CBS News, headquartered in New York City, is one of the "big three" broadcast news networks in the U.S., alongside ABC and NBC. It began as a radio news service in 1929, and under news chief Paul W. White (appointed 1933), it expanded into Latin America during World War II to counter Nazi propaganda, with a legendary staff including Edward R. Murrow. The division launched its first television broadcasts in 1941, and in 1962, Walter Cronkite became the iconic anchor of its flagship program, the CBS Evening News. Today, it produces well-known programs like 60 Minutes, CBS Mornings, and Face the Nation, along with the 24-hour streaming channel CBS News 24/7. Recently, the network made headlines when it appointed conservative figures Kenneth R. Weinstein as ombudsman and Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief following a corporate merger, a move critics viewed as a notable shift to the political right.