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It was also available on the BBC's on-demand service BBC iPlayer for 28 days after its domestic broadcast. In Japan, it airs on NHK BS 1 as part of the weekday morning program Ohayo Sekai (Wake Up To The World),[41] and in clip form during the English language educational program ABC News Shower.[42]. Since 2014 the program has been called ABC World News Tonight. [19], Long-time ABC journalist and anchorwoman Diane Sawyer began anchoring the broadcast, which amended its title to ABC World News, on December 21, 2009. Beginning on August 15, 2005, the broadcast was introduced simply as World News Tonight and it remained that way until January 2006. She became one of the stations crucial anchors. The program was replaced again by Asia Business Report and Sport Today on March 30, 2015.[39]. Jennings was known for his ability to calmly portray events as they were happening and for his coverage of many major world events. Howard's television career began at WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio.One of Howard's duties was hosting a late afternoon movie program called Showtime. She … Llamas, 41, is being lined up for a wide-ranging role across NBC News … In the fall of 1953, John Daly began anchoring the then-15-minute John Daly and the News. It is currently the most watched network newscast in the United States, with an average of 2 million more than its nearest rival, NBC Nightly News. ABC News programs, including ABC World News Tonight, are shown for several hours a day on the 24-hour news network OSN News in MENA Region. Some former anchors of the weekend news broadcasts include Sam Donaldson (Sunday edition, 1979–1989), Kathleen Sullivan (Saturday edition, 1985–1987), Barry Serafin (Saturday edition, 1987–1988), Forrest Sawyer (Sunday edition, 1989–1993), Carole Simpson (Saturday edition, 1988–1993; Sunday edition, 1993–2003), Elizabeth Vargas (Saturday edition, 1997–2003; Sunday edition, 2003–2004), Jim Avila (Saturday edition, 2006–2007), Terry Moran (Saturday edition, 2004–2005), Bob Woodruff (Sunday edition, 2004–2005), Dan Harris (Sunday edition, 2006–2011) and David Muir (Saturday edition, 2007–2011; Saturday and Sunday editions, 2011–2014). Reasoner would eventually return to CBS and 60 Minutes, while Walters became a regular on the newsmagazine 20/20. A rotation of anchors hosted the program until August 9, 1983, when ABC announced that Jennings became the sole anchor and senior editor of World News Tonight, which took effect September 5, and on that day, the program began broadcasting from New York City on a regular basis. Source: Facebook@Ducis Rodgers. [12], On July 19, 2006, ABC News announced that World News Tonight would have its name officially changed to World News with Charles Gibson. Matt Pellman. This version was produced by WGBH, the Boston PBS station, which provided the captions and repackaged the broadcast with additional news stories – some of which were of special interest to the hearing impaired – as well as late-news developments, weather forecasts, and sports scores inserted in place of commercials. In 1975, Howard K. 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