Douglas Edwards (July 14, 1917 – October 13, 1990) was an American radio and television newscaster and correspondent who worked for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) for …

Jul 13, 2017 · Douglas Edwards was tapped to anchor the first nightly network TV newscast, in 1948 -- put together, he would later say, "with spit, bailing wire and high spirits"

Oct 13, 1990 · SARASOTA, Fla. -- Former CBS newscaster Douglas Edwards, who had been a continuous anchor longer than any other broadcast journalist before retiring in 1988, died …

Oct 13, 1990 · A CBS newsman from 1942 to 1988, Douglas Edwards was a war-time correspondent on The World Today during World War II and anchored The World Tonight on …

Douglas Edwards was born 100 years ago, on July 14, 1917. He was tapped to anchor the first nightly network TV newscast in 1948, put together, he would later...

Edwards was the first anchorman of the first regularly scheduled daily television new report. In Sept. 1951 it was broadcast across the country for the first time, and "Douglas Edwards with …

Oct 14, 1990 · Douglas Edwards, television’s first and longest-term anchorman and a broadcaster for 56 years, died Saturday in Sarasota, Fla., of cancer. He was 73.

Oct 13, 1990 · Pioneering journalist Douglas Edwards, a World War II radio correspondent who became the nation's first network television anchorman with CBS, died Saturday morning at …

Douglas Edwards told Americans of events great and small over a 56-year long broadcasting career. Starting in radio at age 15 in Troy, Ala., Edwards went on to work for WAGF and WSB …

Douglas Edwards was an American radio and television newscaster and correspondent who worked for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) for more than four decades. After six …