time female moderator to date. She stepped down on November 1, 1953
and until Ned Brooks could take over.
