anchorman (1952?)

[Orin Hargraves]

An article in today's Baltimore Sun

(http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/arts/bal-as.hewitt28mar28,0,6684849.stor
y?coll=bal-artslife-society)

states that "During the same convention, [Don] Hewitt and Sig Mickelson, then
president of CBS News, coined the word 'anchorman' to describe a new style of
reporting being done by their recent hire - a man named Cronkite."

The convention was the 1952 Republican convention in Chicago. No citations are
given. RHUD says 1955-60 for this usage; I don't find other dictionaries that
date it.

Orin Hargraves