Bill Shadel

Bill Shadel (July 31, 1908 – January 29, 2005) was an American news anchor for CBS Radio and ABC Television.

Edward R. Murrow recruited Shadel while he was working in Europe as a correspondent for the National Rifle Association. During World War II, Shadel covered the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion for CBS Radio. During his years at CBS, Shadel worked alongside Murrow, Howard K. Smith, Walter Cronkite, and Eric Sevareid.

In 1954 Shadel became the first host of the Sunday-morning interview show Face the Nation. He later became one of several anchors for ABC's Evening News after John Charles Daly stepped down in 1960, and also that year moderated the third presidential debate between Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

Shadel would then stay with ABC and retire from their news division in 1975.

External links

USA Today Obituary
Bill Shadel at the Internet Movie Database

Anchors of ABC World News Tonight

H. R. Baukhage Pauline Frederick Leo Cherne John Daly Don Goddard John Daly Bill Shadel Bill Lawrence John Cameron Swayze Ron Cochran Peter Jennings Bob Young Frank Reynolds Howard K. Smith Harry Reasoner Barbara Walters Frank Reynolds Max Robinson Peter Jennings Bob Woodruff Elizabeth Vargas Charles Gibson Diane Sawyer David Muir

First	Face the Nation Moderator November 7, 1954 – August 14, 1955	Succeeded by Stuart Novins

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