Douglas Edwards set a standard that is sorely missed today in 2022. He would be horrified at the lack of professionalism and the lack of news in a newscast because of the huge increase in commercials.

@bmasters1981

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FOX "News" Radio couldn't even pretend to hold a candle to everything that Doug Edwards was on CBS Radio and Television.

@TheBrooklynbodine

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@@bmasters1981 Also, they wouldn't be fit to FETCH Lowell Thomas' shoes, much less fill them.

@ScoopNemeth

7 ай бұрын

Edwards, Cronkite, even Huntley/Brinkley and Jennings must be spinning in their graves at the state of broadcast journalism today

Douglas Edwards was also the first anchorman of "The CBS (Television) Evening News" from 1948 until replaced by Walter Cronkite in the spring of 1962. But Edwards stayed with CBS until his retirement, doing daytime newscasts on TV and the early evening "The World Tonight" on radio.

I believe I read somewhere that WCBS would usually cut away at the 8 minute mark of the newscast but they carried this edition of the “The World Tonight” in its entirety since it was Douglas Edwards’ final broadcast.

@TheBrooklynbodine

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Posting 9-17-22. Except for "World News Roundup," they've been cutting away from the hourly news after the 1st commercial for quite some time.

By chance I ran across this exactly 35 years later. Remember that voice well from TV newsbreaks mostly. Means I'm getting old...lol

Charles Kuralt..On his annual mention of important people we lost for the year on CBS Sunday Morning..called Douglas Edwards a Good Reporter and a Good Man..So True for this person..Thanks for posting..

I wonder if Douglas Edwards would recognize what comes from the network he worked for--or from the media in general.

When I was a kid home sick or in the summertime, I remember watching Douglas Edwards anchor the CBS Newsbreak right after the close of The Price is Right.

Love Douglas Edwards! Thanks so much for this upload!

I’ve posted this elsewhere, but Mr. Edwards was a regular customer at my dad’s shop, and I saw … and heard him many times. His deep, resonant voice was unmistakable, even in mundane circumstances.

@sherryhannah9262

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Chasbo Daniels did you get to meet Douglas Edwards and if you did was he a nice guy?????!….. I hope you will reply to this

What a class act. Douglas Edwards- The original news anchor and one of the finest. That reassuring voice and delivery the audience trusted this man to deliver the news like few others.

I wonder how he got past the CBS mandatory retirement age. Cronkite and Sevareid (and even Frank Stanton) were forced out at 65, but Edwards kept going until he was 70.

My entire childhood, from Atlanta to CBS in NYC as anchor of ‘The World Tonight’ imbues Doug Edwards with the VERY FIRST CBS CHIEF COMMENTATOR ; he was FIRST!