Walter Leland Cronkite1950
Joins CBS News in its young and growing television division
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Joins CBS News in its young and growing television division
The term "anchor" was coined to describe Cronkites role at both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions
From 1953 to 1957, Cronkite hosts the CBS program You Are There, which reenacted historical events, using the format of a news report
Cronkite succeeds Douglas Edward's as anchorman of the CBS Evening News, a job in which he became an American icon
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