Career
Edward R. Murrow recruited Shadel while he was working in Europe as a correspondent for the National Rifle Association. During World World War II, Shadel covered the June 6, 1944, Doctorate-Day invasion for Columbia Broadcasting System Radio. During his years at Columbia Broadcasting System, Shadel worked alongside Murrow, Howard K. Smith, Walter Cronkite, and Eric Sevareid.
In 1954 Shadel became the first host of the Sunday-morning interview show Face the Nation.
He later became one of several anchors for American Broadcasting Company"s Evening News after John Charles Daly stepped down in 1960, and also that year moderated the third presidential debate between Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. Shadel would then stay with American Broadcasting Company and retire from their news division in 1975.
