August 2004

CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER

CBS EVENING NEWS begins its 42nd season on the CBS Television Network in the fall.

ON AIR: Weeknights (6:30-7:00 PM, ET/PT, or 7:00-7:30 PM, ET/PT, and 6:00-6:30 PM, PT, or 5:30-6:00 PM, PT)

ORIGINATION: New York

FORMAT: News reports, features and interviews by CBS News correspondents covering events throughout the world

PREMIERE OF
"CBS EVENING NEWS": Sept. 2, 1963 (as a half-hour broadcast)

ANCHOR: Dan Rather

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jim Murphy

MANAGING EDITOR: Dan Rather

SENIOR BROADCAST PRODUCER: Lyne Pitts

BROADCAST PRODUCER: Chris Dinan

SENIOR PRODUCERS: Susan Bean, Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, Chris Dinan (New York), James McGlinchy (Washington, D.C.)

PRODUCERS: Terri Belli, Amy Birnbaum, Betty Chin, Susan Cipollaro, Raylena Fields, Kevin Finnegan, Tom Flynn, David Frifield, Sally Garner, Linda Karas, Karen Raffensberger, Susan Schackman, Mike Solmsen (New York); Andrea Bruce, David Caravello, Mary Hager, Mark Katkov, Max McClellan, Allyson Ross-Taylor, Ward Sloane, Andres Triay, Mary Walsh (Washington, D.C.); Marsha Cooke, Roberta Hollander, Marc Lieberman, Barbara Pierce, Bruce Rheins, Diane Ronnau, Eleanore Vega (Los Angeles); Mark Hooper, Jason Sickles (Dallas); Larry Doyle (Miami); Malinda Adams (Atlanta); George Osterkamp (San Francisco); Charlie Brooks (Chicago); Peter Bluff, Andy Clarke, Lynne Edwards, Randall Joyce, Carol Marquis, Ashley Velie (London); Alec Sirken (Tokyo)

NEWS EDITOR: Jerry Cipriano

WRITERS: Paul Fischer, Bruce Meyer

EDITORS: Craig Crawford, Bob Green, Walt Leiding, Mike Mayberry, Tom McEneny, Nathaniel Merrill, Tom Micklas, Ed Petrovits (New York); Robert Blache, Michael Faulkner, Phil Gillespie, Dan Radovsky, Kim Shaffir, Charlie Wilson, Craig Wunderlich (Washington, D.C.)

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Press Contact: Andie Silvers 212/975-3328 silversa@cbsnews.com