Ron Cochran
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Ron Cochran was a television news journalist for ABC. He served as the anchor of the ABC Evening News (now known as World News) from 1962 to 1964. In November 1963, he served as the network's principal anchor for the around-the-clock coverage of the Kennedy assassination. Before that, he hosted the CBS drama television series Armstrong Circle Theatre.
Despite the rival networks' expansion in 1963 of their evening newscasts to a full half hour, ABC Evening News would run only 15 minutes during Cochran's tenure; the network deferred expansion until Peter Jennings, his successor, took over the anchor's desk for his first stint. He later went to KGO-TV and anchored newscasts with Roger Grimsby.
| Preceded by John Cameron Swayze, Al Mann, Bill Lawrence |
ABC Evening News News anchor 1962 – 1964 |
Succeeded by Peter Jennings |
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