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Election Night TV Anchors Then and Now
AP recalls 1948 election night TV coverage when few homes had sets. Walter Cronkite and other anchors were barely advertised while networks touted interviews and tally boards. Truman watched on radio as Dewey led East Coast limits faded.
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Jay Sharbutt
NEW York (Ap
Walter Cronske
David Brinkley
John Chancellor
Harry Rensoner
Howard K. “Smith
New York ‘Times
ABC
CBS
Douglas Edwards
NBC
Ben Graver
Cameron Swayze
Elmer Davis
Walter Winchell
Trew Pearson
Tima
ARG
Thomas & Dewey
Roosevelt Hotel
Harry S 'Vraman
Excelsior Springs
Kansas City
HY. Kallone Born
Iite
Truman