Passage: In May 1944, as the war began to turn in favor of the Allies, WCBW reopened the studios and the newscasts returned, briefly anchored by Ned Calmer, and then by Everett Holles. After the war, expanded news programs appeared on the WCBW schedule - whose call letters were changed to WCBS-TV in 1946 - first anchored by Milo Boulton, and later by Douglas Edwards. On May 3, 1948, Edwards began anchoring CBS Television News, a regular 15-minute nightly newscast on the CBS television network, including WCBS-TV. It aired every weeknight at 7:30 p.m., and was the first regularly scheduled, network television news program featuring an anchor . NBC's offering at the time, NBC Television Newsreel , was simply film footage with voice narration. In 1950, the name of the nightly newscast was changed to Douglas Edwards with the News, and the following year, it became the first news program to be broadcast on both coasts, thanks to a new coaxial cable connection, prompting Edwards to use the greeting "Good evening everyone, coast to coast." The broadcast was renamed the CBS Evening News when Walter Cronkite replaced Edwards in 1962. Edwards remained with CBS News with various daytime television newscasts and radio news broadcasts until his retirement on April 1, 1988.
How did CBS Television News differ from NBC Television Newsreel? How many anchors did WCBW have in 1944? How many anchors preceded Walter Cronkite on WCBS-TV? How many minutes was Douglas Edwards' initial nightly newscast? How many years after Edwards began anchoring CBS Television News did he retire from CBS? How many years after Edwards began anchoring CBS Television News was it renamed the CBS Evening News? How many years after Edwards was replaced by Walter Cronkite did he retire? How many years after being replaced by Walter Cronkite was Douglas Edwards employed by CBS? How many years did Edwards remain with CBS News before he retired in 1988? How many years was the program called Douglas Edwards with the News? What network had the first regularly scheduled network television news program featuring an anchor? What was the name of the first news program to be broadcast on both coasts? When the WCBW reopened who was the first newscast anchor, Ned Calmer or Everett Holles? When the call letters for the station were change from WCBW to WCBS-TV, who anchored later, Milo Boulton or Douglas Edwards? Which television network had the film footage, CBS or NBC? Who was the first anchor of CBS Evening News?