1 Edward Murrow and Fred W. Friendly were among the first news anchors in the 1950s. Why was it an advantage that they had previous careers on the radio? A Audiences were already used to getting news from them. OB. In a few years, people would no longer be getting news from radio. ОС. Everything they knew about broadcasting would apply to television. OD. More people were listening to the radio, so it was a step down professionally.​