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15 unusual facts about NBC Nightly News


Bill McCord

In his later years with the network, up to his retirement in 1980, McCord's announcing work largely consisted of sub-announcing on NBC Nightly News and the one-minute NBC News Updates (as a frequent fill-in for regular announcer Bill Hanrahan), as well as occasional booth announcing duties for the local flagship station, WNBC-TV.

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Its faculty is drawn from current and former journalists at The New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Economist, The Nation, NBC Nightly News, and PBS, among others.

Jerry Vines

When the story was covered by NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw on February 25, 2003, Vines finally broke his silence on the issue, claiming that his statements had been overemphasized in media reports, and that he had not intended to evoke hate.

June Wandrey

Mann's book garnered significant public and media attention, leading to numerous television, radio and personal appearances, including on The Larry King Show, NBC Nightly News and the Paul Harvey Show, among others.

Kathleen Zelman

She has also made hundreds of print and television appearances including CNN, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Wall St. Journal and New York Times.

Lester Holt

Lester Steven Holt (born March 8, 1959) is an American news journalist who anchors the Weekend editions of NBC's Today, (Weekend Today) and NBC Nightly News.

MidAmerica St. Louis Airport

Featured several times as a "Fleecing of America" segment on the NBC Nightly News, it was called a "Gateway to Nowhere" by Tom Brokaw, costing taxpayers $313 million.

Naji Sabri

In March 2006, NBC Nightly News reported that Naji Sabri was, indeed, the "source who had direct access to Saddam and his inner circle" of which former United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director George Tenet had once boasted.

Nancy Snyderman

Since 2006, she has been the chief medical editor for NBC News, and frequently appears on NBC's Today, NBC Nightly News and MSNBC to discuss medicine-related issues.

National Weather Service bulletin for New Orleans region

Ricks, a native of the Ninth Ward, later told NBC Nightly News that he wrote the bulletin based on his experiences with Betsy and Camille.

Nile Gardiner

Gardiner has been interviewed as a pundit on many television news programs, including Fox News, NBC Nightly News, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and Washington Journal amongst others.

Richard Pildes

During the 2000 Presidential election controversy, he had an exclusive media contract with NBC and appeared frequently on NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, MSNBC, and WNBC-TV.

Robert Hager

He worked as a regular correspondent for NBC Nightly News for 35 years, before retiring from daily reporting in November 2004.

SAME Cafe

On the March 9, 2009 NBC Nightly News broadcast, Brian Williams singled out the SAME Cafe for recognition in the "Make a Difference" segment.

William Arkin

In February 2007, Arkin responded to an NBC Nightly News report on U.S. soldiers in Iraq who said they were frustrated by antiwar sentiment at home, and especially by people who say they support the troops, but not the war.


¡Qué Sorpresa!

Jack goes on to tell her that Avery's dream career as the Financial reporter for NBC Nightly News would not be possible if they find out about the pregnancy, especially Carmen Chao (Vanessa Minnillo), an MSNBC reporter with an unknown ethnic background who is relentlessly trying to reveal Avery's secret pregnancy.

ITN World News

Secondly, many popular programmes from NBC began appearing on the channel: comedy programmes from NBC included The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Saturday Night Live; news programmes from NBC included Dateline NBC, The Today Show, and NBC Nightly News With Tom Brokaw.

Jennifer Donahue

After more than a decade as a political reporter, analyst and producer, Donahue is known for appearing on National Public Radio, ABC World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, Nightline (US news program), CBS Evening News, and Anderson Cooper 360°.

Maysoon Zayid

She started her acting career by appearing on the popular soap opera As the World Turns for two years, as well as guest appearances on Law & Order, NBC Nightly News and ABC's 20/20.

Robert Bazell

Also in 1986, he was also a reporter and chief space correspondent during the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster when he reported about the explosion of the Space Shuttle on the January 28, 1986 episode of NBC Nightly News.

Williams Bay High School

This drill was filmed and shown along with interviews of school officials and community members on the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw.