Dan Rather

Dan Rather is the anchor and managing editor of Dan Rather Reports, which started broadcasting on HDNet in November 2006. Rather served as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from March 9, 1981, to March 9, 2005, the longest such tenure in broadcast journalism history. He anchored and reported for 48 Hoursfrom its premiere on Jan. 19, 1988, through September 2002. He was a correspondent for 60 Minutes from October 1975 to September 1981, and again from March 2005 to the summer of 2006. Rather served as a correspondent for 60 Minutes II from its debut on Jan. 13, 1999, to its final edition in September 2005. He has received virtually every honor in broadcast journalism, including numerous Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award and citations from critical, scholarly, professional and charitable organizations.