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<h2>Early Life and Education</h2>
<p>Ron Cochran was an American <a href="/biography/ron-cochran">television news journalist</a>, best known for his role as a network news anchor in the 1960s. He was born <a href="/biography/ron-cochran">Ronald V. Cochran</a> on September 20, 1912, in Saskatchewan, Canada, and raised in Iowa. He attended Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa. After completing his education, Cochran began his broadcasting career by working at various radio stations across the Midwest.</p>

<h2>Military and Early Career</h2>
<p>Before fully transitioning into journalism, Cochran spent two years working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 1945, he returned to broadcasting, accepting a position with a radio station in Boston.</p>

<h2>Career at CBS and ABC</h2>
<p>In 1951, Cochran joined CBS, initially working in Washington in both radio and television. He later moved to WCBS-TV in New York, where he anchored the station’s 11 p.m. news program. Cochran also served as host of the CBS drama series <em>Armstrong Circle Theatre</em>, which focused on docudrama-style programming.</p>

<h2>ABC Evening News and National Recognition</h2>
<p>Ron Cochran is perhaps best known for anchoring <em>The ABC Evening News with Ron Cochran</em> from 1962 to 1965. During his tenure, he became the principal anchor for ABC’s coverage of major national events, including the assassination of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> in 1963. Although rival networks expanded their evening news programs to 30 minutes during this era, ABC’s evening news broadcast remained 15 minutes in length while Cochran served as its anchor.</p>

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<h2>Personal Life and Legacy</h2>
<p>Cochran was married to Beulah Tracht for 56 years until his death in 1994. The couple had two children: a son, Ronald W. Cochran, and a daughter, Judith Cochran-Smith. His calm demeanor and authoritative delivery contributed to shaping the early years of televised evening news in the United States.</p>

<h2>Death</h2>
<p>Ron Cochran died of a heart attack on July 25, 1994, in Lake Worth, Florida, at the age of 81. He is remembered as a pioneering figure in American broadcast journalism whose work helped define the standards for modern television news reporting.</p>

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