Rash, Bryson B.

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)