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New York Daily News
October 19,2006
Glenn: A legend leaves a legacy at CBS News
The genius of the late Christopher Glenn, to his boss at CBS News, was clarity.
Whether he was explaining complex issues to 8-year-olds on the Saturday morning TV short "In the News" or breaking down the space program for grownups on the CBS "World News Roundup," Glenn distilled information so his audience understood.
It's the goal of all journalists and the achievement of some.
"Chris was a legend, though he never perceived himself to be," said Harvey Nagler, vice president of CBS News/Radio, where Glenn worked until his retirement in February. "He was a meticulous writer."
Glenn, who died Tuesday at Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital of liver cancer at 68, also had a distinctive soothing baritone that became a signature voice of modern radio and TV news.
His colleagues in a subdued newsroom yesterday remembered his skills as a reporter and anchor, going back to WICC in Bridgeport, Conn., and then Metromedia and WNEW radio in the '60s.
He joined CBS in March 1971 and, six months later, launched "In the News," which ran between Saturday morning cartoons on CBS-TV and explained issues like President Richard Nixon's resignation to a preteen audience.
"I'm one of the tens of millions of American thirty- and fortysomethings whose first memories of news and current events are of Christopher Glenn," said Paul Farry, who grew up to produce Glenn on "World News Roundup" the last four years.
In the grownup world, Glenn was on the air Jan. 28, 1986, when Challenger blew up.
"This flight, which was to have been such a bright chapter in the history of manned flight, turning in the flash of an instant into a terrible, terrible tragedy," he said.
"He was proud of his coverage of the space program," said Nagler. "But he didn't show it. He was quiet. Other reporters were honored just to be in his presence."
Among many awards, Glenn and Farry won the Radio and Television News Directors' Edward R. Murrow Award the last two years. Glenn will also be inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame on Nov. 4.
"He always seemed shocked when I told him he'd won another award," said Nagler. "I don't think he knew the influence he had on all of us."
New York Daily News
January 21,2006
Heading for last Roundup
One of the most recognizable voices on news radio will be leaving the air next month.
Christopher Glenn, anchor of "CBS World News Roundup" since 1999, is retiring after the Feb. 24 broadcast. Before that, he had anchored, among other things, CBS' "The World Tonight" and "CBS News Nightwatch." From 1971-1984, he anchored more than 5,000 episodes of "In the News," a TV program on current events for young viewers. He started his career with Armed Forces Broadcasting in Korea and New York in 1960, and his local work also included six years as a reporter, editor and documentary producer at WNEW-AM, 1964-1970.
KNX Radio
Each weekday morning at 7, KNX treats Southland listeners to CBS Radio's World News Roundup, an expanded top-of-the-hour news summary of the world's breaking stories. CBS News Correspondent Christopher Glenn anchors this longest-running news program on radio- over 55 years! The World News Roundup's proud past includes such anchors as Robert Trout, Douglas Edwards, Dallas Townsend, Reid Collins, and Bill Lynch. During its very first broadcast in 1938, such legendary reporters as William L. Shirer and Edward R. Murrow were among those heard from various locations around the globe. Former CBS News President Howard Stringer commented on the Peabody-award-winning broadcast by saying, "its journalistic luster has never dimmed, and it remains the pre-eminent radio news broadcast in America."
Veteran correspondent Christopher Glenn has been an integral part of CBS News since 1971. He began anchoring the "Roundup" in 1999, after spending 11 years in a similar capacity for "The World Tonight." Glenn has also been on the scene for many top news events, including several space shuttle missions, national political conventions, and other major news stories. Glenn's talents have also often surfaced on television where he has extensive journalistic credits. For example, he was the reporter/narrator for the Emmy award-winning "In The News" series of current event broadcasts for young viewers.
A native New Yorker, Glenn began his broadcast career in 1960 with Armed Forces Radio. He has also worked at WICC Radio (Bridgeport, CT), at WNEW Radio in New York and was Managing Editor of the Metromedia Radio News Network. He received his BA from the University of Colorado.
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