On March 6, 1981, CBS Evening News anchor Walter
Cronkite signs 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," he was a steady
presence during two decades of social and political
upheaval.

        
        
        
        
       

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

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.

Have Gun – Will Travel is a Western television series that was
produced and originally broadcast by CBS on both television
and radio from 1957 through 1963. The television version of
the series starring Richard Boone was rated number three
or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first
four seasons.

Richard Allen Boone
(June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981)

John Dehner (November 23, 1915 – February 4, 1992)

The sound effects department.

The historical/education program You Are There originally started
as a CBS radio program and  made a transition to television in 1953,        
with Walter Cronkite as the regular host.

Reporters included veteran radio announcers Dick Joy and Harlow Wilcox. The first telecast took place on February 1, 1953, featuring         
a re-enactment of the Hindenburg disaster. The final telecast took
place on October 13, 1957.        

Originally telecast live, most of the later episodes were produced
on film.

Lisa Lopez-Galvan has been identified as a victim of the
Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting that saw 29
injured, including nine children.