James Kipton Cronkite Herck was from Langedyck, Friesland, the Netherlands. Kipton is a fifth cousin, twice removed to his cousin Walter Cronkite, the famous news reporter. They share a (many times great) grandfather, Jacob Cronkhite, who married Ann Ferguson in 1755. Jacob was of the fifth generation from Herck Siboutsen. Jacob and Ann had eight children including siblings Jacob (Walter’s line) and Anna (Kipton’s line). Jacob was Walter’s 3rd great grandfather; Anna is Kipton’s 5th great grandmother. Walter is Generation 11; Kipton is Generation 13. James Kipton Cronkite James 'Kipton' Cronkite (born April 22, 1971) is an American entrepreneur,curator, and expert in the
CBS News Radio in addition to local news, weather, video news and other information to radio and television stations, as well as traffic reporting services. The network is the oldest unit of the CBS Corporation and traces its roots to CBS's predecessor, United Independent Broadcasters, founded in 1927 with 47 affiliates. The next year, Columbia Records invested in the radio network, which was named the Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System. Eventually, the record company pulled its backing from the struggling web. William S. Paley bought a half-interest in what became the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1928, and became its president. (In 1938, CBS bought