Iowa Almanac
Iowa Almanac -- Tuesday, September 24, 2024
And Iowa makes television history. More from the Iowa Almanac in a moment. Every detail matters when building a winning game plan. That's why the cyclones and Hawkeyes rely on better, cleaner now biodiesel to power their team buses on game day. Delivering success on the field, in the field, and in the environment. Make biodiesel part of your winning game plan by visiting iasoybeans.com. If you're a biodiesel, grow it, request it, use it. This message brought to you by the Iowa Soybean Association and the Soybean Check-Off. People in Dakota City Iowa said he got his strong vocabulary from his mother, who taught him to read before he started school. Harry Reasoner used those skills throughout his life, beginning his journalism career while a high school student in Minneapolis. He started in radio after the Second World War and soon moved to the new field of television. Reasoner was one of the early faces on the screen who helped invent television news. On September 24, 1968, his was the first voice heard on a new program, one which would revolutionize television. Good evening. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Once the program found a home on the Sunday night CBS schedule, 60 Minutes became the top rated program of any kind in the country and invented the television magazine show format. Reasoner was restless, though, and left CBS News in 1970 for the chance to co-anchor the ABC Evening News. That later made him part of history again on October 4, 1976. Our major story tonight is that agriculture secretary Earl Butz has paid the prize for telling an obscene racial joke on a commercial airline flight. Secretary Butz resigned today. Closer to home, I have a new colleague to welcome. Barbara. Thank you, Harry. Reasoner's new co-anchor was Barbara Walters, the first female anchor of a TV newscast. Reasoner later returned to CBS and 60 Minutes, where he finished his career. That's the news. I'm Harry Reasoner. Good night. Iowa native Harry Reasoner co-anchored the first 60 Minutes broadcast on CBS on this date in 1968. And that's Iowa Almanac for September 24. Follow us on Twitter @IowaAlmanac. Until tomorrow, I'm Jeff Stein.