Charles Osgood

American radio and television commentator · United States · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1933 to 2024 · aged 91

Charles Osgood Wood III was an American radio and television commentator, writer, and musician.

Charles Osgood is read about 92 times a day, in 6 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 28 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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Awards

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning Program2013

Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism2004

About this person

Osgood was best known both for being the host of CBS News Sunday Morning, a role he held for over 22 years from April 10, 1994, until September 25, 2016, and The Osgood File, a series of daily radio commentaries he hosted from 1971 until December 29, 2017.

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United States