Anthony Brunton | Radio pioneer at CBS, 76
Anthony Brunton, 76, a broadcaster who was part of the first group of reporters when CBS launched its all-news radio station in New York, has died after a heart attack.
Anthony Brunton, 76, a broadcaster who was part of the first group of reporters when CBS launched its all-news radio station in New York, has died after a heart attack.
CBS said Mr. Brunton died Sunday in Long Island.
He began his career in broadcasting in 1956 at WICC Radio in Bridgeport, Conn., where he was news director. In 1964, he joined WCBS Newsradio 88 in New York and helped develop the all-news format.
He covered some of the biggest stories of the '60s: the subway strike, the power blackout, and the civil unrest after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
His colleagues included CBS News correspondent Charles Osgood and 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley. - AP