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  1. On June 15, 1953, Murrow hosted The Ford 50th Anniversary Show, broadcast simultaneously on NBC and CBS and seen by 60 million viewers. The broadcast closed with Murrow's commentary covering a variety of topics, including the danger of nuclear war against the backdrop of a mushroom cloud.

  2. Person to Person is a popular television program in the United States that originally ran from 1953 to 1961, with two episodes of an attempted revival airing in 2012. Edward R. Murrow hosted the original series from its inception in 1953 until 1959, interviewing celebrities in their homes from a comfortable chair in his New York studio (his ...

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  3. Person to Person: With Edward R. Murrow, Charles Collingwood, Jayne Meadows, Jerry Lewis. Interviews with figures from public life.

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    • 1953-10-02
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  4. 6 days ago · Edward R. Murrow (born April 25, 1908, Greensboro, N.C., U.S.—died April 27, 1965, Pawling, N.Y.) was a radio and television broadcaster who was the most influential and esteemed figure in American broadcast journalism during its formative years.

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  5. See It Now: With Edward R. Murrow, Howard K. Smith, Harry S. Truman, Richard Hottelet. This show was an irregularly scheduled hour long program that gave more complete coverage of issues. The show consisted of 'Edward R. Murrow (I)' sitting in the New York studio talking about the topic of the week.

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    • 1951-11-18
    • Documentary, News
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  6. Nov 17, 2012 · CBS News made television history with the groundbreaking series "Person to Person," hosted by legendary newsman Edward R. Murrow. Each week Murrow, seated in his armchair in New York, took...

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  8. Pioneering radio and TV reporter who was the dominant figure in American broadcast journalism during its early years. His dramatic, in-person coverage of the Anschluss (German union with Austria), the 1939 German-Soviet invasion of Poland, the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, brought him widespread renown among the public and eternal esteem ...