tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post7988390269395336980..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Uncle Walter Signs OffGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-76662515805450175252011-10-04T13:39:35.035-04:002011-10-04T13:39:35.035-04:00Before Hite, Cronkite's main Evening News anno...Before Hite, Cronkite's main <i>Evening News</i> announcer was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Harry_Kramer" rel="nofollow">Harry Kramer</a> (whose run with the program ended around early 1972). YouTube also has examples of Kramer's work, but primarily as opening announcer for coverage of space shots (i.e. the continuing <i>Project Gemini: Two Weeks in Space</i> reports from 1965). All the more impressive, Kramer's assignments were both Cronkite's <i>Evening News</i> and the soap opera <i>The Edge of Night</i> (the latter of which, after 1972, would be handled by another legendary CBS staff announcer who has since passed on, Hal Simms).wbhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270661237413315760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-7183578088670604422010-01-05T12:41:56.631-05:002010-01-05T12:41:56.631-05:00You make a good point but overlook the essential d...You make a good point but overlook the essential difference of today. The television show that Brian Williams, Katie Couric, et. al. air each week night is not news but entertainment. Therefore it is all too appropriate for Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Gene Hackman, Sam Elliot or another mellifluous baritone to read the bounce du jour.Ed Rasimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667325554289268659noreply@blogger.com