“Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer has announced he is retiring, CBS News confirmed on Wednesday, in a move that will open a seat at one of the longest-running programs on television.
The journalist, who has worked in the industry for more than 50 years — 46 of them with CBS — will say goodbye to the newsroom this summer. He made the announcement in Fort Worth at TCU’s Schieffer College of Communication, where he was speaking at its annual Schieffer Symposium.
“Bob’s been with CBS since 1969… chief Washington correspondent since 1982 … and host of ‘Face the Nation’ since 1991. That broadcast is in its 60th year and has never been better or more powerful, ranking consistently No. 1 this season,” CBS News president David Rhodes said in a statement. “He’s been an inspiration and a mentor to so many colleagues — and frankly, to me. You could see at TCU tonight how that inspiration extends to a wider community of reporters and editors and academics … Not to mention the example he sets as a father and husband with his wife Pat and his whole family here and elsewhere.”
