edward r. murrowin vienna, 34 year-old william shire in london. soon to join cbs radio team were 26 year-old eric sever right of north carolina and 21 year-old charles collingwood of michigan. the national appetite or their life news broadcast grew steadily during the horrors of world war ii. nothing was really more memorable to me during the war years from median than edward r. murrow's nightly reports for cbs radio. with the voice that god might indeed, he began each broadcast with this phrase. this is london. and he was tutored by bob trout that a long pause between this and london made the drama even before the news itself was shared. murrow within close as a broadcast with a then popular parting phrase shared among londoners in 1940 who would endure the night of not seek bombardment and the blitz. good night and good luck. after world war ii most radio veterans continued their chosen trade and the shunt the new emerging infant technology of television. so cbs had to turn to a 31 year-old douglas

know i'm a i'm a child of the thirty's forty's fifty's sixty's and seventy's i do agree that edward r. murrow stands alone this is one of the problems i had with walter cronkite mum i'm sorry for the way cronkite. was a vital icon and a legend but marone was the founding strain develop twenty journalism one know it as we know it i don't think any one of has matched moros the quality of the sustained quality of his journalism but i'm not always enough to say listen the golden age was back when i was doing it back in the sixty's and seventy's there are a lot of good journalism around the day in fact the three anchors at a.b.c. c.b.s. n.b.c. a very good one to a great over i'm first rate first rate and the newscasts are first rate but they're not many people as many used to watching them well i have somewhere to go of the newscast and i think overall we're over adult beverage i think the three anchors would say they probably have difficulty with it because there is so sensitive they've always been seriously to ratings and demographics but i don't think any either any one of the three network new

edward armour road -- edward r murrow. and wordy four william scheier in london. old william scheier in london. soon to join the team were eric separate and gerald collingswood. the national appetite for their live news broadcasts grew steadily during the horrors of world war ii. nothing was really more memorable to many during the war years from media then edward r . murrow's nightly report for cbs radio. with the voice that got -- with a voice that god might have and lead, he ended each broadcast with this, "this is london." he would then close his broadcast with a ocular parting phrase shared among londoners in 1940 wooden door the night of nazi bombardment -- "good night and good luck." after world war ii, they shared their emerging infant technology to television. they had to turn to douglas edwards of oklahoma to host the first regular television news broadcast from 1948 to 1962. i found no characteristic closing line from edwards. but his replacement, someone who became the most trusted man in america according to a national poll, developed perhaps the most

august routes live broadcast from new york were too young legends -- were two young legends in edward r murrow. soon to join the team were eric separate and gerald collingswood. the national appetite for their live news broadcasts grew steadily during the horrors of world war ii. nothing was really more memorable to many during the war years from media then edward r moreau's nightly report for cbs radio. with the voice that got -- with a voice that god might have and lead, he ended each broadcast with this, "this is london." he would then close his broadcast with a ocular parting phrase shared among londoners in 1940 wooden door the night of nazi bombardment -- "good night and good luck/" after world war ii, they shared their emerging infant technology to television. they had to turn to douglas edwards of oklahoma to host the first regular television news broadcast from 1948 to 1962. i found no characteristic closing line from edwards. but his replacement, someone who became the most trusted man in america according to a national poll, developed perhaps the most well-known signoff line during

edward r. murrowdy admired like audrey hepburn and who can forget in "breakfast at tiffany's" with the long cigarette holder. >> it was glam orrized. >> yeah it was glam or rised. 42% smoked. it dropped to 18%. still, 44 million americans smoke and more than a dozen cancers are caused by it. >> i want to ask you. that 1964 report set off a lot of public policy and health decisions. how did it make it harder for people to smoke? was it a financial disincentive. >> it was an overall public policy, public awareness campaign. when you think about it back in 196 1964, there were no restrictions where you could smoke. you could light up anywhere, which is hard to imagine nowadays. there are 26 states that ban it completely in public places and a lot of cities do. one of the pry mire objectives is to cut down on secondhand smoke. it's actually worked. it's dropped in half. so that has really protected not just smokers hoping to get them to quit but also people around them. >> and there are actually more laws