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. The division operates under
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, a division of
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, which is itself a subsidiary of
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. The news division's various operations report to the president of NBC News,
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. The NBCUniversal News Group also comprises
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, the network's 24-hour liberal cable news channel, as well as business and consumer news channels
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, the Spanish language and United Kingdom-based
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. NBC News aired the first regularly scheduled news program in American broadcast television history on February 21, 1940. The group's broadcasts are produced and aired from
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, NBCUl's headquarters in
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. The division presides over the flagship evening newscast ''
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'', the world's first of its genre morning television program, ''
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'', and the longest-running television series in American history, ''
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'', the Sunday morning program of newsmakers interviews. NBC News also offers 70 years of rare historic footage from the
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online. NBC News operates NBCNews.com, the division's official website.


History


Caravan era

The first regularly scheduled American television newscast in history was made by NBC News on February 21, 1940, anchored by
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(1892–1981), and airing weeknights at 6:45 p.m. It was simply Lowell Thomas in front of a television camera while doing his NBC network radio broadcast; the television simulcast was seen only in New York. In June 1940, NBC, through its flagship station in
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, W2XBS (renamed commercial WNBT in 1941, now
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) operating on channel one, televised 30¼ hours of coverage of the
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live and direct from
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. The station used a series of relays from Philadelphia to New York and on to upper
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, for rebroadcast on W2XB in
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(now
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), making this among the first "network" programs of NBC Television. Due to wartime and technical restrictions, there were no live telecasts of the 1944 conventions, although films of the events were reportedly shown over WNBT the next day. About this time, there were irregularly scheduled, quasi-network newscasts originating from NBC's WNBT in New York City (
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) and reportedly fed to WPTZ (now
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) in Philadelphia and
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in Schenectady, NY. Such as, Esso sponsored news features as well as ''The War As It Happens'' in the final days of World War II, another irregularly scheduled NBC television newsreel program that was also seen in New York, Philadelphia, and Schenectady on the relatively few (roughly 5000) television sets which existed at the time. After the war, '' NBC Television Newsreel'' aired filmed news highlights with narration. Later in 1948, when sponsored by
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, ''NBC Television Newsreel'' was renamed ''
Camel Newsreel Theatre ''The Camel News Caravan'' or ''Camel Caravan of News'' is an American television program broadcast by NBC. Anchored by John Cameron Swayze, it aired from February 16, 1949, to October 26, 1956, and was replaced by '' The Huntley–Brinkley Report ...
'' and then, when
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was added as an on-camera anchor in 1949, the program was renamed ''
Camel News Caravan ''The Camel News Caravan'' or ''Camel Caravan of News'' is an American television program broadcast by NBC. Anchored by John Cameron Swayze, it aired from February 16, 1949, to October 26, 1956, and was replaced by '' The Huntley–Brinkley Repo ...
''. In 1948, NBC teamed up with ''
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'' magazine to provide election night coverage of President
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's surprising victory over
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. The television audience was small, but NBC's share in New York was double that of any other outlet. The following year, the ''
Camel News Caravan ''The Camel News Caravan'' or ''Camel Caravan of News'' is an American television program broadcast by NBC. Anchored by John Cameron Swayze, it aired from February 16, 1949, to October 26, 1956, and was replaced by '' The Huntley–Brinkley Repo ...
'', anchored by
John Cameron Swayze John Cameron Swayze (April 4, 1906 – August 15, 1995) was an American anchorman, news commentator, and game show panelist during the 1940s and 1950s. He later became best known as a product spokesman. Early life Born in Wichita, Kansas, Sw ...
, debuted on NBC. Lacking the graphics and technology of later years, it contained many elements of modern newscasts. NBC hired its own film crews and in the program's early years, it dominated CBS's competing program, which did not hire its own film crews until 1953. (By contrast, CBS spent lavishly on
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's weekly series, ''
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''). In 1950,
David Brinkley David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997. From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top-rated nightly news program, '' The Huntley–Brinkle ...
began serving as the program's
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correspondent, but attracted little attention outside the network until paired with
Chet Huntley Chester Robert Huntley (December 10, 1911 – March 20, 1974) was an American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, '' The Huntley–Brinkley Report,'' for 14 years beginning in 1956. Early life Hunt ...
in 1956. In 1955, the ''Camel News Caravan'' fell behind
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' '' Douglas Edwards with the News'', and Swayze lost the already tepid support of NBC executives. The following year, NBC replaced the program with the '' Huntley-Brinkley Report''. Beginning in 1951, NBC News was managed by Director of News Bill McAndrew, who reported to Vice President of News and Public Affairs J. Davidson Taylor.


Huntley-Brinkley era

Television assumed an increasingly prominent role in American family life in the late 1950s, and NBC News was called television's "champion of news coverage." NBC president Robert Kintner provided the news division with ample amounts of both financial resources and air time. In 1956, the network paired anchors
Chet Huntley Chester Robert Huntley (December 10, 1911 – March 20, 1974) was an American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, '' The Huntley–Brinkley Report,'' for 14 years beginning in 1956. Early life Hunt ...
and
David Brinkley David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997. From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top-rated nightly news program, '' The Huntley–Brinkle ...
and the two became celebrities, supported by reporters including
John Chancellor 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. Chancellor served as anchor of the ''NBC Nightly News'' from 1970 to ...
, Frank McGee,
Edwin Newman Edwin Harold Newman (January 25, 1919 – August 13, 2010) was an American newscaster, journalist, and author. After beginning his career with the wire services and serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Newman worked in radio for CBS New ...
,
Sander Vanocur Sander Vanocur (; born Alexander Vinocur, January 8, 1928 – September 16, 2019) was an American television journalist who focused on U.S. national electoral politics, primarily for NBC News and ABC News. Life and career Vanocur was born i ...
,
Nancy Dickerson Nancy Dickerson (January 19, 1927 – October 18, 1997) was an American radio and television journalist and researcher for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Famous as a celebrity and socialite (whereby she was sometimes called Nancy Dicke ...
,
Tom Pettit William Thomas Pettit (April 23, 1931 – December 22, 1995) was an American journalist, who was a television news correspondent for NBC from the 1960s through 1995. During most of that period, he filed reports for ''NBC Nightly News'' (as well ...
, and Ray Scherer. Created by Producer
Reuven Frank Reuven Frank (December 7, 1920 – February 5, 2006) was an American broadcast news executive. Life and career Born Israel Reuven Frank (he later dropped his first name) to a Jewish family in Montreal, Quebec, he earned a bachelor's degree in so ...
, NBC's ''
The Huntley–Brinkley Report ''The Huntley–Brinkley Report'' (sometimes known as ''The Texaco Huntley–Brinkley Report'' for one of its early sponsors) is an American television program broadcast by NBC. Anchored by Chet Huntley in New York City, and David Brinkley in Wa ...
'' had its debut on October 29, 1956. During much of its 14-year run, it exceeded the viewership levels of its CBS News competition, anchored initially by
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and, beginning in April 1962, by
Walter Cronkite Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 â€“ July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the ''CBS Evening News'' from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trust ...
. NBC's Vice President of News and Public Affairs, J. Davidson Taylor, was a Southerner who, with Producer Reuven Frank, was determined that NBC would lead television's coverage of the civil rights movement. In 1955, NBC provided national coverage of
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's leadership of the
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in
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, airing reports from Frank McGee, then News Director of NBC's Montgomery affiliate
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, who would later join the network. A year later, John Chancellor's coverage of the admission of black students to Central High School in
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was the first occasion when the key news story came from television rather than print and prompted a prominent U.S. senator to observe later, "When I think of Little Rock, I think of John Chancellor." Other reporters who covered the movement for the network included Sander Vanocur, Herbert Kaplow, Charles Quinn, and Richard Valeriani, who was hit with an ax handle at a demonstration in
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in 1965. While Walter Cronkite's enthusiasm for the space race eventually won the anchorman viewers for CBS and NBC News, with the work of correspondents such as Frank McGee, Roy Neal,
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, and
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, also provided ample coverage of American crewed space missions in the
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,
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, and
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programs. In an era when space missions rated continuous coverage, NBC configured its largest studio,
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, for space coverage. It utilized models and mockups of rockets and spacecraft, maps of the Earth and Moon to show orbital trackage, and stages on which animated figures created by puppeteer
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were used to depict movements of astronauts before on-board spacecraft television cameras were feasible. (Studio 8H had been home to the
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and is now the home of ''
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.'') NBC's coverage of the
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in 1969 earned the network an
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. In the late 1950s, Kintner reorganized the chain of command at the network, making Bill McAndrew president of NBC News, reporting directly to Kintner. McAndrew served in that position until his death in 1968. McAndrew was succeeded by his Executive Vice President, Producer Reuven Frank, who held the position until 1973. On November 22, 1963, NBC interrupted various programs on its affiliate stations at 1:45  p.m... to announce that President John F. Kennedy had been shot in
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,
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. Eight minutes later, at 1:53:12  p.m......, NBC broke into programming with a network bumper slide and
Chet Huntley Chester Robert Huntley (December 10, 1911 – March 20, 1974) was an American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, '' The Huntley–Brinkley Report,'' for 14 years beginning in 1956. Early life Hunt ...
, Bill Ryan and Frank McGee informing the viewers what was going on as it happened. Still, the reports were audio-only since a camera was not in service. However, NBC did not begin broadcasting over the air until 1:57 p.m. ET. About 40 minutes later, after word came that JFK was pronounced dead, NBC suspended regular programming and carried 71 hours of uninterrupted news coverage of the assassination and the
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of the president—including the only live broadcast of the fatal shooting of Kennedy's assassin,
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, by
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as Oswald was being led in handcuffs by law-enforcement officials through the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters.


''NBC Nightly News'' era

NBC's ratings lead began to slip toward the end of the 1960s and fell sharply when Chet Huntley retired in 1970; he died of
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four years later, in 1974. The loss of Huntley and RCA's reluctance to fund NBC News at a similar level as CBS's funding of its news division left NBC News in the doldrums. NBC's primary news show gained its present title, ''
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'', on August 3, 1970. The network tried a platoon of anchors (Brinkley, McGee, and
John Chancellor 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. Chancellor served as anchor of the ''NBC Nightly News'' from 1970 to ...
) during the early months of ''Nightly News''. Despite the efforts of the network's eventual lead anchor, the articulate, even-toned Chancellor, and an occasional first-place finish in the Nielsens, ''Nightly News'' in the 1970s was primarily a strong second. By the end of the decade, NBC had to contend not only with a powerful CBS but also a surging
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, led by
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.
Tom Brokaw Thomas John Brokaw (; born February 6, 1940) is an American author and retired network television journalist. He first served as the co-anchor of Today (American TV program), ''The Today Show'' from 1976 to 1981 with Jane Pauley, then as the anch ...
became sole anchor in 1983, after co-anchoring with
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for a year, and began leading NBC's efforts. In 1986 and 1987, NBC won the top spot in the Nielsens for the first time in years, only to fall back when Nielsen's rating methodology changed. In late 1996, ''Nightly News'' again moved into first place, a spot it has held onto in most of the succeeding years.
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assumed primary anchor duties when Brokaw retired in December 2004. In February 2015, NBC suspended Williams for six months for telling an inaccurate story about his experience in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He was replaced by
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on an interim basis. On June 18, 2015, it was announced that Holt would become the permanent anchor and Williams would be moved to MSNBC as an anchor of breaking news and special reports beginning in August. In 1993, ''
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'' broadcast an investigative report about the safety of
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(GM) trucks. GM discovered the "actual footage" utilized in the broadcast had been rigged by including explosive incendiaries attached to the gas tanks and improper sealants for those tanks. GM subsequently filed an anti-defamation lawsuit against NBC, which publicly admitted the results of the tests were rigged and settled the lawsuit with GM on the very same day. In November 1995, NBC News signed an agreement with German public broadcaster
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to share newsgathering resources. The agreement enabled NBC News to move its Frankfurt bureau to ZDF's headquarters in Mainz. On October 22, 2007, ''Nightly News'' moved into its new high-definition studio, Studio 3C, at NBC Studios in 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. The network's 24-hour cable network,
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, also joined the network in New York on that day. The new studios/headquarters for NBC News and MSNBC are now located in one area.


2007–2016

During the
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, NBC Universal urged NBC News to save $500 million. On that occasion, NBC News laid off several of its in-house reporters, such as
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, Jeannie Ohm, and Don Teague. This was the largest layoff in NBC News history. After the sudden death of the influential moderator
Tim Russert Timothy John Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's '' Meet the Press''. He was a senior vice president at NBC News a ...
of ''
Meet the Press ''Meet the Press'' is a weekly American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC. It is the List of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running program on American television, though its format has changed since th ...
'' in June 2008,
Tom Brokaw Thomas John Brokaw (; born February 6, 1940) is an American author and retired network television journalist. He first served as the co-anchor of Today (American TV program), ''The Today Show'' from 1976 to 1981 with Jane Pauley, then as the anch ...
took over as an interim host; and on December 14, 2008, David Gregory became the new moderator of the show until August 14, 2014, when NBC announced that NBC News Political Director
Chuck Todd Charles David Todd (born April 8, 1972) is an American television journalist who was the 12th moderator of NBC's ''Meet the Press''. During his time at NBC News between 2007 and 2025, Todd also hosted ''Meet the Press Now'', its daily edition ...
would take over as the 12th moderator of
Meet the Press ''Meet the Press'' is a weekly American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC. It is the List of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running program on American television, though its format has changed since th ...
starting September 7, 2014. David Gregory's last broadcast was on August 10, 2014. By 2009, NBC had established leadership in network news, airing the highest-rated morning, evening, and Sunday interview news programs. Its ability to share costs with MSNBC and share in the cable network's advertising and subscriber revenue made it far more profitable than its network rivals. On March 27, 2012, NBC News broadcast an edited segment from a 911 call placed by
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before he shot Trayvon Martin. The editing made it appear that Zimmerman volunteered that Martin was black, rather than merely responding to the dispatcher's inquiry, which would support a view that the shooting was racially motivated. A media watchdog organization accused NBC News of engaging in "an all-out falsehood." While NBC News initially declined to comment, the news agency did issue an apology to viewers. ''
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'' called the statement "skimpy on the details on just how the mistake unfolded." On December 13, 2012, NBC News reporter
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and his five crew members, Aziz AkyavaÅŸ, Ghazi Balkiz, John Kooistra, Ian Rivers, and Ammar Cheikh Omar, were kidnapped in Syria. Having escaped after five days in captivity, Engel said he believed that a
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group loyal to
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was behind the abduction and that the crew was freed by the
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group five days later. Engel's account was however challenged from early on. In April 2015, NBC had to revise the kidnapping account, following further investigations by ''
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'', which suggested that the NBC team "was almost certainly taken by a Sunni criminal element affiliated with the
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," rather than by a loyalist
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group. In 2013, John Lapinski was Director of Elections, replacing Sheldon Gawiser. In 2015, the election team's
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group was given its first permanent space at 30 Rockefeller, replacing the News Sales Archives that had occupied the space previously. The NBC News Division was the first news team to possess the tape of Donald Trump recorded by ''Access Hollywood'', after a producer of the NBC show had made the News Division aware of it; the News Division internally debated publishing it for three days, and then an unidentified source gave a copy of the tape to ''
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'' Reporter
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, who contacted NBC for comment, notified the Trump campaign that he had the video, obtained confirmation of its authenticity, and released a story and the tape itself, scooping NBC. Alerted that the ''Post'' might release the story immediately, NBC News released its own story shortly after the ''Post'' story was published.


Sexual misconduct and NBC News

On November 29, 2017, NBC News announced that
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's employment had been terminated after an unidentified female NBC employee reported that Lauer had sexually harassed her during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and that the harassment continued after they returned to New York. NBC News management said it had been aware that ''The New York Times'' and ''Variety'' had been conducting independent investigations of Lauer's behavior, but that management had been unaware of previous allegations against Lauer. Linda Vester, a former NBC News correspondent, disputed the claims that management knew nothing, saying that "everybody knew" that Lauer was dangerous. According to
Ronan Farrow Satchel Ronan O'Sullivan Farrow (born December 19, 1987) is an American journalist. The son of actress Mia Farrow and filmmaker Woody Allen, he is known for his investigative reporting on sexual abuse allegations against film producer Harvey Wei ...
, multiple sources have stated that NBC News was not only aware of Lauer's misconduct beforehand, but that Harvey Weinstein used this knowledge to pressure them into killing a story that would have outed his own sexual misconduct. ''Variety'' reported allegations by at least ten of Lauer's current and former colleagues. Additional accusations went public in the ensuing days. NBC News President Noah Oppenheim suggested an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by
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after NBC contributor
Ronan Farrow Satchel Ronan O'Sullivan Farrow (born December 19, 1987) is an American journalist. The son of actress Mia Farrow and filmmaker Woody Allen, he is known for his investigative reporting on sexual abuse allegations against film producer Harvey Wei ...
pitched a general idea to report on sexual harassment in Hollywood. After a 10-month investigation by Farrow and NBC Producer Rich McHugh, NBC chose not to publish it. The story, with very few changes, was published a few weeks later in the ''
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'' instead. A story on the subject of Weinstein's alleged behavior also appeared several days earlier in ''
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''. Following criticism for missing a major story it had initiated, NBC News defended the decision, saying that at the time Farrow was at NBC, the early reporting still had important missing necessary elements. Farrow later disputed this characterization, saying that he had multiple named accusers willing to come forward and that the version ultimately published in the ''New Yorker'' had very few changes from the version that NBC News rejected. This version went on to win the
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in April 2018. A former NBC News executive has said that the story on Weinstein was killed because NBC News was aware of the sexual misconduct by Lauer; in Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, Ronan Farrow cites two sources within
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stating that the story was killed in response to an overt threat from Weinstein to out Lauer.


Hiring of Ronna McDaniel

In March 2024, NBC News hired
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, the former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) from 2017 to 2024. The hire stirred controversy, as McDaniel had been a staunch
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loyalist during her tenure at the RNC. She made false claims of voter fraud after Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, which she sought to overturn. After NBC hired her during her interview on ''Meet the Press'' with
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, McDaniel backtracked on her claims, saying that Biden won the 2020 election "fair and square" and condemned political violence. She said of her conduct as RNC chair, "When you're the RNC chair, you — you kind of take one for the whole team, right? Now I get to be a little bit more myself."


Reversal of hiring

After two days of on-air protests by former Meet the Press anchor
Chuck Todd Charles David Todd (born April 8, 1972) is an American television journalist who was the 12th moderator of NBC's ''Meet the Press''. During his time at NBC News between 2007 and 2025, Todd also hosted ''Meet the Press Now'', its daily edition ...
and various MSNBC anchors including
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,
Mika Brzezinski Mika Emilie Leonia Brzezinski Scarborough (; Brzezinski; born May 2, 1967) is an American talk show host who co-hosts MSNBC's weekday morning broadcast show ''Morning Joe'' alongside her husband Joe Scarborough. She was formerly a CBS News corr ...
,
Joe Scarborough Charles Joseph Scarborough (; born April 9, 1963) is an American television host and former politician who is the co-host of ''Morning Joe'' on MSNBC with his wife Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist. He previously hosted '' Scarborough Country'' ...
and
Nicolle Wallace Nicolle Wallace (née Devenish; born February 4, 1972) is an American television political commentator and author. She is the anchor of the MSNBC news and politics program '' Deadline: White House'' and a former co-host of the ABC daytime talk ...
NBC announced on 26 March that the network would not hire McDaniel. On January 31, 2025, a Defense Department memo announced that NBC News must move out of its longtime workspace on the Correspondents' Corridor in the Pentagon, a move under a new Annual Media Rotation Program for the Pentagon Press Corps. In a statement, NBC News said, "We're disappointed by the decision to deny us access to a broadcasting booth at the Pentagon that we've used for many decades".


Presidents

Thirteen people have served as president of NBC News during its history:
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(managed since 1951, named president, 1965–1968),
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(1968–1973, 1981–1985),
Richard Wald Richard Charles Wald (March 19, 1930 – May 13, 2022) was an American television executive who served as the president of NBC News from 1973 to 1977 and senior vice president of ABC News (United States), ABC News from 1978 to 1999. Early lif ...
(1973–1977),
Lester Crystal Lester Martin Crystal (September 13, 1934 – June 24, 2020) was an Emmy Award-winning American television news executive best known for being the founding executive producer of the nation’s first hour-long nightly newscast, ''The MacNeil/Lehrer ...
(1977–1979), William J. Small (1979–1981), Lawrence Grossman (1985–1988),
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(1988–1993), Andrew Lack (1993–2001), Neal Shapiro (2001–2005), and
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(2005 – March 5, 2013). In August 2013,
Deborah Turness Deborah Mary Turness (born 4 March 1967) is an English journalist, CEO of BBC News and of ITN (2021). Prior to this she was president of NBC News (2013–2017) and then president of NBC News International. Before NBC, Turness was editor of ITV ...
assumed the role as President of NBC News, becoming the first woman to head the division.New NBC News President Deborah Turness: 'My first job is to listen'
, '' TVNewser'', August 5, 2013.
In February 2017, ''
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'' Producer and Executive Noah Oppenheim was named President of NBC News.
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was named President of NBC News on January 10, 2023.


Programming


NBC News programming

* ''
Meet the Press ''Meet the Press'' is a weekly American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC. It is the List of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running program on American television, though its format has changed since th ...
'' (since 1947) * ''
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'' (since 1952) * '' Today 3rd Hour'' (since 2018) * ''
NBC News Daily ''NBC News Daily'' is an American daytime news program that premiered on NBC on September 12, 2022, and is programmed as a part of NBC News' streaming service, NBC News Now. The hour-long block is carried live in each time zone and is anchored ...
'' (since 2022, 1 p.m. hour shared with NBC News Now) * ''
NBC Nightly News ''NBC Nightly News'' (titled as ''NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas'' for its weeknight broadcasts ) is the flagship daily evening News broadcasting#Television, television news program for NBC News, the news division of the NBC television network ...
'' (since 1970) * '' Saturday Today'' (since 1992, shared with NBC News Now) * ''
Dateline NBC ''Dateline NBC'' (also known simply as ''Dateline'') is a weekly American television news magazine reality legal show that is broadcast on NBC. It was previously the network's flagship general interest news magazine, but now focuses mainly on ...
'' (since 1992) * ''
Early Today ''Early Today'' is an American early morning news broadcasting#Television, television news program that is broadcast on NBC on weekday mornings. The program is hosted by Frances Rivera, and features general national and international news stories ...
'' (1982–1983; since 1999, shared with NBC News Now) * ''
Today with Jenna & Friends ''Today with Jenna & Friends'' (also known as the fourth hour of ''Today'' or simply ''Jenna & Friends'') is an American daytime television talk show on NBC, hosted by Jenna Bush Hager and a rotating cast of guest hosts. The program airs as the ...
'' (since 2025) * '' Sunday Today with Willie Geist'' (since 2016, shared with NBC News Now)


NBC News Now programming

* '' Meet the Press Now'' (since 2022; moved from
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) * ''Morning News Now'' (since 2022) * ''Hallie Jackson Now'' (since 2021) * ''
NBC News Daily ''NBC News Daily'' is an American daytime news program that premiered on NBC on September 12, 2022, and is programmed as a part of NBC News' streaming service, NBC News Now. The hour-long block is carried live in each time zone and is anchored ...
'' (since 2021, 1 p.m. hour shared with NBC broadcast network) * ''Top Story with Tom Llamas'' (since 2021) * ''Stay Tuned Now with Gadi Schwartz'' (since 2023)


Former programming

* ''
Camel News Caravan ''The Camel News Caravan'' or ''Camel Caravan of News'' is an American television program broadcast by NBC. Anchored by John Cameron Swayze, it aired from February 16, 1949, to October 26, 1956, and was replaced by '' The Huntley–Brinkley Repo ...
'' (1948–1956) * ''
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'' (1956–1970) * ''First Tuesday''/''Chronolog'' (1969–1973) * ''NBC News Presents a Special Edition'' (1973–1974) * ''
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'' (1974–1979) * ''Ask NBC News'' (1979–1985) * ''Prime Time Sunday/Saturday'' (1979–1980) * ''NBC Magazine with
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'' (1980–1982) * ''
NBC News Overnight ''NBC News Overnight'' was a television news program on the NBC television network that aired weekday mornings from 1:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. (12:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Central) Mondays through Thursdays and 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 ...
'' (1982–83) * ''
NBC News at Sunrise ''NBC News at Sunrise'' is an American early morning television news program that aired on NBC from August 1, 1983 to September 6, 1999. The program featured the top news headlines of the morning, sports and weather reports, and business segment ...
'' (1983–1999) * '' Monitor/First Camera'' (1983–1984) * ''Summer Sunday, USA'' (1984) * ''American Almanac'' (1985–1986) * ''Main Street'' (1985–1988) * ''
1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...
'' (1986) * ''Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'' (1989) * ''
Real Life with Jane Pauley ''Real Life with Jane Pauley'' was a news magazine television program aired in the United States by NBC from 1990 to 1991. ''Real Life with Jane Pauley'' seemed to be presented as an answer to both critics and members of the general public to the ...
'' (1990–91) * ''Expose with Tom Brokaw'' (1991) * ''
NBC Nightside ''NBC Nightside'' (also known as ''NBC News Nightside'') is an American graveyard slot, overnight 24-hour news cycle, rolling newscast that aired on NBC from 1991 to 1998. The program was produced in three half-hour segments. It usually aired li ...
'' (1991–1998) * ''
Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric ''Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric'', shortened to ''Now'', is an American news magazine that aired on NBC from 1993 to 1994. It was hosted by Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric. The show was eventually merged into ''Dateline NBC ''Dateline NBC ...
'' (1993–94) * ''NBC News at This Hour'' (August 1975–1990s; previously branded as ''NBC News Update'', ''NBC News Capsule'' and ''NBC News Digest)'' * ''
Later Today ''Today'' (also called ''The Today Show'') is an American morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television ...
'' (1999–2000) * ''
Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda ''Today with Jenna & Friends'' (also known as the fourth hour of ''Today'' or simply ''Jenna & Friends'') is an American daytime television talk show on NBC, hosted by Jenna Bush Hager and a rotating cast of guest hosts. The program airs as the ...
'' (2008–2019) * ''
Rock Center with Brian Williams ''Rock Center with Brian Williams'' is an American weekly television newsmagazine that was broadcast on NBC from October 31, 2011, to June 21, 2013 and hosted by former ''NBC Nightly News'' anchor Brian Williams. It aired on Mondays until January ...
'' (2011–2013) * '' Today's Take'' (2000–2017) * ''
Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly ''Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly'' is an American television news magazine hosted by journalist and former attorney Megyn Kelly. The series premiered on NBC on June 4, 2017, as Kelly's first NBC News program since her departure to the division ...
'' (June 4 – July 30, 2017) * ''
Megyn Kelly Today ''Megyn Kelly Today'' is an American daytime talk show that was broadcast by NBC. Premiering on September 25, 2017, it replaced ''Today's Take'' as the third hour of NBC's national morning show '' Today''. The program was hosted by Megyn Kelly ...
'' (2017–2018) * ''
Today with Hoda & Jenna ''Today with Jenna & Friends'' (also known as the fourth hour of ''Today'' or simply ''Jenna & Friends'') is an American daytime television talk show on NBC, hosted by Jenna Bush Hager and a rotating cast of guest hosts. The program airs as the ...
'' (2019–2025)


Syndicated productions

* ''
The Chris Matthews Show ''The Chris Matthews Show'' was a half-hour weekend news and political round table program produced by NBC News. It was taped in Washington, D.C., and nationally syndicated by NBCUniversal Television Distribution. The program debuted on Septembe ...
'' (2002–2013)


Other productions

NBC News provides content for the Internet, as well as cable-only news networks
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and
MSNBC MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts r ...
. It produces a daily (formerly twice-daily show) called ''Stay Tuned'' for
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's Discover platform. It also produced programming for
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called ''The Report''. The ''Stay Tuned'' team launched ''The Overview'' on
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in 2021.


NBC News International

In November 2016, NBC News Group chairman Andy Lack announced NBCUniversal intended to purchase a 25% stake in
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, a European news organization competing against the likes of
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and
ITV News ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British news television channel of ITV (TV network), ITV. ITV has a long tradition of television news. ITN, Independent Television News (ITN) was founded to provide news bulletins for the netwo ...
The transaction was completed at the end of May 2017;
Deborah Turness Deborah Mary Turness (born 4 March 1967) is an English journalist, CEO of BBC News and of ITN (2021). Prior to this she was president of NBC News (2013–2017) and then president of NBC News International. Before NBC, Turness was editor of ITV ...
, former President of NBC News, was appointed to run "NBC News International," to perform NBC's role in the partnership, in which each network would contribute reporting to the other. In April 2020, NBCUniversal sold its stake in Euronews to focus all resources on the launch of NBC Sky World News, which was scheduled to launch later in 2020. However, the proposed new service was scrapped in August 2020, resulting in layoffs of 60 employees.


NBC News Radio

NBC News Radio is an
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service produced by
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through its TTWN Networks
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, in partnership with NBCU's news division. It has been available on
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, iHeartMedia's online live audio and
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ing platform, on different supports (
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and
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) since July 2016. It can be heard around the clock in 15-minute cycles with the latest news, sports, and other features. It uses the slogan "The news you want, when you want it." It also supplies hourly newscasts to subscribing radio stations. While NBCUniversal itself did not own it, NBC News Radio features reports from NBC News
correspondent A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is usually a journalist or commentator for a magazine, or an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, locati ...
s, presented by anchors who are iHeartMedia employees. It is also provided to NBC's 24/7 News Source radio station
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as a service, including one-minute and two-minute hourly newscasts along with other audio content, such as features on money, health, politics, and sports, heard on over 1,000 radio stations. WOR in
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serves as NBC News Radio's
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. iHeartMedia has ended the NBC News Radio brand in 2024, reverting back to its 24/7 News channel/platform. The current NBC News Radio digital station is NBC's first step into the all-news radio format since the closure of its ephemeral NBC News & Information Service (NIS) was heard on radio stations across the U.S. from 1975 to 1977. The service was not profitable for NBC and was discontinued after two years. The original major
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was purchased by
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a decade later, in 1987, as
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, which had acquired NBC's parent company
RCA RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America. It was initially a patent pool, patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Westinghou ...
, divested most properties not pertaining to the NBC television network, thus ending its direct participation in the radio business. NBC Radio Network's news operation was merged into the
Mutual Broadcasting System The Mutual Broadcasting System (commonly referred to simply as Mutual; sometimes referred to as MBS, Mutual Radio or the Mutual Radio Network) was an American commercial radio network in operation from 1934 to 1999. In the Golden Age of Radio, ...
, then into Westwood One's then-corporate sibling CBS Radio, and eventually assimilated into the syndicator itself. For years, Westwood One has carried on syndicating several NBC-branded shows to affiliate radio stations, including audio versions of current-affairs NBC TV shows such as ''
Meet the Press ''Meet the Press'' is a weekly American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC. It is the List of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running program on American television, though its format has changed since th ...
'', a practice that continues to date. As for ''hard news'' programming, Westwood One used to provide a homonymous ''NBC News Radio'' service, which was initially limited to a feed of one-hour reports updated from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET offered to subscriber local stations.
Dial Global Westwood One, Inc. is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media. The company syndicates talk, music, and sports programming. The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1976. The c ...
–which has branded itself ''Westwood One'' since 2013– announced on March 5, 2012, its aim to expand NBC News Radio to a full-time 24-hour radio news network, replacing
CNN Radio Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news ...
(that itself replaced both NBC Radio and Mutual in 1999). The original NBC News Radio service was eventually discontinued on December 14, 2014. That coincided with the launch of the new,
white-label A white-label product is a product or service produced by one company (the producer) that other companies (the marketers) rebrand to make it appear as if they had made it. The name derives from the image of a white label on the packaging that ca ...
Westwood One News Westwood One News was a radio news network launched on January 1, 2015, and operated by Westwood One through its parent company Cumulus Media. Using audio from CNN reports and correspondents, and anchored by Cumulus employees, it provided ra ...
service. It used content from
WarnerMedia Warner Media, LLC (Trade name, doing business as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational corporation, multinational mass media and show business, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate owned by AT&T. It was headquartered at the 30 ...
's
CNN Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...
but was discontinued in 2019. In addition to NBC News Radio, the audio portions of NBC News cable networks
MSNBC MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts r ...
and
CNBC CNBC is an American List of business news channels, business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of Comcast's NBCUniversal. The network broadcasts live business news and analysis programming during the morning, Day ...
are available as Internet radio stations through the
TuneIn TuneIn is a global audio streaming service providing news, radio, sports, music, and podcasts to over 75 million monthly active users. TuneIn is operated by the privately held company TuneIn Inc. based in San Francisco, California. The comp ...
podcasting service and the
SiriusXM Sirius XM Holdings Inc. is an American broadcasting corporation headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that provides satellite radio and online radio services operating in the United States. The company was formed by the 2008 merge ...
satellite radio Satellite radio is defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)'s ITU Radio Regulations (RR) as a '' broadcasting-satellite service''. The satellite's signals are broadcast nationwide, across a much wider geographical area than te ...
platform.


''NBC News Overnight'' and ''NBC'' ''Nightside''

In 1982, NBC News began production on ''
NBC News Overnight ''NBC News Overnight'' was a television news program on the NBC television network that aired weekday mornings from 1:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. (12:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Central) Mondays through Thursdays and 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 ...
'' with anchors
Linda Ellerbee Linda Ellerbee (born Linda Jane Smith; August 15, 1944) is an American journalist, anchor, producer, reporter, author, speaker and commentator, noted as longtime Washington correspondent for NBC News and host of '' NBC News Overnight''. She is ...
, Lloyd Dobyns, and Bill Schechner. It usually aired at 1:35 a.m. E.T., following ''
The Tonight Show ''The Tonight Show'' is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954. The program has been hosted by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2 ...
'' and ''
Late Night with David Letterman ''Late Night with David Letterman'' is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the first installment of the '' Late Night''. Hosted by David Letterman, it aired from February1, 1982 to June 25, 1993, and was replaced by ...
''. NBC News Overnight was canceled in December 1983, but in 1991, NBC News launched another overnight news show called ''
NBC Nightside ''NBC Nightside'' (also known as ''NBC News Nightside'') is an American graveyard slot, overnight 24-hour news cycle, rolling newscast that aired on NBC from 1991 to 1998. The program was produced in three half-hour segments. It usually aired li ...
''. During its run, the show's anchors included Sara James, Bruce Hall,
Antonio Mora Antonio Mora (born December 14, 1957) is a multiple Emmy Award winning journalist and television news anchor. He is best known for his years at ABC News, including his four years as the news anchor and chief correspondent for ''Good Morning Amer ...
, Tom Miller, Campbell Brown, Kim Hindrew, Tom Donavan, and Tonya Strong. It was based at NBC
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WCNC-TV WCNC-TV (channel 36) is a television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with NBC. The station is owned by Tegna Inc. WCNC-TV's studios are located in the Wood Ridge Center office complex off Billy Graham Parkway (Ch ...
in
Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 United ...
. It provided an overnight news service that NBC affiliates could air until early morning programming began, providing programming to help them stay on the air 24/7. At the time, a few NBC affiliates had begun using
CNN Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...
's
Headline News HLN is an American basic cable network. Owned by CNN Worldwide, the network primarily carries true-crime programming, recently drifting away from limited live news programming. The channel was originally launched on January 1, 1982, by Tur ...
service to provide overnight programming, and NBC decided to offer the network's own overnight news service.
CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ...
and
ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasting * Aliw Broadcasting Corporation, Philippine broadcast company * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial American ...
also began their overnight news programming, as well. In addition, the facility produced a 24-hour news service aimed at Latin American viewers called "Canal de Noticias, NBC. The service closed in 1997, and five years later, the network bought Telemundo. ''NBC Nightside'' lasted until 1998 and was replaced by "NBC All Night," composed of reruns of ''
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the fourth and sixth installment of ''The Tonight Show''. Hosted by Jay Leno, it aired from May 25, 1992, to May 29, 2009, replacing ''The Ton ...
'' and ''
Late Night with Conan O'Brien ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the second installment of the ''Late Night (franchise), Late Night'' franchise originally established by David Letterman. Hosted by Conan O'Brie ...
'', and later from January 1, 2007, to September 23, 2011, ''
Poker After Dark ''Poker After Dark'' is an hour-long poker television program that originally aired on NBC, premiering on January 1, 2007.
''. NBC now airs same-day repeats of the fourth hour of ''Today'' and CNBC's ''
Mad Money ''Mad Money'' is an American finance television program hosted by Jim Cramer that began airing on CNBC on March 14, 2005. Its main focus is investment and speculation, particularly in public company stocks. ''Mad Money'' replaced '' Bullseye' ...
'' on weekdays,
LXTV LXTV is a production unit of NBCUniversal that creates lifestyle and entertainment content. Started in 2006 by former MTV executives Morgan Hertzan and Joseph Varet as a privately owned broadband TV network and website, LXTV was acquired in Janua ...
programs on early Sunday mornings, and ''Meet the Press'' and ''Dateline'' encores on early Monday mornings.


Units


Current

*
NBCUniversal Archives NBCUniversal Media, LLC (abbreviated as NBCU and doing business as NBCUniversal or Comcast NBCUniversal since 2013) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is a subsidiary of Comcast and headquartered at 30 R ...
* NBC News Studios – documentary production unit founded on January 23, 2020 **
MSNBC Films ''MSNBC Documentaries'' is the umbrella title of a series of documentaries co-produced by NBC News and MSNBC. Broadcast on MSNBC, each documentary is given its own title to broadcast under (e.g., ''Lockup: Return to Pelican Bay'') or has been ...
* NBC News Channel – a news video and report feed service similar to a wire service, providing pre-produced international, national and regional stories some with fronting reporters customized for NBC network affiliates. It is based in
Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 United ...
with bureaus in
New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
at
30 Rockefeller Plaza 30 Rockefeller Plaza (officially the Comcast Building; formerly RCA Building and GE Building) is a skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York. Completed in 1933 ...
,
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...
, on North Capital Street NW,
Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
at the
NBC Tower __NOTOC__ The NBC Tower is an office tower on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois located at 454 North Columbus Drive (455 North Cityfront Plaza is also used as a vanity address) in downtown Chicago's Magnificent Mile area. Completed in 19 ...
, and in
Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...
at the Brokaw News Center on the
Universal Studios Hollywood Universal Studios Hollywood is a film studio and Amusement park, theme park located in Universal City, California, near Hollywood, Los Angeles. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood film studios still in use. Its official marketin ...
Lot with satellite bureaus at
WFLA-TV WFLA-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Tampa Bay area. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg–licensed The CW, C ...
in Tampa, Florida and at
KUSA-TV KUSA (channel 9) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KTVD (channel 20). The two stations share studios on East Speer Boulevard in Denver' ...
in Denver, Colorado. Its Charlotte headquarters are connected to Charlotte NBC affiliate studios
WCNC-TV WCNC-TV (channel 36) is a television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with NBC. The station is owned by Tegna Inc. WCNC-TV's studios are located in the Wood Ridge Center office complex off Billy Graham Parkway (Ch ...
. NBC News Channel also served as the production base of ''NBC Nightside'' and "Canal de Noticias, NBC." * NBC News Digital Group ** NBC News Now – a free streaming service launched May 29, 2019, under Janelle Rodriguez, Senior Vice President of Editorial for NBC News and MSNBC. Initially operated without an anchor until they hired Alison Morris, formerly of Fox 5 in New York, starting on July 1, 2019. The OTT services were announced in October 2018 as NBC News Signal with Simone Boyce, who was originally tapped as the evening (7 PM) host, with two MSNBC acting as hosts. The channel broadcasts rolling news on weekdays from 5 am ET until early evening with NBC news magazines, including ''
Dateline NBC ''Dateline NBC'' (also known simply as ''Dateline'') is a weekly American television news magazine reality legal show that is broadcast on NBC. It was previously the network's flagship general interest news magazine, but now focuses mainly on ...
'' repeats and ''
Meet the Press ''Meet the Press'' is a weekly American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC. It is the List of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running program on American television, though its format has changed since th ...
'', shown overnight and at the weekend. The service is streamed live on YouTube internationally, Peacock streaming service in the US and Canada, and in 2022 and 2023 it was aired as a linear channel in the UK on Sky TV and
Virgin Media Virgin Media Limited is a British telecommunications company which provides telephone, television and internet services in the United Kingdom. Its headquarters are at Green Park in Reading, England. It is owned by Virgin Media O2, a 50:50 ...
's platforms. During breaking news events of major significance when NBC News Now is not broadcasting live programming, such as at the weekend, the channel broadcasts
Sky News Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel, live stream news network and news organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of ...
.


Former

* Peacock Productions


Bureaus


Major bureaus

*
New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
: NBC News Headquarters (
WNBC WNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City that serves as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Linden, New Jersey†...
)1 *
Universal City, California Universal City is an unincorporated area within the San Fernando Valley. Approximately within and immediately outside the area is the property of Universal Pictures NBCUniversal's film studio, one of the five major film studios in the United ...
(
Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...
): West Coast Bureau (
KNBC KNBC (channel 4) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast of the United States, West Coast flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network ...
)1 *
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...
: Washington, D.C. Bureau (
WRC-TV WRC-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Washington, D.C., serving as the market's NBC outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Class A television service, Class A Telemundo outlet W ...
)1 *
London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
,
England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
, UK: Foreign Desk


Minor bureaus (within the United States)

*
Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...
(
WXIA-TV WXIA-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate WATL (channel 36). The two stations share studios at One Monroe Place on the north end ...
) 3 *
Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
( WBTS–CD) 1 *
Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
(
WMAQ-TV WMAQ-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the market's NBC outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Telemundo station WSNS-TV (chann ...
) 1 *
Denver Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...
(
KUSA Kusa or KUSA may refer to: * Kusa, Russia, a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia * Kusa, Latvia, a village in Madona district, Latvia * Kusa, Oklahoma, United States * Kusa, indigenous name of Beles River (in Gumuz language) * KUSA (TV), a televisi ...
) 3 * Fort Worth – Dallas, Texas (
KXAS-TV KXAS-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned and operated by the NBC television network through its NBC Owned Television Stations division alon ...
) 1 *
Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...
(
KPRC-TV KPRC-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Graham Media Group. Its studios are located on Southwest Freeway (I-69/ US 59) in the Southwest Management District (formerly Greate ...
) 2 * Miami – Fort Lauderdale, Florida (
WTVJ WTVJ (channel 6) is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States. It is owned and operated by the NBC television network through its NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Fort Lauderdale–licensed WSCV (channel 51), a flag ...
) 1 * New Britain – Hartford – New Haven, Connecticut (
WVIT WVIT (channel 30) is a television station licensed to New Britain, Connecticut, United States, serving the Hartford–New Haven Media market, market. It is owned and operated by the NBC television network through its NBC Owned Television Stations ...
) 1 *
Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
(
WCAU WCAU (channel 10) is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned and operated by the NBC television network through its NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Mount Laurel, New Jersey–licensed ...
) 1 *
San Diego San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ...
(
KNSD KNSD (channel 39, cable channel 7), branded on air as NBC 7 San Diego, is a television station in San Diego, California, United States, serving as the market's NBC outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations d ...
) 1 * San Jose – San Francisco – Oakland, California (
KNTV KNTV (channel 11), branded NBC Bay Area, is a television station licensed to San Jose, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. It is owned and operated by the NBC television network through its NBC Owned Television Sta ...
) 1 *
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to: * San Juan, Puerto Rico * San Juan, Argentina * San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines San Juan may also refer to: Places Arge ...
(
WKAQ-TV WKAQ-TV (channel 2) is a television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico, serving as the U.S. territory's dual Telemundo and NBC outlet. It is owned and operated by the Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal. WKAQ-TV's studios are loc ...
) 1 * 1 All NBC
owned-and-operated station In the broadcasting industry, an owned-and-operated station (frequently abbreviated as an O&O) usually refers to a television or radio station owned by the network with which it is associated. This distinguishes such a station from an network af ...
s are considered NBC News bureaus * 2 NBC affiliate owned by
Graham Media Group Graham Media Group (formerly Post-Newsweek Stations) is the television broadcasting subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company. It is now headquartered in Detroit, co-locating with its local NBC affiliate WDIV-TV, after spending 10 years in Chica ...
* 3 NBC affiliates owned by
Tegna Inc. Tegna Inc. (stylized in all caps as TEGNA) is an American publicly traded broadcast, digital media and marketing services company headquartered in Tysons, Virginia. It was created on June 29, 2015, when the Gannett Company split into two publ ...


Foreign bureaus (NBC News/CNBC/MSNBC)

*
Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...
, South Africa ( CNBC Africa headquarters) *
Kabul Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province. The city is divided for administration into #Districts, 22 municipal districts. A ...
, Afghanistan (NBC News) *
Nairobi Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a ...
, Kenya (
CNBC Africa Consumer News and Business Channel Africa (known as CNBC Africa) is an African pay television network launched on 1 June 2007. Founded by Rakesh Wahi and Zafar Siddiqi, the network is produced under license from CNBC International and is owned ...
) *
Abuja Abuja (; , ) is the capital city of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, strategically situated at the geographic midpoint of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), Federal Capital Territory (FCT). As the seat of the Federal G ...
, Nigeria (
CNBC Africa Consumer News and Business Channel Africa (known as CNBC Africa) is an African pay television network launched on 1 June 2007. Founded by Rakesh Wahi and Zafar Siddiqi, the network is produced under license from CNBC International and is owned ...
) *
Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...
, Nigeria (
CNBC Africa Consumer News and Business Channel Africa (known as CNBC Africa) is an African pay television network launched on 1 June 2007. Founded by Rakesh Wahi and Zafar Siddiqi, the network is produced under license from CNBC International and is owned ...
) *
Cape Town Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...
, South Africa (
CNBC Africa Consumer News and Business Channel Africa (known as CNBC Africa) is an African pay television network launched on 1 June 2007. Founded by Rakesh Wahi and Zafar Siddiqi, the network is produced under license from CNBC International and is owned ...
) *
Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
( CNBC Asia headquarters) *
Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...
, Australia (
CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a Singapore-based Business journalism, business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is a pan-Asian branch of the U.S.-based CNBC. The channel initially launched on 20 June 1997 out of Ho ...
) *
Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
, Australia (NBC News Asia Pacific) *
Managua Managua () is the capital city, capital and largest city of Nicaragua, and one of the List of largest cities in Central America, largest cities in Central America. Located on the shores of Lake Managua, the city had an estimated population of 1, ...
, Nicaragua (Canal 15 Nicaragua-Telemundo 51
WSCV WSCV (channel 51) is a television station licensed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, serving as the Telemundo outlet for the Miami area. It is one of two flagship stations of the Spanish-language network (the other being WNJU in the ...
) *
Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...
, Japan (
Nikkei CNBC Nikkei Consumer News and Business Channel, known as Nikkei CNBC (日経CNBC) is a business and financial news television channel broadcast in Japan. It is owned primarily by CNBC Asia and Japanese media group Nikkei, Inc. and its subsidiary, TV To ...
) *
Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
(
CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a Singapore-based Business journalism, business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is a pan-Asian branch of the U.S.-based CNBC. The channel initially launched on 20 June 1997 out of Ho ...
) *
Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
, China (NBC News,
MSNBC MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts r ...
, and
CNBC CNBC is an American List of business news channels, business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of Comcast's NBCUniversal. The network broadcasts live business news and analysis programming during the morning, Day ...
) *
Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
, Turkey (
CNBC-e CNBC-e is a Turkish free-to-air television channel operated in Turkey by NBCUniversal, Comcast and İlbak Holding since June 10, 2024. Formerly, the channel with the same name was operated by NBCUniversal and the Doğuş Media Group between 20 ...
) * Frankfurt, Germany (CNBC Europe) * Baghdad, Iraq (
MSNBC MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts r ...
and
CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a Singapore-based Business journalism, business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is a pan-Asian branch of the U.S.-based CNBC. The channel initially launched on 20 June 1997 out of Ho ...
) * Beirut, Lebanon (
MSNBC MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts r ...
and
CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a Singapore-based Business journalism, business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is a pan-Asian branch of the U.S.-based CNBC. The channel initially launched on 20 June 1997 out of Ho ...
) * Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine (
MSNBC MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts r ...
and
CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a Singapore-based Business journalism, business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is a pan-Asian branch of the U.S.-based CNBC. The channel initially launched on 20 June 1997 out of Ho ...
) * New Delhi, India (CNBC-TV18) * Jakarta, Indonesia (CNBC Indonesia) * Bangkok, Thailand (NBC News Asia Pacific and
CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a Singapore-based Business journalism, business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is a pan-Asian branch of the U.S.-based CNBC. The channel initially launched on 20 June 1997 out of Ho ...
) * Tehran, Iran (NBC News)


Noted coverage

NBC News got the first American news interviews from two Russian presidents (Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Gorbachev), and Brokaw was the only American television news correspondent to witness the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.


Notable personnel


Anchors

* Jacqueline Alemany – Co–Anchor of ''The Weekend'' morning edition * Peter Alexander (journalist), Peter Alexander – ''Weekend Today'' Co-Anchor (2018-present) & Chief White House Correspondent (2004–present) *
Mika Brzezinski Mika Emilie Leonia Brzezinski Scarborough (; Brzezinski; born May 2, 1967) is an American talk show host who co-hosts MSNBC's weekday morning broadcast show ''Morning Joe'' alongside her husband Joe Scarborough. She was formerly a CBS News corr ...
– ''Morning Joe'' Co-Anchor (2007-present) * Ana Cabrera – ''Ana Cabrera Reports'' Anchor (2023-present) * Jonathan Capehart – Co–Anchor of ''The Weekend'' morning edition * Carson Daly – ''
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'' Features Anchor (2013-present) & NBC's ''The Voice (American TV series), The Voice'' Host (2002-present) * Eugene Daniels – Co–Anchor of ''The Weekend'' morning edition * José Díaz-Balart – ''
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'' Saturday Anchor (2016–present) Anchor (2000-present) * Dylan Dreyer – ''3rd Hour Today'' Co-Anchor (2018–present) & NBC News Meteorologist (2012-present) * Zinhle Essamuah – Correspondent and Co-Anchor, ''NBC News Daily'' (2023–present) (on NBC & NBC News Now) (2021-present) * Joe Fryer (journalist), Joe Fryer – Morning News Now Co-Anchor (2022–present), ''Saturday Today'' Features Anchor (2023-present) & Correspondent (2013-present) * Willie Geist – ''Sunday Today'' Anchor (2016-present) ''Morning Joe'' Co-Anchor (2007-present) and NBC News Correspondent (2005-present) * Michelle Grossman – NBC News Meteorologist * Savannah Guthrie – ''
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'' Co-Anchor (2011-present) & NBC News Chief Legal Correspondent (2007–present) * Jenna Bush Hager – Co-host of ''
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'' (2019-present), NBC News Correspondent (2009-present) * Chris Hayes (journalist), Chris Hayes – Anchor of ''All In with Chris Hayes'' (2013-present) on MSNBC (2010-present) *
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– Anchor of ''
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'' (2011–present), Anchor (2000–present) * Antonia Hylton – ''The Weekend: Primetime'' Co–Anchor (2025–present), Correspondent (2020-present) * Hallie Jackson – Senior Washington Correspondent (2014–present) ''
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'' Sunday Anchor (2024–present) & Hallie Jackson NOW Anchor (2021-present) * Chris Jansing – Anchor, ''Chris Jansing Reports'' & MSNBC/NBC News Senior National Correspondent (1998-present) * Laura Jarrett – ''Weekend Today'' Co-Anchor & Senior Law Correspondent (2023-present) * Sheinelle Jones – ''3rd Hour Today'' Co-Anchor (2018–present) & NBC News correspondent (2014-present) * Elise Jordan – ''The Weekend: Primetime'' Co–Anchor * Bill Karins – MSNBC/NBC News Now Weather Anchor & NBC News Chief Meteorologist (2004-present) * Hoda Kotb – Contributing Correspondent (1998–present) * Angie Lassman — ''Weekend Today'' Weather Anchor (2023–present) & NBC News Meteorologist (2016-present) * Jonathan Lemire – Morning Joe Co-Anchor (2025–present) & Political Analyst (2017–present) * Tom Llamas – ''
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'' Anchor & Managing Editor (2025–present) & ''Top Story with Tom Llamas'' Anchor (2000-2014, 2021-present) * Richard Lui – MSNBC/NBC News Breaking News Anchor *
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– ''The Rachel Maddow Show'' Anchor (2008-present) and MSNBC/NBC News Senior Political Analyst (2005-present) * Ari Melber – Anchor of The Beat with Ari Melber (2017-present) & Chief Legal Correspondent (2015-present) * Craig Melvin – ''
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'' Co-Anchor (2025-present) & ''3rd Hour Today'' Co-Anchor (2018-present) and Correspondent (2008-2011, 2011–present) * Alicia Menendez – ''The Weeknight'' Co-Anchor (2019-present) * Ayman Mohyeldin – ''The Weekend: Primetime'' Co-Anchor (2001–2002, 2011–present) * Vicky Nguyen – Co-Anchor, ''NBC News Daily'' (on NBC & NBC News Now) (2022–present) & NBC News Senior Investigative & Consumer Correspondent (2007-2019; 2019-present) * Lawrence O'Donnell – Anchor of ''The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, The Last Word'' on MSNBC (1996-1999, 2010-present) * Jen Psaki – Anchor of ''The Briefing with Jen Psaki'' (2023–present) on MSNBC (2022-present) * Morgan Radford – Co-Anchor, ''NBC News Daily'' (on NBC & NBC News Now) (2022–present) & NBC News Correspondent (2015-present) * Catherine Rampell – ''The Weekend Primetime'' Co–Anchor (2025–present) * Frances Rivera – ''
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'' Co-Anchor * Al Roker – Chief NBC News Meteorologist (1978–present), ''
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'' Weather & Features Anchor (1996-present), and ''3rd Hour Today'' Co-Anchor (2018-present) * Steven Romo – NBC News correspondent and NBC News Now anchor * Stephanie Ruhle – Anchor of ''The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle, The 11th Hour'' (2022-present), Senior Business Analyst (2016-present), * Symone Sanders-Townsend – ''The Weeknight'' Co-Anchor (2024–present), Political Analyst (2022-present) *
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– ''Morning Joe'' Co-Anchor (2007-present) & MSNBC/NBC News Senior Political Analyst (2003-present) * Gadi Schwartz – Host for ''Stay Tuned'' & ''Stay Tuned NOW'' (2023–present), Correspondent (2013-present) * Savannah Sellers – Morning News Now Co-Anchor (2022–present), Stay Tuned Co-Anchor (2023–present) & Correspondent (2010-present) * Al Sharpton – Anchor of ''PoliticsNation'' and Morning Joe Contributor (2011-present) * Kate Snow – NBC News Senior National Correspondent (2018–present) & Co-Anchor, NBC News Daily (2022–present) (on NBC & NBC News Now) (2010-present) * Michael Steele – ''The Weeknight'' Co-Anchor (2024–present) & MSNBC/NBC News Political Analyst (2011-present) * Katy Tur – Katy Tur Reports Anchor (2012-present) & NBC News Correspondent (2009-present) * Ali Velshi – Anchor of ''Velshi (TV program), Velshi'', Correspondent (2016-present) * Ali Vitali – Anchor of ''Way Too Early'' (2025-present), Capitol Hill Correspondent (2010-present) *
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– ''Deadline: White House'' Anchor (2017-present) MSNBC/NBC News Senior Political Analyst (2015-present) *
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– ''
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'' Moderator, (2023-present) Anchor/Reporter (2005-2009; 2009–present) * Alex Witt – ''Alex Witt Reports'' Anchor (1999-present)


US-based correspondents and reporters

* Julia Ainsley – Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security Correspondent * Monica Alba – White House Correspondent (2006-present) * Blayne Alexander – ''Dateline'' Correspondent (2008-2009, 2017-present) * Yamiche Alcindor – White House Correspondent * Jonathan Allen (journalist), Jonathan Allen – Political Reporter (2017-present) * Ellison Barber – New York City-based Correspondent (2020-present) * Camila Bernal – Los Angeles-based Correspondent (2025-present) * Shaquille Brewster – Correspondent (2012-present) * Adrienne Broaddus – Chicago–based Correspondent (2023-present) * Sam Brock – New York-based Correspondent (2012-present) * Andrea Canning – ''Dateline'' Correspondent (2012–present) * Valerie Castro – Correspondent * Ryan Chandler – Texas-based Correspondent (2025-present) * Morgan Chesky – Correspondent (2018-present) * Brian Cheung – Business and Data Correspondent (2012-2014, 2022-present) * Tom Costello (journalist), Tom Costello – Senior Correspondent (1995–present) * Dan De Luce – National Security and Global Affairs Reporter * Ken Dilanian – Justice and Intelligence Correspondent (2015-present) * Maya Eaglin – Correspondent (2017-2018; 2019–present) * Erika Edwards – Health and Medical Reporter * Rehema Ellis – Chief Education Correspondent (1994–present) * Aaron Gilchrist (journalist), Aaron Gilchrist – NBC News White House Correspondent (2010–present) * Hala Gorani – Correspondent * Stephanie Gosk – Correspondent (2006-present) * Jay Gray – Senior National Correspondent (1993-present) * Dana Griffin – Los Angeles–based Correspondent (2021-present) * Gabe Gutierrez – Senior White House Correspondent (2012-present) * Garrett Haake – Senior White House Correspondent (2008-2012, 2017-present) * Kaylee Hartung – Freelance Contributing Correspondent (2023-present) * Vaughn Hillyard – White House Correspondent (2012-present) * Emilie Ikeda – Correspondent (2021-present) * Sahil Kapur – Senior Capitol Hill Political Reporter * Jesse Kirsch – Correspondent (2022-present) * Steve Kornacki – National Political Correspondent * Liz Kreutz – Correspondent * Courtney Kube – Pentagon Correspondent (2000-present) * Carol Lee – White House Correspondent and Washington Managing Editor * Josh Mankiewicz – ''Dateline'' Correspondent (1995-present) * Erin McLaughlin – Correspondent (2019-present) * Chloe Melas – Entertainment Correspondent (2023-present) * Mike Memoli – White House Correspondent (2007-2008; 2017-present) * Andrea Mitchell – Chief Foreign Affairs & Chief Washington Correspondent (1978–present) * Keith Morrison – ''Dateline'' Correspondent (1986-1992, 1995-present) * Dennis Murphy (television journalist), Dennis Murphy – ''Dateline'' Correspondent (1982-1994, 1994-present) * Ryan Nobles – Chief Capitol Hill Correspondent (2022-present) * David Noriega – Los Angeles-based Correspondent (2023-present) * Kelly O'Donnell – Chief Justice and National Affairs Correspondent (1994–present) * Kathy Park – New York-based correspondent (2018-present) * Marissa Parra – Miami–based Correspondent (2022–present) * Steve Patterson – Los Angeles–based correspondent (2016-present) * Allie Raffa – Capitol Hill Correspondent (2021-present) * Ryan J. Reilly – Justice Reporter * Erielle Reshef – National Correspondent and Fill-in Anchor (2025–present) * Christine Romans – Senior Business Correspondent (2023-present) * Lisa Rubin – MSNBC Legal Correspondent (2019-present) * Jacob Soboroff – Correspondent (2015-present) * George Solis – Philadelphia–based Correspondent (2022–present) * Priya Sridhar – Atlanta-based Correspondent * Anne Thompson (TV journalist), Anne Thompson – Chief Environmental Affairs Correspondent (1997-present) * Priscilla Thompson – Texas–based Correspondent (2019-present) * John Torres – Senior Medical Correspondent (2015-present) * Julie Tsirkin — Capitol Hill Correspondent * Guad Venegas – Los Angeles–based correspondent (2009-present) * Maggie Vespa – Chicago–based Correspondent (2022-present) * Yasmin Vossoughian – Correspondent (2017-present) * Tom Winter — National Law Enforcement and Intelligence Correspondent (2003-present) * Brandy Zadrozny – Investigative Journalist (2019-present) * Melanie Zanona – Capitol Hill Correspondent (2024-present)


International correspondents and reporters

* Ali Arouzi – Tehran-based Correspondent and Bureau Chief (2002–present) * Matt Bradley – London-based Correspondent (2016-present) * Kelly Cobiella – London-based Correspondent (2014-present) *
Richard Engel Richard Engel (born September 16, 1973) is an American journalist and author who is the chief foreign correspondent for NBC News. He was assigned to that position on April 18, 2008, after serving as the network's Middle East correspondent and B ...
– Chief Foreign Correspondent (2003–present) * Meagan Fitzgerald – London-based Foreign Correspondent * Daniele Hamamdjian – London-based Foreign Correspondent * Molly Hunter – London-based Foreign Correspondent * Claudio Lavanga – Rome-based Foreign Correspondent * Janis Mackey Frayer – Beijing-based Foreign Correspondent (2016–present) * Raf Sanchez – London-based Correspondent (2020-present) * Keir Simmons – Senior International Correspondent (2012-present)


Contributors and analysts

* Natalie Azar – Medical Contributor (2014-present) * Mike Barnicle – MSNBC's ''Morning Joe'' Contributor (2007-present) * Jeremy Bash – Senior National Security Analyst * Danny Cevallos – NBC News/MSNBC Legal Analyst * Scott Cohn (journalist), Scott Cohn – CNBC/NBC News/MSNBC Special Correspondent * Jonathan Dienst – WNBC Chief Investigative Reporter and NBC News Chief Justice Contributor * Charles F. Coleman Jr. – MSNBC Legal Analyst * Kristy Greenberg – MSNBC Legal Analyst * Vin Gupta (pulmonologist), Vin Gupta – Medical Contributor * Jeff Guzzetti – NBC News/MSNBC Aviation Analyst * John Heilemann – NBC News/MSNBC National Affairs Analyst * Jason Johnson (professor), Jason Johnson – MSNBC Political Contributor * David Ignatius – MSNBC Morning Joe Analyst * Katty Kay – MSNBC Morning Joe Contributor * Barry McCaffrey – MSNBC/NBC News Military Analyst * Mary B. McCord – MSNBC/NBC News Legal and National Security Contributor * Barbara McQuade – MSNBC Legal Analyst * Jon Meacham – NBC News/MSNBC Presidential Historian * Melissa Murray (academic), Melissa Murray – MSNBC Legal Analyst * Michele Norris – MSNBC Senior Contributing Editor and Analyst * Ashley Parker – MSNBC Senior Political Analyst * Steven Rattner – MSNBC Morning Joe Economic Analyst * Eugene Robinson (journalist), Eugene Robinson – NBC News/MSNBC Chief Political Analyst * Andrew Ross Sorkin – CNBC/NBC News/MSNBC Contributor and Analyst * Al Sharpton – MSNBC’s Morning Joe Contributor and Host of ''PoliticsNation'' (2011-present) * Maria Shriver – NBC News Special Anchor * Sam Stein – MSNBC Political Contributor * Bret Stephens – Senior Political Contributor * Charlie Sykes – MSNBC Columnist and Contributor * Joyce Vance – MSNBC Legal Analyst * Meredith Vieira – Special Correspondent (2006–present) * Alex Wagner – Senior Political Analyst (2011-2015; 2022-present) * Andrew Weissmann – MSNBC Legal Analyst


Former staff

* Elie Abel + * Bob Abernethy + * Dan Abrams (Chief Legal Analyst) – now at ABC News (United States), ABC News and NewsNation * Stephanie Abrams – now at The Weather Channel * Martin Agronsky + * Ron Allen (journalist), Ron Allen – New York-based Correspondent * Miguel Almaguer – Los Angeles-based Correspondent * Leigh Ann Caldwell – (Capitol Hill Correspondent) later at
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and ''Weekend Today'') * Bob Arnot (1996–2004) * Tom Aspell + * Jim Avila – Correspondent *
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– (Anchor/Correspondent) (1966–2021) now retired * Ned Brooks + * Campbell Brown * Christina Brown * Erin Burnett – now at
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* Dasha Burns – now at Politico * Billy Bush – fired due to the aftermath of Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations, sexual allegations about Donald Trump; now at ''Extra (American TV program), Extra'' * Henry Champ + *
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+ * Connie Chung – retired * Chris Cimino – now at WPIX in New York City * Chelsea Clinton – left to focus on the Clinton Foundation * Ben Collins (reporter), Ben Collins – now CEO of Global Tetrahedron * Ned Colt (journalist), Ned Colt + *
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* Katie Couric (1987–2006) * Tiffany Cross (2020–2022) * Ann Curry –
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host and correspondent (1990–2015) * Kristen Dahlgren – now at The Pink Eraser Project * Lloyd Dobyns + * Phil Donahue + * Bob Dotson – retired * Hugh Downs + * Paul Duke + * Rosey Edeh *
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* Josh Elliott * Bonnie Erbe * Bob Faw * Giselle Fernández * Martin Fletcher (TV reporter), Martin Fletcher – Foreign Correspondent and Tel Aviv Bureau Chief; retired * Jack Ford (journalist), Jack Ford – now chief legal analyst at CBS News * Eliot Frankel + * Michelle Franzen – now at ABC News (United States), ABC News * Dawn Fratangelo * Stephen Frazier + * Pauline Frederick (journalist), Pauline Frederick + * Dawna Friesen (1999–2010) – now Anchor for Canada's Global TV's ''Global National'' * Betty Furness + * Joe Garagiola, Sr., Joe Garagiola + * Anne Garrels + * Damien Garcia (News Division Production Specialist, Global Mobile Computing) * Dave Garroway + * Kendis Gibson * Kathie Lee Gifford – Left
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) – now at CBS News * David Gregory * Bryant Gumbel (1975–1997) – later the host of HBO Sports' ''Real Sports'' * Tony Guida – now at CBS News * Robert Hager (1960s–2004) – retired from journalism * Sara Haines – now at ABC News (United States), ABC News * Tamron Hall – Today's Take co-host, ''MSNBC Live with Tamron Hall'' anchor & NBC News correspondent * Mark Halperin – fired due to inappropriate sexual behavior * Steve Handelsman – retired from journalism * Chris Hansen * Nanette Hansen * Richard Harkness, Richard C. Harkness + * Sarah Harman * Don Harris (journalist), Don Harris + * John Hart (journalist), John Hart – retired from journalism * Jim Hartz + * James Hattori * Erica Hill - now at
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* John Hockenberry *
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* Gwen Ifill + * Michael Isikoff * Lawrence Jackson – ''Stay Tuned'' host & journalist * Bob Jamieson – retired from journalism * Joshua Johnson (journalist), Joshua Johnson (2020–2022) * Kristine Johnson – now at WCBS-TV * Rosalind Jordan – now at Al Jazeera English * Bernard Kalb + * Marvin Kalb – retired * Floyd Kalber + * Megyn Kelly – ''
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'' host * Arthur Kent * Jo Ling Kent – now at CBS News * Douglas Kiker + * Emory King + * Dan Kloeffler * Michelle Kosinski (2005–2014) * Bob Kur (1973–2006) * Margaret Larson – retired from journalism *
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contributing anchor and correspondent (1992–2017) – fired due to inappropriate sexual behavior * Josh Lederman – Foreign Correspondent * Jack Lescoulie + * Irving R. Levine + * George Lewis (journalist), George Lewis – retired from journalism * Lilia Luciano – now at CBS News * Bill Macatee – retired from journalism * Jim Maceda – Special Foreign Correspondent; retired * Cassie Mackin + * Robert MacNeil + * Boyd Matson * Chris Matthews – MSNBC host of ''Hardball with Chris Matthews''; retired from journalism; now publishing an email newsletter * John MacVane + * Cynthia McFadden * Frank McGee + * Sean McLaughlin (meteorologist), Sean McLaughlin + * Jennifer McLogan * Phillip Mena (journalist), Phillip Mena –
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Co-Host * Preston Mendenhall * Jim Miklaszewski – (Chief Pentagon Correspondent) (1985–2016), retired from journalism * Keith Miller (journalist), Keith Miller * Bill Monroe (journalist), Bill Monroe + * Natalie Morales (journalist), Natalie Morales – now at CBS News * Ron Mott – (2005–2020) retired *
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+ * Merrill Mueller + * Lisa Myers – (1981–2014) retired * Roy Neal + * Bill Neely – now retired * Ron Nessen + * Jackie Nespral (now main anchor with NBC O&O operated station
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+ * Hans Nichols – now at Axios (website), Axios * Deborah Norville – later weekday host of ''Inside Edition'' * Soledad O'Brien * Norah O'Donnell (NBC News Washington Correspondent & MSNBC Chief Washington Correspondent) – now at CBS News * Michael Okwu – now at Deutsche Welle * Keith Olbermann (Anchor, "Countdown with Keith Olbermann") * Don Oliver (journalist), Don Oliver + * John Palmer (TV journalist), John Palmer + * Jane Pauley (now at CBS News) * Jack Perkins (reporter), Jack Perkins + *
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+ * Katie Phang – MSNBC host of ''The Katie Phang Show''; now publishing an email newsletter * Stone Phillips * Mark Potter (journalist), Mark Potter – retired from journalism * Gabe Pressman + * Heidi Przybyla (journalist), Heidi Przybyla * Norma Quarles – retired from journalism * Charles Quinn + * Jacob Rascon – later at KTRK-TV in Houston; now at KHOU-TV * Jill Rappaport * Chip Reid – later at CBS News * Joy Reid – MSNBC host of ''The Reidout''; now publishing an email newsletter * John Rich (war correspondent), John Rich + * Amy Robach * John Roland + * Betty Rollin + * Brian Ross (journalist), Brian Ross * Ford Rowan + *
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+ * Bill Ryan + * Aline B. Saarinen, Aline Saarinen + * Charles Sabine * Kerry Sanders – (Miami-based Correspondent) (1991-2023) now retired * Martin Savidge – later
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* Jessica Savitch + * Chuck Scarborough – later at
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Channel 4 in
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, now retired * Steve Schmidt – (NBC News Senior Political Analyst & MSNBC Contributor) later at Scripps News; now publishing an email newsletter * Bill Schechner + * Mike Schneider (news anchor), Mike Schneider – later at NJTV * Willard Scott + * John Seigenthaler (anchorman), John Seigenthaler * Scott Simon (now with NPR) * Gene Shalit – retired * Claire Shipman * Lynn Smith – later at HLN (TV network), HLN * Harry Smith (American journalist), Harry Smith – now retired; now a teacher at Iowa State University * Lawrence E. Spivak + *
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+ * Nancy Snyderman * Mike Taibbi – retired * Don Teague * Somara Theodore – now at ABC News (United States), ABC News * Patricia Thompson (producer), Patricia Thompson + * Kevin Tibbles (1995–2022) now retired *
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* Liz Trotta * Thanh Truong (journalist), Thanh Truong * Lem Tucker + * Garrick Utley + * Richard Valeriani + * Charles Van Doren + *
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+ * Elizabeth Vargas – later at ABC News (United States), ABC News ; now at NewsNation * Linda Vester * Mike Viqueira (White House & Capitol Hill Correspondent) * Lindsey Vonn (2014 Winter Olympics correspondent) * Chris Wallace (journalist), Chris Wallace * Barbara Walters + * Jacob Ward – Technology Correspondent (2018–2024) * Fredricka Whitfield – now at
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*
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(1993–2021) * Colleen Williams – now at KNBC * Pete Williams (journalist), Pete Williams – (Washington DC-based Justice Correspondent) (1993–2022) now retired * Mary Alice Williams * Brad Willis (journalist), Brad Willis – retired * Joe Witte – (later at
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, and WJLA-TV; now a researcher at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Goddard Spaceflight Center) now retired * Jenna Wolfe * Lew Wood + * Judy Woodruff – later Monday–Friday anchor of ''PBS NewsHour'' * Tony Zappone + – deceased


International broadcasts

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is not shown on a channel outside the Americas. However, both NBC News and MSNBC are shown for a few hours a day on OSN News in the MENA Region. In the 2000s MSNBC was shown on sister network CNBC Europe, both in scheduled slots and during breaking news, although rebroadcasts of MSNBC have stopped. However, ''
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'' is still shown on the channel, while NBC News NOW rebroadcasts ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. In the Philippines, ''
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'' and ''
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'' is previously both shown on 9TV (formerly Talk TV (Philippine TV network), Talk TV and Solar News Channel; now as RPTV (TV Channel), RPTV), while ''Early Today'' was officially dropped from the network in December 2013, but they replaced by the repeats of ''Inside Edition'', while ''
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'' dropped it in September 2014 to make room for the weekend children's programming and ''NBC Nightly News'' was the last to dropped it in March 2015, due to the firing of
Brian Williams 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 anchorman, anchor and managing editor of the broadcast in ...
as anchor and the move of
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to main anchor position as well as the anticipation of rebranding of the said network to CNN Philippines in March of the same year (both ''Nightly News'' and ''
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'' were both previously aired on ETC (Philippine TV channel), ETC from 2004 to 2005 and the now defunct 2nd Avenue (TV channel), 2nd Avenue from 2005 to 2007; ''Nightly News'' was later moved to C/S 9 (later Solar TV) from 2008 to 2011, while ''
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'' retains it separately on 2nd Avenue until 2011). After five years of not airing it in the Philippine airwaves, both ''
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'' and ''
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'' returned in November 2020 as the launch programs of TAP TV (''
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'' was later moved to its sister network TAP Edge from January to October 2021, until they returned it to the said network in October 2021). TAP TV may also occasionally air special coverage from NBC News, including the U.S. Elections every 2 years and the U.S. Presidential Inauguration every 4 years, as well as breaking news during regular broadcasts of ''
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''. ''
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'', along with the full program lineup of NBC, was carried by affiliate VSB-TV in Bermuda until 2014. The Seven Network in Australia has close ties with NBC and has used a majority of the network's imaging and slogans since the 1970s. ''Seven News'' has featured ''The Mission (theme music), The Mission'' as its news theme since the mid-1980s. Local newscasts were named ''Seven Nightly News'' from the mid-1980s until around 2000. NBC and Seven will often share news resources between the two countries. NBC News has been known to use Seven News reporters for live reports on a developing news story in Australia. Seven News will sometimes also incorporate an NBC News report into its national bulletins. ''
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'', ''Weekend Today'' and ''
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'' are all broadcast on the Seven Network during the early morning hours from 3-5 a.m., just before Seven's morning show ''Sunrise (Australian TV program), Sunrise''. In
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, ''
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'' is live television, live digital television broadcast transmission (or broadcast delay, delayed) on TVB Pearl daily from 7:00 AM until 8:00 AM Hong Kong Time (6:00 PM until 7:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (North America), New York City Time). In the United Kingdom, the ITV (TV network), ITV network used to air segments from ''
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'' on their ''ITV News at 5:30'' morning newscast before it was canceled in December 2012. NBC News shares facilities and crew in the UK with ITN, which is the news provider for ITV. NBC News Now is shown as a linear channel on both the Sky UK, Sky and
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platforms in the UK. NBC News Now has been removed from these platforms as of December 2023 but remains free to view via YouTube.


Theme music

''Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News,'' and special breaking news reports use movements from "The Mission (theme song), The Mission" by John Williams as their themes. The composition was first used by NBC in 1985 and was updated in 2004. "Scherzo for Today," the third movement, was in use by ''Today'' until 2013, when it was replaced by a new theme by Alan Gubman.


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