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Jessica Beth Savitch (February 1, 1947 – October 23, 1983) was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily newsreader for NBC News during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
John William Chancellor (July 14, 1927 – July 12, 1996) was an American journalist who spent most of his career with NBC News. He is considered a pioneer in television news. [2] Chancellor served as anchor of the NBC Nightly News from 1970 to 1982 and continued to do editorials and commentaries for NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw until 1993.
Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an American journalist and television news anchor. He was a correspondent for NBC Nightly News starting in 1993, before his promotion to anchor and managing editor of the broadcast in 2004.
Thomas John Brokaw (/ ˈ b r oʊ k ɔː /; born February 6, 1940) [2] is an American retired network television journalist and author. He first served as the co-anchor of The Today Show from 1976 to 1981 with Jane Pauley, then as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 22 years (1982–2004).
Retired NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw then delivered, live on NBC, CNBC, and MSNBC, the breaking news of his death. NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was on assignment in Afghanistan and could not anchor the special report. [53] CBS and ABC also interrupted programming to report Russert's death.
Lester Don Holt Jr. (born March 8, 1959) [3] is an American news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News, NBC Nightly News Kids Edition, and Dateline NBC.On June 18, 2015, Holt was made the permanent anchor of NBC Nightly News following the demotion of Brian Williams.
On February 1, 1965, ABC plucked the fresh-faced Canadian from the field and placed him at the anchor desk of Peter Jennings With the News, then a 15-minute nightly newscast. He replaced Ron Cochran, a fellow Canadian. [2] At 26, Jennings was, and remains, the youngest-ever U.S. network news anchor. [10] "ABC was in bad shape at the time ...
Although he retired from NBC on March 25, 2005, he was still heard on Nightly News until December 14, 2007, when anchor Brian Williams announced a new voice "that you all know" will debut as the new announcer beginning December 17, 2007. [2] The new voice was that of actor Michael Douglas. [2] He earned a B.A. and M.F.A. from SUNY Albany.