ABC evening news anchors lists the announcers, journalists, newscasters and commentators who have appeared as principal news presenters for the American ABC network's flagship weekday evening news program which, since December 21, 2009, has been titled ABC World News with Diane Sawyer.

• H. R. Baukhage and Jim Gibbons (News and Views, August 11, 1948 March 30, 1951; After the Deadlines, April 2, 1951 October 3, 1952)^[1]
• Bryson Rash, Pauline Frederick, Gordon Fraser and Leo Cherne (All-Star News, October 6, 1952 January 2, 1953-----prime-time news, one hour Mondays and Wednesdays, half hour other nights)
• ABC network has no evening news broadcast Monday Friday (January 5, 1953 October 9, 1953)
• John Daly (John Daly and the News, October 12, 1953 September 12, 1958)
• Don Goddard (ABC News, September 15, 1958 May 8, 1959 at 7:15 7:30 (Eastern and Pacific time), followed three hours later by John Daly and the News at 10:30 10:45 (Eastern and Pacific)
• John Daly (John Daly and the News, May 11, 1959 December 16, 1960)
• Bill Shadel (ABC Evening Report, December 19, 1960 September 22, 1961)
• Bill Lawrence, Al Mann and John Cameron Swayze (ABC Evening Report, September 25, 1961 March 23, 1962 at 6 or 7, followed four or five hours later by 10-minute ABC News Final with Ron Cochran)
• Ron Cochran (ABC Evening Report, March 26, 1962 January 29, 1965) also anchorman for 10-minute news at 11 pm until March 29, 1963; followed on the late news by Murphy Martin (April 2, 1963 May 29, 1964) and Bob Young (June 1, 1964 January 8, 1965)
• Peter Jennings (ABC Evening Report / ABC Evening News, February 1, 1965 December 29, 1967-----program expanded to half-hour as ABC News on January 9, 1967)
• Bob Young (ABC Evening News, January 1, 1968 May 24, 1968)
• Frank Reynolds (ABC Evening News, May 27, 1968 May 16, 1969)
• Frank Reynolds and Howard K. Smith (ABC Evening News, May 19, 1969 December 4, 1970)^[2]
• Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner (ABC Evening News, December 7, 1970 September 5, 1975)
• Harry Reasoner (ABC Evening News, September 8, 1975 October 1, 1976)
• Harry Reasoner and Barbara Walters (ABC Evening News, October 4, 1976 July 7, 1978)
• Frank Reynolds, Max Robinson, Peter Jennings and Barbara Walters (World News Tonight, July 10, 1978 April 20, 1983)
• Peter Jennings (ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, September 5, 1983 April 5, 2005)
• Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas (ABC World News, January 3 May 26, 2006)
• Charles Gibson (ABC World News with Charles Gibson, May 29, 2006 December 18, 2009)
• Diane Sawyer (ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, December 21, 2009 Present)

References

External links

• World News with Diane Sawyer- Official Website