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.
1965 Senior Year Book from Grant High School
Sally Anne Struthers
Emmy Award-winning actress Sally Struthers played the role of
Gloria Stivic on the CBS television series All in the Family, for
which she won two Emmy awards. She later became a speaker
for Save the Children. Sally was born in Portland, Oregon and
attended Grant High School.
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Original run on ABC: April 29, 1961 – January 3, 1998.
Jim McKay (James Kenneth McManus)
(September 24, 1921 – June 7, 2008)
McKay was the original host of the sports anthology series
that primarily aired on Saturday afternoons with a succession
of co-hosts beginning in 1987.
In 2007, Wide World of Sports was named by Time Magazine
on its list of the 100 best television programs of all-time.
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)
"Inside Pop – The Rock Revolution” was a CBS News special hosted by Leonard Bernstein. It was one of the first examples of pop music being examined as a
‘serious’ art form. The show featured many scenes shot in Los Angeles in late
1966, including interviews with Frank Zappa and Graham Nash, as well as a now legendary Brian Wilson solo performance of "Surf’s Up."
