Highlights

Dan Rather on becoming the CBS Evening News anchor and succeeding Walter Cronkite

Dan Rather on retiring from CBS Evening News

Dan Rather on succeeding Walter Cronkite as anchor of CBS Evening News

Walter Cronkite on his decision to step down as anchor of the CBS Evening News; and on Dan Rather replacing him

Connie Chung on co-anchoring CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Who talked about this show
Tom Bettag
Tom Bettag on Dan Rather taking over the anchor chair from Walter Cronkite for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Tom Bettag on his years as senior producer of CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Tom Bettag on the circumstances of his leaving CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Tom Bettag on trying to land an interview with Saddam Hussein for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Tom Bettag on covering the Gulf War for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, and on landing an interview with Saddam Hussein
Tom Bettag on the 1987 incident of Dan Rather walking off the air during CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Connie Chung
Connie Chung on co-anchoring CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Connie Chung on interviews when she was co-anchoring CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite on his decision to step down as anchor of the CBS Evening News; and on Dan Rather replacing him
Jeff Fager
Jeff Fager on working on CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Jeff Fager on stories he worked on as producer of CBS Evening News with Dan Rather in London
Jeff Fager on resistance from the network on CBS Evening News reporting on certain stories, with the example of a story about Palestinian refugee camps
Jeff Fager on producing hard news versus entertainment stories: he prefers "entertaining stories" on CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes
Jeff Fager on leaving 60 Minutes to become executive producer of CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Jeff Fager on changes he made as executive producer of CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Jeff Fager on Dan Rather's reaction to changes Fager made as executive producer of CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Jeff Fager on being executive producer of CBS Evening News with Dan Rather at a time when news was becoming more sensational
Don Roy King
Don Roy King on directing The CBS Early Show, and on working on the graphic design for The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Steve Kroft
Steve Kroft on his early years on the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and transitioning into his position there
Steve Kroft on his early mentors at CBS News and his early assignments
Steve Kroft on being transferred to CBS News' southwest bureau in Dallas
Steve Kroft on becoming a foreign correspondent for CBS News in 1984
Dan Rather
Dan Rather on becoming the CBS Evening News anchor and succeeding Walter Cronkite
Dan Rather on succeeding Walter Cronkite as anchor of CBS Evening News
Dan Rather on retiring from CBS Evening News
Dan Rather on the blank screen that aired on CBS Evening News during the 1986 U.S. Open
Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer being the interim CBS Evening News anchro between Dan Rather and Katie Couric
Sanford Socolow
Sanford Socolow on the transition of Dan Rather to the evening news anchor's chair of CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
James Wall
James Wall on working for Dan Rather on CBS Evening News with Dan Rather