Title: Douglas Edwards
Content: of the radio program "Behind the Scenes at CBS". In 1948, as CBS's top correspondents and commentators shunned the fledgling medium of television, Edwards was chosen to present regular CBS television news programs and to host CBS's television coverage of the 1948 Democratic and Republican conventions. The term "anchor" would not be used until 1952, when CBS News chief Sig Mikelson would use it to describe Walter Cronkite's role in the network's political convention coverage. At first, Edwards would be eclipsed by John Cameron Swayze of NBC News's "Camel News Caravan", but he would eventually regain his ratings lead. By

Title: Television news in the United States
Content: with a trio of anchors: Frank Reynolds, Peter Jennings and Max Robinson. Jennings assumed solo anchor responsibility in 1983 following Reynolds's death. Brokaw, Rather, and Jennings became the familiar faces of network news for more than two decades. But changes began in December 2004, when Brian Williams took over from Brokaw as anchor of "NBC Nightly News", after Brokaw's well-anticipated retirement, announced in 2002. Rather also retired from the anchor seat of "CBS Evening News" in March 2005, albeit quite abruptly, after it was discovered that CBS used documents whose authenticity could not be verified in a report on George

Title: Eric Sevareid
Content: Walter Cronkite on CBS television with a commentary about the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the road ahead for the new president, Lyndon Johnson. From 1964 to his 1977 retirement from the network, Sevareid's two-minute segments on the "CBS Evening News" inspired those who admired him to dub him "The Grey Eminence." During his long run as a commentator, his segments earned both Emmy and Peabody Awards. In 1987, he was honored as an inductee to the Academy's Fourth Hall of Fame. Those who disagreed with his views nicknamed him "Eric Severalsides." Sevareid recognized his own biases, which caused

Title: Max Robinson
Content: Minutes" interview, and hired him to be a part of his new three-anchor format. Robinson would anchor national news from Chicago, while Peter Jennings would anchor international news in London and Frank Reynolds would be the main anchor from Washington. Robinson thus became the first black man to anchor a nightly network news broadcast. The three-man co-anchor team was a ratings success, and launched spoofs regarding how the three would pitch stories to each other during the telecast by saying the other's name: "Frank"..."Max"..."Peter," etc. Robinson's ABC tenure was marked by conflicts between himself and the management of ABC News

Title: Television news in the United States
Content: Cronkite was often cited as the "most trusted man in America." After Cronkite's retirement in 1981, Dan Rather became the anchor of "CBS Evening News". He was joined by co-anchor Connie Chung from 1993 to 1995. "ABC Evening News" began airing in 1953, hosted by John Charles Daly. Daly had been a well-known CBS radio correspondent, though today he is best remembered as the emcee of CBS's long-running game show, "What's My Line?", which he hosted while serving as ABC's anchorman. Daly left ABC in 1960 and was succeeded by a frequently expanding list of successors that included John Cameron

Question: The word anchorman was credited by Sig Michelson about which CBS News Legend?
Answer: Walter Cronkite