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Charles Kuralt (Charles Bishop Kuralt)

Last Updated: 26 Jul, 2023 | Views: 388

Age: 62

Profession: Journalist

Other Profession(s): Author, News Presenter, Commentator, Correspondent

Famous For: Actor hosted CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite

Higher Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Charles Kuralt Religion, Birthday, Age

Date of Birth

10 Sep, 1934 (62 Years 09 Months 24 Days)

Birth Country

United States

Birth State/Province

North Carolina

Birth District

Wilmington

Birth Sign

Virgo

Nationalities

American

Died on

04 Jul, 1997

Charles Kuralt Early life, Education, Career, Awards, Achievements, Controversy, Unknown Facts

About (Profile/Biography):
Charles Bishop Kuralt was a journalist for American television, newspapers, radio, and books. Most people are familiar with him through his lengthy career at CBS, where he first became well-known for his "On the Road" sections on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite and eventually became the show's first anchor for fifteen years. Kuralt was admitted into the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Television Hall of Fame in 1996. Kuralt received two personal Peabody Awards for his On the Road segments.

Career:
In 1956: A column he wrote was called Charles Kuralt's People.
In 1961: After joining CBS, he served as Latin American Correspondent, covering 22 countries from Brazil's Rio de Janeiro.
In 1967: A CBS camera crew accompanied Kuralt and Ralph Plaisted on his first attempted snowmobile journey to the North Pole, which resulted in a documentary and book.
In 1989: Chinese democracy movements were covered by him.
In 2011: CBS News revived Kuralt's format by replacing him with Steve Hartman.

Achievements and Awards:
In 1956: His newspaper writing won the Ernie Pyle Award from Scripps-Howard.
In 1994: Kuralt was awarded the TCA Career Achievement Award.
In 1998: Winnie the Pooh won him the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children.

Unknown Facts:
He won a young sports writing contest for a nearby newspaper as a boy by penning a piece about a dog that roamed the streets on the field during a baseball game.
He won a $500 scholarship as one of four National Voice of Democracy winners at age 14 in 1948.