George Cowling stationed as a meteorological assistant with No. 4 Bomber Group RAF in Yorkshire, and worked as a forecaster for the RAF, working in Britain, Normandy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany until 1953. In 1954 he was transferred to the London Weather Centre. On 11 January 1954, at the age of 33, George Cowling gave the first televised weather forecast, from the BBC's Lime Grove Studios, at 7.55pm. The forecast was live and 'in vision', with Cowling standing in front of the weather map, using a pencil and rubber to show the weather for the next day. He informed the viewing
Television news in the United States News". CBS Television also featured public affairs programs such as "Longines Chronoscope" which featured newsworthy public figures, and which ran from June 1951 to April 1955 at 11pm ET. The DuMont Television Network had "The Walter Compton News" (June 1947 – 1948), "I.N.S. Telenews" and "Camera Headlines" (1948–1949), and "DuMont Evening News" (September 1954-1 April 1955). However, Edward R. Murrow is widely regarded as the most important figure in the early days of U.S. television news. On his weekly news show "See It Now" on CBS, Murrow presented live reports from journalists on both the east and west coasts of