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A smiling Barbara Walters chats with co-host Harry Reasoner following her debut as the nation's first female anchorwoman, on ABC's evening news program, in New York, October 5, 1976. When she moves to CBS, Katie Couric will become network television's first solo female news anchor. She joins a list of women anchors.Walters, tops the list but lasted only from 1976 to 1978, when the pairing was discontinued due to low ratings. (AP Photo)