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 well-known signoff line during