Record #:

12262

Author(s):

Green, C. Sylvester

Abstract:

North Carolina native Edward R. Murrow garnered worldwide fame for his reports from London during WWII entitled \"This - is London.\" Years afterwards Murrow worked as Vice President and Director of Public affairs for CBS. President John F. Kennedy made him head of the United States Information Agency where his famous broadcast with Senator Joseph McCarthy proved to be the senator's undoing.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 11, Apr 1975, p18-19, 38, il, por

Subject(s):

Radio broadcasters; Murrow, Edward Roscoe, 1908-1965

Record #:

15293

Author(s):

Brown, Bertram

Abstract:

Edward R. Murrow, chief of the European news staff of Columbia Broadcasting system was born in Sumner Township in Guildford County. Each morning and evening, many thousands of radio listeners in the United States tune into to Columbia's European war news program from the capitals of the strife-torn continent to listen to Murrow.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 48, Apr 1940, p1, 22, f

Subject(s):

Murrow, Edward Roscoe, 1908-1965; Radio announcers