Television based news in the U.S was born from network radio. The NBC (National Broadcasting Company) began their initial network-radio service in 1926 and CBS began in September 1927. Both these networks started broadcasting news by concentrating on presidential inaugurations, election results, political conventions and events that were thought of to be of public-concern.
ABC Television is traced back to a forced sale that occurred in the year 1943 of one of the NBC’s radio networks, and began regular broadcasts in the year 1948. Below is some history of the news anchors associated with ABC.
1953 To 1960 John Daly And The News
John Charles Daly is a newsman that was commonly identified with the nightly news for ABC in the earlier days of the television. Today, Daly is more recognized as the host for the game show known as What’s My Line? The broadcasts Daly followed included ABC news programs: “News and Views” from 1948 to 1951, “After the Deadlines” from 1951 to 1952 and the “All Star News” from 1952 to 1953.
1960 To 1978 ABC Evening News
After the long tenure of John Charles Daly, ABC experienced a succession of news presenters. The more notable individuals includes Ron Cochran from 1963 to 1965, Peter Jennings from 1965 to 1967, Frank Reynolds from 1968 to 1970. From 1970 to 1976 Harry Reasoner and Howard K. Smith were presenters and from 1976 to 1978 Barbara Walters and Harry Reasoner were the presenters.
1978 To 1983 ABC World News Tonight With Frank Reynolds
The brainchild for ABC News, Roone Arledge with World News Tonight features an anchor in Washington Frank Reynolds and the co-anchors: Barbara Walters based in New York, Max Robinson based in Chicago and Peter Jennings based in London with the commentary provided by Howard K. Smith.
1983 To 2005 ABC World News Tonight With Peter Jennings
Then in his early twenties, Peter Jennings had served briefly as a news anchor back in the mid 60’s. He later took over sole anchor when Frank Reynolds died. He beagn his role on the 5 September 1983.
2006 ABC World News Tonight With Bob Woodruff And Elizabeth Vargas
This very short-lived version of news broadcasts included Bob Woodruff who became seriously injured when covering the war in Iraq along with Elizabeth Vargas.
2006 To 2009 ABC World News With Charles Gibson
In 2006, Gibson took on the anchoring duties and the name took on a slight change with the word “Tonight” that was taken out to reflect that the program now featured 24 hour availability online.
2009 to Present ABC World News With Diane Sawyer
Diane Sawyer began her position with ABC on the 21 December 2009 and currently is still an anchor on the show.
Another notable time period related to ABC includes a documentary series known as ABC Scope from 1964 to 1968. This series featured Howard K. Smith that featured a string of events reporting on the Vietnam War and how the U.S involvement began to escalate.
