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The current logo of CBS News.

CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports. Don Hewitt, executive producer of CBS News, is the creator of 60 Minutes. Rick Kaplan, a multiple award-winning news producer and executive whose career in broadcast journalism spans more than 35 years, is the executive producer of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.

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[edit] Current CBS News broadcasts

"Classic" logo of CBS News, from the 1970s until 2006

[edit] Five minute news program history

  • Charles Collingwood with the News (1956, 1961-1962)
  • Walter Cronkite with the News (1956-1960)
  • Charles Kuralt with the News (1960)
  • Ron Cochran with the News (1960-1961)
  • Stuart Novins with the News (1961)
  • Harry Reasoner with the News (1961-1962)
  • CBS News with Harry Reasoner (1962-1963)
  • CBS News with Douglas Edwards (1962-1963)
  • CBS Mid-Morning News with Douglas Edwards (1979-1980)
  • CBS Midday News with Harry Reasoner (1963)
  • CBS Midday News with Robert Trout (1963-1965)
  • CBS Midday News with Mike Wallace (1965-1966)
  • CBS Midday News with Joseph Benti (1966-1969)
  • CBS Midday News with Douglas Edwards (1969-1979)
  • CBS Afternoon News with Douglas Edwards (1963-1969)

[edit] Saturday afternoon/evening network news history (15 & 30 minute programs)

  • The Week in Review (1950)
  • Saturday News Special (with Don Hollenbeck) (1950-1951)
  • Douglas Edwards and the News (1951)
  • News with Edward P. Morgan (1951)
  • Up To The Minute (Walter Cronkite) (1951-1952)
  • The Saturday News with Robert Trout (1959)
  • The Saturday News with Harry Reasoner (1959-1962)
  • CBS News with Robert Trout (1962-1963)
  • CBS News with Roger Mudd (1962)
  • CBS News with Mike Wallace (1963)
  • CBS Saturday News with Robert Trout (1963-1966)
  • CBS Saturday News with Richard C. Hottelet (1964)
  • CBS Saturday News with Martin Agronsky (1964-1965)
  • CBS Saturday News with David Schoumacher (1965)
  • CBS Saturday News with Dave Dugan (1965)
  • CBS Saturday News with Charles Kuralt (1965)
  • CBS Saturday News with Stuart Novins (1965)
  • In February 1966, the "CBS Evening News" premiered on weekends as 30 minutes. According to the CBS News Library and source Sandy Genelius (Vice President, CBS News Communications), the "CBS Evening News" was the program title for both Saturday and Sunday evening broadcasts. This was also seen on the intro slide of the program's opening.
  • CBS Evening News with Roger Mudd (February 5, 1966-April 30, 1972)
  • CBS Evening News with Dan Rather (May 6, 1972-July 10, 1977)
  • CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer (July 16, 1977-January 27, 1996)
  • CBS Evening News with Paula Zahn (February 3, 1996-May 15, 1999)
  • CBS Evening News with Russ Mitchell (May 22, 1999-March 10, 2007) or Thalia Assuras (October 5, 2002-March 17, 2007) (anchors rotated every other Saturday); Mika Brzezinski (substituted in 2005-2006)

[edit] Sunday late afternoon/early evening news history

  • The Week in Review (1948)
  • News Program (Edward P. Morgan) (1951)
  • Shape of the News (Edward P. Morgan) (1951)
  • Sunday News (Ron Cochran) (1951)
  • The American Week (commentary & analysis by Eric Sevareid) (1954-1955)
  • CBS Sunday News (Eric Sevareid) (1956)
  • World News Roundup (Eric Sevareid, Robert Trout) (1957-1958)
  • Robert Trout with the News (1958)
  • Harry Reasoner with the News (1959-1960)
  • CBS Evening News with Morton Dean (July 17, 1977-August 25, 1985)
  • CBS Evening News with Susan Spencer (September 1, 1985-February 12, 1989)
  • CBS Evening News with Connie Chung (February 19, 1989-May 23, 1993)
  • CBS Evening News with John Roberts (May 30, 1993-March 18, 2007); Giselle Fernández (substituted in 1993) or Deborah Norville (substituted in 1993-1994)

[edit] CBS Sunday late news history (all 15 minute programs)

  • The Week in Review (1949-1950)
  • John Daly and the News (1950)
  • Sunday News Special (Don Hollenbeck, Winston Burdett) (1951-1961)
  • Walter Cronkite with the News (1961-1962)
  • CBS Sunday Night News with Eric Sevareid (April 22, 1962-September 1, 1963)
  • CBS Sunday Night News with Harry Reasoner (September 8, 1963-November 29, 1970)
  • CBS Sunday Night News with Dan Rather (December 6, 1970-April 30, 1972)
  • CBS Sunday Night News with Bob Schieffer (May 7, 1972-July 10, 1977)
  • CBS Sunday Night News with Ed Bradley (July 17, 1977-September 27, 1981)
  • CBS Sunday Night News with Charles Osgood (October 4, 1981-June 5, 1988)
  • CBS Sunday Night News with Bill Plante (June 12, 1988-January 28, 1996)
  • Broadcasts were after late night local news and ended after 1996.

[edit] Prime time/evening news program history

  • See It Now (Edward R. Murrow, Howard K. Smith ) (November 18, 1951-July 8, 1957)
  • Douglas Edwards and the News (August 15, 1948-April 13, 1962)
  • The Twentieth Century (Walter Cronkite) (1957-1970)
  • CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (April 16, 1962-March 6, 1981)
  • CBS Reports (Howard K. Smith, Edward R. Murrow, Eric Sevareid, Ed Bradley) (1959-1971)
  • CBS Evening News with Dan Rather (March 9, 1981-March 9, 2005) or Connie Chung (June 1, 1993-May 31, 1995)
  • Nightwatch (Charlie Rose) (October 3, 1982-March 31, 1992)
  • West 57th (Meredith Viera, John Ferrugia) (August 13, 1985-September 9, 1989)
  • America Tonight (Dan Rather, Charles Kuralt, Lesley Stahl, Robert Krulwich, Edie Magnus) (October 1, 1990-March 29, 1991)
  • Street Stories (Ed Bradley) (January 9, 1992-June 10, 1993)
  • Eye to Eye with Connie Chung (June 17, 1993-May 25, 1995)
  • Face to Face with Connie Chung (1990-1991)
  • Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel (October 1, 1997-June 24, 1998)
  • 60 Minutes II (Wednesday) (January 13, 1999-September 2, 2005)
  • CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer (March 10, 2005-September 1, 2006)

[edit] CBS Newspath

CBS Newspath is CBS News' satellite news gathering service (similar to CNN Newsource). CBS Newspath provides national hard news, sports highlights, regional spot news, features and live coverage of major breaking news events for affiliate stations to use in their local news broadcasts. CBS Newspath has a team of domestic and global correspondents and freelance reporters dedicated to reporting for affiliates and offers several different national or international stories fronted by reporters on a daily basis. CBS Newspath also relies heavily on local affiliates sharing content. Stations will often contribute locally-obtained footage that may be of national interest.

Network News Service (NNS) is a pioneering news organization formed by ABC News One, CBS Newspath and FOX News Edge. Launched in June 2000, its subscriber list already includes more than 500 ABC, CBS and FOX affiliates throughout the United States. The three news distributors created NNS to cost-effectively pool resources for developing and delivering second tier news stories and b-roll footage. The goal was to realize cost savings in the creation and distribution of these news images, while news organizations and member TV stations continued to independently develop and deliver their own signature coverage of top news stories.

[edit] CBS Radio Network News

The branch of CBS News that produces newscasts and features to radio stations is CBS Radio News, which airs on the CBS Radio Network. The radio network is the oldest unit of CBS and traced its roots to the company's founding in 1927, and the news division took shape over the following 10 years. The list of CBS News correspondents (below) includes those reporting on CBS Radio News.

CBS Radio News produces the oldest daily news show on radio or television, the CBS World News Roundup (it first aired in 1938 and celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2008), which airs each morning and evening. Nick Young anchors the original morning broadcast, produced by Paul Farry, while Bill Whitney hosts the evening edition, produced by Greg Armstrong. The evening Roundup, previously known as The World Tonight, has aired in its current form since 1956 and has been anchored by Blair Clark, Douglas Edwards, Dallas Townsend and Christopher Glenn.

The CBS Radio Network provides newscasts at the top of the hour, regular updates at :31 past the hour, the popular Newsfeeds for affiliates (including WCBS and KYW) at :35, and breaking news updates when developments warrant, often at :20 and :50 past the hour. Westwood One handles the distribution.

[edit] CBS News slogans

  • CBS News. Then and Now. The Leader. (1981-1982)
  • CBS News. All the Difference in the World. (1982-1984)
  • When it's Important, America Turns to CBS News. (1984-1986)
  • CBS News. We keep America on Top of the World. (1986-1988)
  • CBS News. He's (referring to Dan Rather) been there, He'll be there. (1988-1991)
  • Experience. CBS News. (1991-2006)
  • CBS News. See It Now, Anytime, Anywhere. (2006-2007)
  • CBS News. Experience You Can Trust. (2007-2008)
  • CBS News is Very Good News. (2008-Present)

[edit] Present CBS News Correspondents

  • Serena Altschul - Correspondent in New York
  • Wyatt Andrews - Supreme Court Correspondent in Washington
  • Dr. Jennifer Ashton - Medical Correspondent in New York
  • Thalia Assuras - Correspondent in Washington
  • Sharyl Attkisson - Investigative Correspondent in Washington
  • Jim Axelrod - National Correspondent in New York (2009)
  • Debbye Turner Bell - Early Show Correspondent (not a journalist but holds Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree) in New York
  • John Blackstone - Correspondent in San Francisco
  • Cynthia Bowers - Correspondent in Chicago
  • Rita Braver - Senior Correspondent, CBS News Sunday Morning in Washington
  • Joel Brown - Correspondent, CBS Newspath in Washington
  • Karen Brown - Correspondent, CBS Newspath in New York
  • Terrell Brown - Correspondent (News Development Program) in New York
  • Jerry Browning - Producer, former correspondent in Los Angeles
  • Julie Chen - Anchor, The Early Show in New York & Los Angeles
  • Pauline Chiou - Correspondent, CBS Newspath (freelance) in New York
  • Alexis Christophorus - Business Correspondent, CBS Newspath in New York
  • Kelly Cobiella - Correspondent in Miami
  • Nancy Cordes - Congressional/Transportation & Consumer Safety Correspondent in Washington
  • Katie Couric - Anchor, CBS Evening News; Correspondent, 60 Minutes in New York
  • Charlie D'Agata - Correspondent, CBS Newspath in London
  • Priya David - Correspondent in New York
  • Seth Doane - Correspondent in New York
  • Harold Dow - Correspondent, 48 Hours in New York
  • Kimberly Dozier - Correspondent in Washington
  • Manuel Gallegus - Correspondent, CBS Newspath in Los Angeles
  • Bill Geist - Correspondent, CBS News Sunday Morning in New York
  • Michelle Gielan - Anchor, CBS Morning News and CBS News Up to the Minute in New York
  • Wendy Gillette - Correspondent, CBS Newspath (freelance) in New York
  • Jeff Glor - National Correspondent, The Early Show; Anchor, CBS Evening News (Saturday) in New York
  • Jeff Greenfield - Senior Political Correspondent in Washington
  • Tony Guida - Correspondent (WCBS Radio) in New York
  • Alison Harmelin - Correspondent, CBS News MoneyWatch in New York
  • Steve Hartman - Assignment America Correspondent and Columnist (CBS Evening News) in New York
  • Celia Hatton - Correspondent, CBS Newspath (freelance) in Beijing
  • Erica Hill - Anchor, The Saturday Early Show (CNN employee in New York)
  • Sandra Hughes - Correspondent in Los Angeles
  • Hattie Kauffman - Correspondent in Los Angeles
  • Armen Keteyian - Chief Investigative Correspondent in New York
  • Mark Knoller - White House Correspondent in Washington
  • Susan Koeppen - Consumer Correspondent in New York
  • Steve Kroft - Co-Editor, 60 Minutes in New York
  • Stephanie Lambidakis - Justice Producer/Correspondent in Washington
  • Josh Landis - Correspondent, CBS Newspath in New York
  • Dr. Jon LaPook - Medical Correspondent in New York
  • Claire Leka - Correspondent, CBS News MoneyWatch & CBS Newspath in New York
  • Drew Levinson - Correspondent, CBS Newspath in New York
  • Lara Logan - Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent; Correspondent, 60 Minutes in Washington
  • Sheila MacVicar - Correspondent in London
  • Maureen Maher - Correspondent, 48 Hours in New York
  • Terry McCarthy - Correspondent in Los Angeles
  • Dr. Mallika Marshall - Medical Correspondent, The Early Show in Boston
  • David Martin - National Security Correspondent at The Pentagon in Washington
  • Anthony Mason - Business Correspondent in New York
  • Tara Mergener - Correspondent, CBS Newspath (freelance) in Washington
  • Michelle Miller - Correspondent in New York
  • Russ Mitchell - News Anchor, The Early Show; Anchor, CBS Evening News (Sunday) in New York
  • Erin Moriarty - Correspondent, 48 Hours in New York
  • Teri Okita - Correspondent, CBS Newspath in Los Angeles
  • Bob Orr - Justice/Homeland Security & Aviation Correspondent in Washington
  • Charles Osgood - Anchor, CBS News Sunday Morning in New York
  • Elizabeth Palmer - Correspondent in London
  • Scott Pelley - Correspondent, 60 Minutes in New York
  • Barry Petersen - Correspondent in Tokyo
  • Mark Phillips - Correspondent in London
  • Randall Pinkston - Correspondent in New York
  • Byron Pitts - Senior National Correspondent in New York
  • Allen Pizzey - Correspondent in Rome
  • Bill Plante - Senior White House Correspondent in Washington
  • Dave Price - Weather Anchor, The Early Show in New York
  • Lonnie Quinn - WCBS-TV Chief Weathercaster & Weather Anchor, The Saturday Early Show in New York
  • Chip Reid - Chief White House Correspondent in Washington (2009)
  • Dean Reynolds - National Correspondent in Chicago
  • Susan Roberts - Correspondent, CBS Newspath in Washington
  • Troy Roberts - Correspondent, 48 Hours in New York
  • Maggie Rodriguez - Anchor, The Early Show in New York
  • Andy Rooney - Correspondent, 60 Minutes in New York
  • Charlie Rose - Contributor, 60 Minutes in New York
  • Richard Roth - Correspondent in London
  • Morley Safer - Co-Editor, 60 Minutes in New York
  • Bob Schieffer - Chief Washington Correspondent; Anchor, Face the Nation in Washington
  • Richard Schlesinger - Correspondent in New York
  • Daniel Sieberg - Science & Technology Correspondent in New York
  • Bob Simon - Correspondent, 60 Minutes in New York & Tel Aviv
  • Harry Smith - Anchor, The Early Show in New York
  • Tracy Smith - Correspondent, The Early Show in New York
  • Bianca Solorzano - Correspondent in New York
  • Susan Spencer - Correspondent, 48 Hours in Washington
  • Hari Sreenivasan - Correspondent in New York
  • Lesley Stahl - Co-Editor, 60 Minutes in New York
  • Mark Strassmann - Correspondent in Atlanta
  • Gaby Tabunar - Correspondent (freelance) in Manila
  • Don Teague - Correspondent in Dallas
  • Martha Teichner - Correspondent, CBS News Sunday Morning in New York
  • Ben Tracy - Correspondent in Los Angeles
  • Peter Van Sant - Correspondent, 48 Hours in New York
  • Kelly Wallace - Correspondent in New York
  • Mike Wallace - Correspondent Emeritus, 60 Minutes in New York
  • Bill Whitaker - Correspondent in Los Angeles
  • Charles Wolfson - State Department Correspondent/Producer in Washington
  • Chris Wragge - Anchor, The Saturday Early Show in New York


CBS Radio News

  • Howard Arenstein - Correspondent, CBS Radio News in Washington
  • Barry Bagnato - Correspondent, CBS Radio News in Washington
  • Dave Barrett - Correspondent, CBS Radio News in New York
  • Robert Berger - Correspondent, CBS Radio News in Jerusalem
  • Harley Carnes - Anchor, CBS Radio News in New York
  • Elaine Cobbe - Correspondent, CBS Radio News (freelance) in Paris
  • Lucy Craft - Correspondent, CBS Radio News (freelance) in Tokyo
  • Bob Fuss - Capitol Hill Correspondent, CBS Radio News in Washington
  • Steve Kathan - Correspondent, CBS Radio News in New York
  • Peter Maer - White House Correspondent, CBS Radio News in Washington
  • Cami McCormick - Correspondent, CBS Radio News in New York
  • Lou Miliano - Correspondent, CBS Radio News in New York
  • Dan Raviv - National Correspondent, CBS Radio News in Washington
  • Frank Settipani - Anchor/Correspondent, CBS Radio News in New York
  • Bill Whitney - Anchor, CBS Radio News in New York
  • Nick Young - Anchor, CBS Radio World News Roundup in New York

Source: CBS News & NewsWatch Dallas

[edit] Past CBS News Correspondents

+ - deceased Source: CBS News & NewsWatch Dallas

[edit] CBS News Bureaus and Offices

(Source: CBS News - Vice President of Communications) Domestic Bureaus & Offices*

Foreign Bureaus & Offices*

(CBS News defines a bureau or office as "a definite physical location with CBS NEWS staff ... not someone's home or space or having a stringer living in a city." CBS Radio News also has Jerusalem and Manila.)

[edit] International broadcasts

CBS Evening News is shown on Sky News to viewers in Europe and Africa.

In Australia, the CBS Evening News bulletin is shown at 11.30am Monday to Saturday, and at 12.30pm on Sundays on Sky News Australia.

CBS is not shown outside the Americas on a channel in its own right. However, both CBS News is shown for a few hours a day on Orbit News in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. CBS News stories are a common occurrence on Australia's Ten News on Network Ten, as part a CBS programming content deal. They also air The Early Show each weekday as well.

[edit] Controversies

This section requires expansion.

In 1964, Rep. Jimmy Utt (R-Cal.) filed a libel suit against CBS regarding a CBS Reports "Case History of a Rumor" program. He claimed the defendants had "'entrapped' him into giving a television interview that turned out to be a 'cross examination' by Roger Mudd, who acted as 'prosecutor, judge, and jury.'" The case was dismissed. Utt died in office in 1970 and was succeeded by John Schmitz. (Source: "The Place To Be" by Roger Mudd)

In a speech in 1971, Vice-President Spiro Agnew accused CBS News of disseminating "deceptive, self-serving propaganda". He quoted from reports by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Special Subcommittee on Investigations of the House Commerce Committee. These reports mentioned a CBS documentary called "Project Nassau", an effort to depose the François Duvalier regime in Haiti. "The House Subcommittee found that CBS had, in effect, financially subsidized a planned 1966 invasion of Haiti in order to make a documentary on the event." In his deposition, Tom Dunkin, journalist for the Atlanta Journal, said that producer Jay McMullen of CBS told him in November, 1966 that he had "spent a lot of time and money on this project and had nothing to show for it". (In January 1967 the project ended with the arrest of 75 participants.)[1]

Van Gordon Sauter became president of CBS News in 1982 and cut several CBS veterans from the newsroom, working toward a style-over-substance format CBS anchor Walter Cronkite described as infotainment. Cronkite said he felt as if he was being pushed out the door by Van Sauter and his staff, and treated as a "leper".[2]

In a September 1, 2004 CBS news commentary, titled "Vice President Dick Agnew", CBS editorial director Dick Meyer said that Vice President Cheney "drew from a different tradition typified by Spiro Agnew" in a tradition that "uses the hired help to do the political dirty work". [3][4]

Also see Killian Documents re Fall 2004 coverage of President George W. Bush and the National Guard.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Related newspaper article from MIT archives: Special Subcommittee on Investigations of the House Commerce Committee
  2. ^ A Reporter's Life, Walter Cronkite, p. 358.
  3. ^ HEARINGS before the SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS of the COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 91st Congress, 1st and 2nd sessions, Serial No. 91-55: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington
  4. ^ MIT archives, "TECH", Mar 23, 1971

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