Television news in the United States a team of Tom Brokaw in New York and Roger Mudd in Washington. Brokaw became sole anchor in 1983. CBS launched "CBS Television News" in May 1948 to compete against the NBC newsreel programs, hosted on camera by Douglas Edwards, it was renamed "Douglas Edwards with the News" in 1950. In 1962, Walter Cronkite landed the anchor seat, which he would hold until 1981, and the program's name was changed to "CBS Evening News". On September 2, 1963, the show expanded from 15 to 30 minutes. In the 1970s, "CBS Evening News" was the dominant newscast on American television, and
Walter Cronkite he was shot. Barker relayed information that Kennedy's condition was extremely critical. Then, after a prayer for Kennedy, Barker quoted an unofficial report that the President was dead but stressed it was not confirmed. After several minutes, the coverage came back to the CBS newsroom where Cronkite reported that the President had been given blood transfusions and two priests had been called into the room. He also played an audio report from KRLD that someone had been arrested in the assassination attempt at the Texas School Book Depository. Back in Dallas Barker announced another report of the death of the