Rash, Bryson B.

Dates:
Active 1956
Active 1973

Biographical notes:

Radio and television journalist. Born 1913, died 1992. Full name: Bryson Brennan Rash.

From the description of Papers of Bryson B. Rash, 1918-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456493

Biographical Note

1913, Aug. 18 Born, Los Angeles, Calif. 1925 Voice of Buster Brown, KMOX radio, St. Louis, Mo. 1933 1934 Announcer, KWK radio, St. Louis, Mo. 1934 1935 Announcer, KMOX radio, St. Louis, Mo. 1936 Announcer, WLW radio, Cincinnati, Ohio Staff announcer, Columbia Broadcasting System, Washington, D.C. 1937 1942 Newscaster and liaison with White House and State Department, National Broadcasting Co., Washington, D.C. 1939 Participated in the first remote television broadcast in the United States 1940 Married Esther Julie Jenkins 1942 1956 Newscaster, White House correspondent and director of special events and public affairs, American Broadcasting Co. and WMAL, Washington, D.C. 1947 Produced and reported the first Senate hearing to be televised (Foreign Relations Committee) Produced and reported the first White House speech by a president on television 1948 Pool correspondent for the first televised political convention 1954 Pool correspondent for all television networks, Senate Army-McCarthy hearings 1956 Pool correspondent for American radio networks, hydrogen bomb test at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands 1956 1970 Newscaster and reporter, National Broadcasting Co. and WRC, Washington, D.C. 1963 President, National Press Club 1970 1977 Manager, editorial services, WRC-TV, Washington, D.C. 1979 1983 Local history reporter, "P.M. Magazine" 1983 Published Footnote Washington. McLean, Va.: EPM Publications 1988 1989 Reporter for "Of Monuments and Myths" and "Landmarks and Legends," WETA, Public Broadcasting System, Washington, D.C. 1992, Nov. 10 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Bryson B. Rash Papers, 1918-1992, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Army
  • Broadcast journalism
  • Elections
  • Hydrogen bomb
  • Hydrogen bomb
  • Journalism
  • Journalism
  • Radio journalism
  • Television
  • Television broadcasting of news

Occupations:

  • Journalists

Places:

  • Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands) (as recorded)
  • Marshall Islands (as recorded)
  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Cuba (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands) (as recorded)

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