Michael Meckler
I am certainly among those saddened by the demise tomorrow of CBS News Radio. I had extensive interactions with radio personnel at CBS News when I worked for WWJ Radio (which was owned by CBS at the time) in the early 1990s, and the folks at CBS News Radio have always taken very seriously the legacy of Edward R. Murrow.
(I should point out that the radio stations were in a different corporate division โ CBS Radio โ from the network's radio news, which was under CBS News, although we had very frequent interactions, with CBS News providing coverage of stories to CBS radio stations, and the stations providing reports for the CBS News Radio network.)
Peter King has worked for three decades at CBS News, covering the U.S. space program and anchoring regular newscasts. He wrote a two-part reminiscence of his time at CBS for online trade newsletter RadioInsight, and the link is below.
Peter King: Remembering CBS News Part II: The People Who Kept the Newswatch
Much has been reported about our storied history and our founding fathers-and rightfully so. However, I fear that much of the reporting has left readers/viewers with the mistaken impression that CBS News Radioโs glory days ended with Edward R. Murrow. Sadly, the people whoโve kept CBS News Radio thriving for decades have all but been ignored, unfairly. They deserve to be remembered as much as their predecessors are. This is hardly an all-inclusive list, but rather, a snapshot of an era about to end, with a few of my most memorable coworkers.
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