>> mason: douglas edwards, network television's first anchor, first anchor of this broadcast, was bornrs ago, july 14, 1917, in ada, oklahoma. a radio veteran, edwards was tapped to anchor the first nightly network tv newscast in 1948. put together, he would later say, "with spit, bailing wire, >> each night i was welcoming a new station until one night early in the '50s i said, good evening, everybody, coast to coast, douglas edwards. >> mason: douglas edwards anchored this newscast for 14 years. >> reporting once again from paris. >> mason: reporting the biggest stories of his time. >> and down goes the "andrea doria." >> i thank you so very much. >> mason: etwards holds a record not likely to be broken. he anchored a daily network television newscast for 40 years. >> douglas edwards, cbs news, new york. more news later on this cbs station. >> he was succeeded in this chair by a fella named walter cronkite in 1962. paved the way for all of us. that's the "cbs evening news." i'm anthony mason. thanks for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs ca

. >> mason: douglas edwards, network television's first anchor, the first anchor of this broadcast, was0 years ago, july 14, 1917, in ada, oklahoma. a radio veteran, 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." >> each night i was welcoming a new station until one night early in the '50s i said, good evening, everybody, coast to coast, douglas edwards. >> mason: douglas edwards anchored this newscast for 14 years. >> reporting once again from paris. >> mason: reporting the biggest stories of his time. >> and down goes the "andrea dorea." i thank you so very much. >> mason: edwards holds a record not likely to be broken. he anchored a daily network television newscast for 40 years. >> douglas edwards, cbs news, new york. more news later on this cbs station. >>> and that's the overnight news on this friday. for some of you the news continues for others check back later from new york thanks for watching. >>> this isset "cbs overnight news." >>> president trump running backs to wash