ABC World News Tonight

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ABC World News Tonight is a nightly news program on the US television station ABC . Usually broadcast since 1948, the program is about 30 minutes long.

Name of the shipment

In the various decades since the show was in existence, the news program was also known under the following titles:

  • John Charles Daly and the News (1953-1965)
  • Peter Jennings with the News (1965-1967)
  • ABC News (1967-1970)
  • ABC Evening News (1970–1978)
  • World News Tonight (1978-2006)
  • World News (2006–2009)
  • ABC World News (2009-2014)

Main newscaster

The main news anchors have been:

On workdays

  • HR Baukhage and Jim Gibbons (News and Views, August 11, 1948 - March 30, 1951)
  • unknown, (After The Deadlines, April 2, 1951 - October 3, 1952)
  • Bryson Rash, Pauline Frederick, Gordon Fraser, and Leo Cherne (All-Star News, October 6, 1952 - January 2, 1953)
  • ABC Network had no evening news Monday through Friday from January 5 through October 9, 1953
  • John Daly (John Daly and the News, October 12, 1953 - September 12, 1958)
  • Don Goddard (ABC News September 15, 1958 - May 8, 1959)
  • John Daly (John Daly and the News, May 11, 1959 - December 16, 1960)
  • Bill Shadel (ABC Evening Report, December 19, 1960 - September 22, 1961)
  • Bill Lawrence, Al Mann and John Cameron Swayze (ABC Evening Report, September 25, 1961 - March 23, 1962)
  • Ron Cochran (ABC Evening Report, March 26, 1962 - January 29, 1965) followed by the news from Murphy Martin (April 2, 1963 - May 29, 1964) and Bob Young (June 1, 1964 - January 8, 1965)
  • Peter Jennings (Peter Jennings with the News, February 1, 1965 - December 29, 1967)
  • Bob Young (ABC News January 1, 1968 - May 24, 1968)
  • Frank Reynolds (ABC News May 27, 1968 - May 16, 1969)
  • Frank Reynolds and Howard K. Smith (ABC News May 19, 1969 - December 4, 1970)
  • Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner (ABC Evening News December 7, 1970 - September 5, 1975)
  • Harry Reasoner (ABC Evening News September 8, 1975 - October 1, 1976)
  • Harry Reasoner and Barbara Walters (ABC Evening News October 4, 1976 - July 7, 1978)
  • Frank Reynolds, Max Robinson and Peter Jennings (World News Tonight, July 10, 1978 - April 20, 1983)
  • Max Robinson and Peter Jennings (World News Tonight; April 23, 1983 - August 8, 1983)
  • Peter Jennings (World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, August 9, 1983 - April 5, 2005)
  • Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas (World News Tonight with Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas, January 3 - May 26, 2006)
  • Charles Gibson (World News with Charles Gibson, May 29, 2006 - December 18, 2009)
  • Diane Sawyer (ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, December 21, 2009 - August 27, 2014)
  • David Muir (ABC World News Tonight with David Muir, since September 2, 2014)

At weekends

  • Ted Koppel (Saturday edition 1975–1977)
  • Tom Jarriel and Sylvia Chase (Saturday Edition, 1977–1979)
  • Sam Donaldson (Sunday Edition 1979–1989)
  • Kathleen Sullivan (Saturday Edition, 1985-1987)
  • Barry Serafin (Saturday Edition, 1987–1988)
  • Carole Simpson (Saturday Edition, 1988–1993; Sunday Edition, 1993–2003)
  • Forrest Sawyer (Sunday Edition, 1989-1993)
  • Elizabeth Vargas (Saturday Edition, 1997-2003; Sunday Edition, 2003-2004)
  • Terry Moran (Saturday Edition, 2004-2005)
  • Bob Woodruff (Sunday Edition, 2004-2005)
  • Jim Avila (Saturday Edition, 2006-2007)
  • Dan Harris (Sunday Edition 2006-2011)
  • David Muir (Saturday 2007–2011; Weekend, 2011–2014)
  • Cecilia Vega (Saturday edition, 2015-2017)
  • Tom Llamas (Sunday Edition, 2015 – present)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ USAToday: Diane Sawyer stepping down from ABC's 'World News' , June 25, 2014