CBS has had three in a row that covers over 50 years of broadcasting. Uncle Walter the Red, Crazy Dan and now Bob Shieffer, all with Texas accents. ABC had Brinkley for what seemed a few centuries with a North Carolina accent, Roger Mudd has a Southern Virginia accent, and I'm sure there are others if I stop to think about it.
Diane Sawyer, west Texas.
Judy Woodruff was in Atlanta before she went to PBS, but I don't know if she's from down there -- I kinda think so.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault was one of the kids who integrated Little Rock High, I think. Ed Bradley, maybe.
Hodding Carter III is a Mississippian from an old newspapering family.
Cokie Roberts is none other than Cokie Boggs, daughter of the mighty Wade Boggs of Louisiana, longtime power in the House of Representatives, and of Lindy Boggs, who held that New Orleans seat for over 20 years.
Charley Rose is from North Carolina.