Peter Jennings
From The Museum of Broadcast Communications:
Very few names in broadcast journalism are as recognizable as Peter Jennings. His father, Charles, was the most prominent radio announcer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)....
Jennings was ten years old when he received his first anchor job for Peter's Program, a Saturday morning radio show which showcased young talent....He began his professional career as a disc jockey and news reporter for a small radio station in Brockville, Ontario, and like many reporters who achieve major success his opportunity to make a name for himself came with breaking news. In this case it was the story of a train wreck he covered for the CBC that brought attention. But the story got him a job with CTV, Canada's first private TV network, rather than with the public broadcaster....[I]n 1964, Jennings joined ABC as an anchor for a 15-minute evening news segment.
A year later, in an unprecedented rise to the top, Jennings, at 27, became the youngest ABC Evening News anchor....In 1968, he left the anchor desk and was sent to Rome to become a foreign correspondent and sharpen his reporting skills....
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