This American broadcaster was best known for the line, “This is London.”
Ernie Pyle
Edward R. Murrow
Walter Cronkite
Arthur Godfrey
Eric Severied
Edward R. Murrow. During World War II broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow became known for opening his radio reports from London with the ominous-sounding “This is London.” He later turned to television, becoming the host of a celebrity interview show called Person to Person, and was named head of the U.S. Information Agency in 1961.