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NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast
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network NBC. 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, Rebecca Blumenstein. 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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and CNBC World, 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, '' Today'', 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 NBCUniversal Archives 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 Schenectady (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 KYW-TV) 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'' and then, when John Cameron Swayze was added as an on-camera anchor in 1949, the program was renamed '' Camel News Caravan''. 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 New York governor Thomas E. Dewey. 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'', anchored by John Cameron Swayze, 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 Edward R. Murrow's weekly series, '' See It Now''). In 1950,
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began serving as the program's Washington correspondent, but attracted little attention outside the network until paired with Chet Huntley in 1956. In 1955, the ''Camel News Caravan'' fell behind CBS' '' 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 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, Sander Vanocur, Nancy Dickerson, Tom Pettit, and Ray Scherer. Created by Producer Reuven Frank, NBC's '' The Huntley–Brinkley Report'' 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 Douglas Edwards and, beginning in April 1962, by
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. 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 Montgomery bus boycott in
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, airing reports from Frank McGee, then News Director of NBC's Montgomery affiliate WSFA-TV, 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 Marion, Alabama 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, Jay Barbree, and Peter Hackes, also provided ample coverage of American crewed space missions in the
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,
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, and Project Apollo programs. In an era when space missions rated continuous coverage, NBC configured its largest studio, Studio 8H, 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 Bil Baird were used to depict movements of astronauts before on-board spacecraft television cameras were feasible. (Studio 8H had been home to the NBC Symphony Orchestra and is now the home of ''
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.'') NBC's coverage of the first Moon landing 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, 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 Jack Ruby 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
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) 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 ABC, led by Roone Arledge.
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became sole anchor in 1983, after co-anchoring with Roger Mudd 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 Lester Holt 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, '' Dateline NBC'' 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 ZDF 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 Kevin Corke, Jeannie Ohm, and Don Teague. This was the largest layoff in NBC News history. After the sudden death of the influential moderator Tim Russert of ''
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'' in June 2008,
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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
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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 George Zimmerman 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 Akyavaş, 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 Shabiha group loyal to al-Assad was behind the abduction and that the crew was freed by the Ahrar al-Sham 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 decision desk 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 David Fahrenthold, 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
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, 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
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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 '' New Yorker Magazine'' 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 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service 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 American Media, Inc. 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 Kristen Welker, 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 Rachel Maddow, Mika Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough and Nicolle Wallace 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: William R. McAndrew (managed since 1951, named president, 1965–1968), Reuven Frank (1968–1973, 1981–1985),
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(1973–1977), Lester Crystal (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 Steve Capus (2005 – March 5, 2013). In August 2013, Deborah Turness 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, '' Today Show'' Producer and Executive Noah Oppenheim was named President of NBC News. Rebecca Blumenstein was named President of NBC News on January 10, 2023.


Programming


NBC News programming

* ''
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'' (since 1947) * '' Today'' (since 1952) * '' Today 3rd Hour'' (since 2018) * '' NBC News Daily'' (since 2022, 1 p.m. hour shared with NBC News Now) * ''
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'' (since 1970) * '' Saturday Today'' (since 1992, shared with NBC News Now) * '' Dateline NBC'' (since 1992) * ''
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'' (1982–1983; since 1999, shared with NBC News Now) * '' Today with Jenna & Friends'' (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'' (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'' (1948–1956) * '' The Huntley-Brinkley Report'' (1956–1970) * ''First Tuesday''/''Chronolog'' (1969–1973) * ''NBC News Presents a Special Edition'' (1973–1974) * '' Weekend'' (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'' (1982–83) * '' NBC News at Sunrise'' (1983–1999) * '' Monitor/First Camera'' (1983–1984) * ''Summer Sunday, USA'' (1984) * ''American Almanac'' (1985–1986) * ''Main Street'' (1985–1988) * '' 1986'' (1986) * ''Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'' (1989) * '' Real Life with Jane Pauley'' (1990–91) * ''Expose with Tom Brokaw'' (1991) * '' NBC Nightside'' (1991–1998) * '' Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric'' (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'' (1999–2000) * '' Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda'' (2008–2019) * '' Rock Center with Brian Williams'' (2011–2013) * '' Today's Take'' (2000–2017) * '' Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly'' (June 4 – July 30, 2017) * ''
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'' (2017–2018) * '' Today with Hoda & Jenna'' (2019–2025)


Syndicated productions

* '' The Chris Matthews Show'' (2002–2013)


Other productions

NBC News provides content for the Internet, as well as cable-only news networks
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and
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. It produces a daily (formerly twice-daily show) called ''Stay Tuned'' for Snapchat'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
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The transaction was completed at the end of May 2017; Deborah Turness, 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

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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 smartphone apps) 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 correspondents, presented by anchors who are iHeartMedia employees. It is also provided to NBC's 24/7 News Source radio station affiliates 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 Westwood One a decade later, in 1987, as
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, which had acquired NBC's parent company RCA, 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
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, 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 ''
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'', 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 –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 (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 Westwood One News service. It used content from
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's CNN but was discontinued in 2019. In addition to NBC News Radio, the audio portions of NBC News cable networks
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and
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are available as Internet radio stations through the TuneIn podcasting service and the
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platform.


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

In 1982, NBC News began production on '' NBC News Overnight'' with anchors Linda Ellerbee, Lloyd Dobyns, and Bill Schechner. It usually aired at 1:35 a.m. E.T., following ''
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'' and ''
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''. NBC News Overnight was canceled in December 1983, but in 1991, NBC News launched another overnight news show called '' NBC Nightside''. During its run, the show's anchors included Sara James, Bruce Hall, Antonio Mora, Tom Miller, Campbell Brown, Kim Hindrew, Tom Donavan, and Tonya Strong. It was based at NBC
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WCNC-TV in
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. 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's Headline News service to provide overnight programming, and NBC decided to offer the network's own overnight news service. CBS and ABC 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'' and ''
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'', and later from January 1, 2007, to September 23, 2011, '' Poker After Dark''. NBC now airs same-day repeats of the fourth hour of ''Today'' and CNBC's '' Mad Money'' on weekdays, LXTV programs on early Sunday mornings, and ''Meet the Press'' and ''Dateline'' encores on early Monday mornings.


Units


Current

* NBCUniversal Archives * NBC News Studios – documentary production unit founded on January 23, 2020 ** MSNBC Films * 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
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with bureaus in
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at
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, Washington, D.C., on North Capital Street NW,
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at the NBC Tower, and in
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at the Brokaw News Center on the
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Lot with satellite bureaus at
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in Tampa, Florida and at KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado. Its Charlotte headquarters are connected to Charlotte NBC affiliate studios WCNC-TV. 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'' repeats and ''
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'', 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
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'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
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.


Former

* Peacock Productions


Bureaus


Major bureaus

*
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: NBC News Headquarters (
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)1 *
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(
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): West Coast Bureau (
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)1 * Washington, D.C.: Washington, D.C. Bureau (
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)1 *
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,
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, 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 ...
(
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) 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) 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) 3 * Fort Worth – Dallas, Texas (
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) 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) 2 * Miami – Fort Lauderdale, Florida (
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) 1 * New Britain – Hartford – New Haven, Connecticut (
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) 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) 1 *
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( KNSD) 1 * San Jose – San Francisco – Oakland, California ( KNTV) 1 * San Juan ( WKAQ-TV) 1 * 1 All NBC
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s are considered NBC News bureaus * 2 NBC affiliate owned by Graham Media Group * 3 NBC affiliates owned by
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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) *
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, 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) *
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) *
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, Nigeria ( CNBC Africa) *
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) *
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 (
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) *
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) *
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, Japan (
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) *
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(
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) *
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,
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, and
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) *
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, Turkey ( CNBC-e) *
Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...
, Germany (
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) *
Baghdad Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the A ...
, Iraq (
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and
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) *
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, Lebanon (
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and
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) *
Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...
, 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 New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...
, India (
CNBC-TV18 CNBC TV18 is an Indian pay television business and financial news channel operated as a joint venture between NBCUniversal and Network18 Group. History The network has its origins in ABNi, an Indian sub-feed of the Dow Jones-led Asia Bus ...
) *
Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...
, Indonesia ( CNBC Indonesia) *
Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...
, Thailand (NBC News Asia Pacific and
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) *
Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...
, Iran (NBC News)


Noted coverage

NBC News got the first American news interviews from two Russian presidents (
Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Ru ...
,
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...
), and Brokaw was the only American television news correspondent to witness the fall of the
Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (, ) was a guarded concrete Separation barrier, barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany). Construction of the B ...
in 1989.


Notable personnel


Anchors

* Jacqueline Alemany – Co–Anchor of ''The Weekend'' morning edition * Peter Alexander – '' Weekend Today'' Co-Anchor (2018-present) & Chief White House Correspondent (2004–present) * Mika Brzezinski – ''
Morning Joe ''Morning Joe'' is an American morning news talk show, which airs weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time Zone, Eastern Time on the cable news channel MSNBC. It features former United States House of Representatives, US Repr ...
'' Co-Anchor (2007-present) * Ana Cabrera – ''Ana Cabrera Reports'' Anchor (2023-present) * Jonathan Capehart – Co–Anchor of ''The Weekend'' morning edition *
Carson Daly Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973) is an American television host, radio personality, producer, and television personality. From 1998 to 2003, Daly was a VJ (media personality), VJ on MTV's ''Total Request Live'' (TRL), and a DJ for the Sou ...
– '' Today'' Features Anchor (2013-present) & NBC's '' The Voice'' Host (2002-present) * Eugene Daniels – Co–Anchor of ''The Weekend'' morning edition * José Díaz-Balart – ''
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 ...
'' 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 – 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 ''Morning Joe'' is an American morning news talk show, which airs weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time Zone, Eastern Time on the cable news channel MSNBC. It features former United States House of Representatives, US Repr ...
'' Co-Anchor (2007-present) and NBC News Correspondent (2005-present) * Michelle Grossman – NBC News Meteorologist * Savannah Guthrie – '' Today'' Co-Anchor (2011-present) & NBC News Chief Legal Correspondent (2007–present) * Jenna Bush Hager – Co-host of '' Today with Jenna & Friends'' (2019-present), NBC News Correspondent (2009-present) * Chris Hayes – Anchor of '' All In with Chris Hayes'' (2013-present) on MSNBC (2010-present) * Lester Holt – Anchor of '' Dateline NBC'' (2011–present), Anchor (2000–present) * Antonia Hylton – ''The Weekend: Primetime'' Co–Anchor (2025–present), Correspondent (2020-present) * Hallie Jackson – Senior Washington Correspondent (2014–present) ''
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 ...
'' 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 Hoda Kotb ( ; born August 9, 1964) is an American broadcast journalist, television personality, and author. She was the main co-anchor of the NBC News breakfast television, morning show ''Today (American TV program), Today'' from 2018 to 2025, ...
– Contributing Correspondent (1998–present) * Angie Lassman — '' Weekend Today'' Weather Anchor (2023–present) & NBC News Meteorologist (2016-present) * Jonathan Lemire
Morning Joe ''Morning Joe'' is an American morning news talk show, which airs weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time Zone, Eastern Time on the cable news channel MSNBC. It features former United States House of Representatives, US Repr ...
Co-Anchor (2025–present) & Political Analyst (2017–present) * Tom Llamas – ''
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 ...
'' Anchor & Managing Editor (2025–present) & ''Top Story with Tom Llamas'' Anchor (2000-2014, 2021-present) * Richard Lui – MSNBC/NBC News Breaking News Anchor * Rachel Maddow – '' 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 – '' Today'' 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'' 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 Frances Rivera (born 1970) is a Filipino-American journalist and television News presenter, news anchor appearing on the overnight news program, ''Early Today'' on NBC. For ten years, until August 2011, she was a television reporter and anchor for ...
– ''
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 ...
'' Co-Anchor * Al Roker – Chief NBC News Meteorologist (1978–present), '' Today'' 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'' (2022-present), Senior Business Analyst (2016-present), * Symone Sanders-Townsend – ''The Weeknight'' Co-Anchor (2024–present), Political Analyst (2022-present) * Joe Scarborough – ''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 Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights and social justice activist, Baptists, Baptist minister, radio talk show host, and TV personality, who is also the founder of the National Action Network civil rig ...
– Anchor of ''PoliticsNation'' and Morning Joe Contributor (2011-present) *
Kate Snow Kate Snow (born June 10, 1969) is an American television journalist for NBC News, serving as Senior National Correspondent to various NBC platforms, including ''Today (American TV program), Today'', ''NBC Nightly News'', ''Dateline NBC'', and MSNB ...
– 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'', Correspondent (2016-present) * Ali Vitali – Anchor of '' Way Too Early'' (2025-present), Capitol Hill Correspondent (2010-present) * Nicolle Wallace – '' Deadline: White House'' Anchor (2017-present) MSNBC/NBC News Senior Political Analyst (2015-present) * Kristen Welker – ''
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 ...
'' 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – '' 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 – 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 Michael Barnicle (born October 13, 1943) is an American journalist and commentator who has worked in print, radio, and television. He is a senior contributor and the veteran columnist on MSNBC's ''Morning Joe''. He is also seen on NBC's ''Today ( ...
– MSNBC's ''
Morning Joe ''Morning Joe'' is an American morning news talk show, which airs weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time Zone, Eastern Time on the cable news channel MSNBC. It features former United States House of Representatives, US Repr ...
'' Contributor (2007-present) * Jeremy Bash – Senior National Security Analyst * Danny Cevallos – NBC News/MSNBC Legal Analyst * 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 – Medical Contributor * Jeff Guzzetti – NBC News/MSNBC Aviation Analyst * John Heilemann – NBC News/MSNBC National Affairs Analyst * 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 – 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 – NBC News/MSNBC Chief Political Analyst * Andrew Ross Sorkin – CNBC/NBC News/MSNBC Contributor and Analyst *
Al Sharpton Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights and social justice activist, Baptists, Baptist minister, radio talk show host, and TV personality, who is also the founder of the National Action Network civil rig ...
– MSNBC’s Morning Joe Contributor and Host of ''PoliticsNation'' (2011-present) *
Maria Shriver Maria Owings Shriver ( ; born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist, author, a member of the prominent Shriver and Kennedy families, former First Lady of California, and the founder of the nonprofit organization The Women's Alzheimer's M ...
– 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 Meredith Louise Vieira (born December 30, 1953) is an American broadcast journalist and Celebrity, television personality. She is best known as the original moderator of the daytime talk show ''The View (talk show), The View'' (1997–2006), the ...
– 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 ABC News most commonly refers to: * ABC News (Australia), a national news service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation * ABC News (United States), a news-gathering and broadcasting division of the American Broadcasting Company ABC News may a ...
and NewsNation * Stephanie Abrams – now at
The Weather Channel The Weather Channel (TWC) is an American pay television television channel, channel owned by Weather Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Allen Media Group. The channel's headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia. Launched on May 2, 1982, the channel ...
* Martin Agronsky + * Ron Allen – New York-based Correspondent * Miguel Almaguer – Los Angeles-based Correspondent * Leigh Ann Caldwell – (Capitol Hill Correspondent) later at
The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...
; now at Puck News * Jodi Applegate (Anchor,
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 '' Weekend Today'') * Bob Arnot (1996–2004) * Tom Aspell + * Jim Avila – Correspondent * Jay Barbree + * Maura Barrett *
Martin Bashir Martin Henry Bashir (born 19 January 1963) is a British former journalist. He was a presenter on British and American television and for the BBC's '' Panorama'' programme, for which he gained an interview with Diana, Princess of Wales under fal ...
(later MSNBC's ''
Martin Bashir Martin Henry Bashir (born 19 January 1963) is a British former journalist. He was a presenter on British and American television and for the BBC's '' Panorama'' programme, for which he gained an interview with Diana, Princess of Wales under fal ...
'' Anchor & Dateline NBC Correspondent) * Robert Bazell (Chief Science & Health Correspondent) – now an adjunct professor at
Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
* Catie Beck * Geoff Bennett – now at ''
PBS NewsHour ''PBS News Hour'', previously stylized as ''PBS NewsHour'', is the news division of PBS and an American daily evening news broadcasting#television, television news program broadcast on over 350 PBS Network affiliate#Member stations, member stat ...
'' * Jim Bittermann – now at CNN * Frank Blair + * David Bloom + * Mike Boettcher * Frank Bourgholtzer + *
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 ...
+ *
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 ...
– (Anchor/Correspondent) (1966–2021) now retired * Ned Brooks + * Campbell Brown * Christina Brown * Erin Burnett – now at CNN * Dasha Burns – now at
Politico ''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American political digital newspaper company founded by American banker and media executive Robert Allbritton in 2007. It covers politics and policy in the Unit ...
*
Billy Bush William Hall Bush (born October 17, 1971) is an American radio and television host. He is a member of the Bush family, a nephew of former president George H. W. Bush and cousin of former president George W. Bush and former Florida governor Jeb B ...
– fired due to the aftermath of sexual allegations about Donald Trump; now at '' Extra'' * Henry Champ + *
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 ...
+ * Connie Chung – retired * Chris Cimino – now at
WPIX WPIX (channel 11) is a television station in New York City, serving as the ''de facto'' flagship of The CW Television Network. Owned by Mission Broadcasting, the station is operated by CW majority owner Nexstar Media Group under a local market ...
in New York City * Chelsea Clinton – left to focus on the
Clinton Foundation The Clinton Foundation (founded in 2001 as the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation, and renamed in 2013 as the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation) is a nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code. It was e ...
* Ben Collins – now CEO of Global Tetrahedron * Ned Colt + * Kevin Corke * Katie Couric (1987–2006) * Tiffany Cross (2020–2022) * Ann CurryToday co-anchor & Dateline NBC 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 * Linda Ellerbee * Josh Elliott * Bonnie Erbe * Bob Faw * Giselle Fernández * Martin Fletcher – Foreign Correspondent and Tel Aviv Bureau Chief; retired * Jack Ford – now chief legal analyst at
CBS News CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS. It is headquartered in New York City. CBS News television programs include ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs ''CBS News Sunday Morn ...
* Eliot Frankel + * Michelle Franzen – now at
ABC News ABC News most commonly refers to: * ABC News (Australia), a national news service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation * ABC News (United States), a news-gathering and broadcasting division of the American Broadcasting Company ABC News may a ...
* Dawn Fratangelo * Stephen Frazier + * Pauline Frederick + * Dawna Friesen (1999–2010) – now Anchor for Canada's Global TV's ''Global National'' * Betty Furness + * Joe Garagiola + * Anne Garrels + * Damien Garcia (News Division Production Specialist, Global Mobile Computing) * Dave Garroway + * Kendis Gibson *
Kathie Lee Gifford Kathryn Lee Gifford (Given name, née Epstein; born August 16, 1953) is an American television presenter, singer, songwriter, actress, and author. From 1985 to 2000, she and Regis Philbin hosted the talk show ''Live with Kelly and Mark, Live! wi ...
– Left Today to focus on producing * Alexis Glick * Robert Goralski + *
Peter Greenberg Peter S. Greenberg (born January 20, 1950) is an American journalist. He is the CBS News Travel Editor, reporting regularly on '' The Early Show'', its replacement '' CBS This Morning'', and the '' CBS Evening News''. He may be best known as ...
(Travel Editor, Today) – now at
CBS News CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS. It is headquartered in New York City. CBS News television programs include ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs ''CBS News Sunday Morn ...
* David Gregory * Bryant Gumbel (1975–1997) – later the host of HBO Sports' ''Real Sports'' * Tony Guida – now at
CBS News CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS. It is headquartered in New York City. CBS News television programs include ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs ''CBS News Sunday Morn ...
* Robert Hager (1960s–2004) – retired from journalism * Sara Haines – now at
ABC News ABC News most commonly refers to: * ABC News (Australia), a national news service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation * ABC News (United States), a news-gathering and broadcasting division of the American Broadcasting Company ABC News may a ...
* Tamron HallToday'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 Christopher Edward Hansen (born September 13, 1959) is an American television presenter, journalist, and YouTube personality. During his tenure as a correspondent for ''Dateline NBC'', he hosted the program's segment ''To Catch a Predator'' (20 ...
* Nanette Hansen * Richard C. Harkness + * Sarah Harman * Don Harris + * John Hart – retired from journalism *
Jim Hartz James Leroy Hartz (February 3, 1940 – April 17, 2022) was an American television personality, columnist and reporter during the mid- and late-1970s. At age 24, he was the youngest correspondent NBC had ever hired. Hartz became best known to a nat ...
+ * James Hattori * Erica Hill - now at CNN * John Hockenberry * Chet Huntley + * Kasie Hunt – now at CNN * Gwen Ifill + * Michael Isikoff * Lawrence Jackson – ''Stay Tuned'' host & journalist * Bob Jamieson – retired from journalism * Joshua Johnson (2020–2022) * Kristine Johnson – now at WCBS-TV * Rosalind Jordan – now at
Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English (AJE; , ) is a 24-hour English-language News broadcasting, news channel operating under Al Jazeera Media Network, which is funded by the government of Qatar. Al Jazeera introduced an English-language division in 2006. It is ...
* Bernard Kalb + * Marvin Kalb – retired * Floyd Kalber + *
Megyn Kelly Megyn Marie Kelly (; born November 18, 1970) is an American journalist, attorney, political commentator, and media personality. She currently hosts ''The Megyn Kelly Show'', a talk show and podcast that airs daily on Sirius XM's Triumph channe ...
– '' Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly'' host and ''
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 ...
'' host * Arthur Kent * Jo Ling Kent – now at
CBS News CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS. It is headquartered in New York City. CBS News television programs include ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs ''CBS News Sunday Morn ...
* Douglas Kiker + * Emory King + * Dan Kloeffler * Michelle Kosinski (2005–2014) * Bob Kur (1973–2006) * Margaret Larson – retired from journalism *
Matt Lauer Matthew Todd Lauer (; born December 30, 1957) is a former American television news personality, best known for his work with NBC News. After serving as a local news personality in New York City on WNBC, his first national exposure was as the ne ...
Today co-anchor & Dateline NBC contributing anchor and correspondent (1992–2017) – fired due to inappropriate sexual behavior * Josh Lederman – Foreign Correspondent * Jack Lescoulie + * Irving R. Levine + * George Lewis – retired from journalism * Lilia Luciano – now at
CBS News CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS. It is headquartered in New York City. CBS News television programs include ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs ''CBS News Sunday Morn ...
* Bill Macatee – retired from journalism * Jim Maceda – Special Foreign Correspondent; retired * Cassie Mackin + * Robert MacNeil + * Boyd Matson *
Chris Matthews Christopher John Matthews (born December 17, 1945) is an American political commentator, retired talk show host, and author. Matthews hosted his weeknight hour-long talk show, ''Hardball with Chris Matthews'', on America's Talking and later on M ...
– MSNBC host of '' Hardball with Chris Matthews''; retired from journalism; now publishing an email newsletter * John MacVane + * Cynthia McFadden * Frank McGee + * Sean McLaughlin + * Jennifer McLogan * Phillip Mena
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Co-Host * Preston Mendenhall * Jim Miklaszewski – (Chief Pentagon Correspondent) (1985–2016), retired from journalism * Keith Miller *
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in Miami) * Edwin Newman + * Hans Nichols – now at Axios * Deborah Norville – later weekday host of ''
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'' * Soledad O'Brien *
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(Anchor, "Countdown with Keith Olbermann") * Don Oliver + * John Palmer + * Jane Pauley (now at
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in Houston; now at KHOU-TV * Jill Rappaport *
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– later at
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+ * Charles Sabine * Kerry Sanders – (Miami-based Correspondent) (1991-2023) now retired * Martin Savidge – later CNN * Jessica Savitch + * Chuck Scarborough – later at
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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 – later at NJTV * Willard Scott + * John Seigenthaler * Scott Simon (now with NPR) * Gene Shalit – retired *
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'' * Tony Zappone + – deceased


International broadcasts

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 ...
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 The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), also referred to as West Asia and North Africa (WANA) or South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), is a geographic region which comprises the Middle East (also called West Asia) and North Africa together ...
Region. In the 2000s MSNBC was shown on sister network
CNBC Europe Consumer News and Business Channel Europe (referred to on air simply as CNBC) is a business and financial news television channel which airs across Europe. The station is based in London, where it shares the Adrian Smith (architect), Adrian S ...
, both in scheduled slots and during
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, although rebroadcasts of MSNBC have stopped. However, ''
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 ...
'' is still shown on the channel, while NBC News NOW rebroadcasts ''
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 ...
'', '' Today'' and ''
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 ...
''. In the
Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
, ''
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'' and '' Today'' is previously both shown on 9TV (formerly Talk TV and
Solar News Channel Solar News Channel (SNC) was a major commercial television network in the Philippines, owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation's arm television subsidiary of Solar Television Network lease with its owner by Radio Philippines Network. Its fl ...
; now as RPTV), while ''Early Today'' was officially dropped from the network in December 2013, but they replaced by the repeats of ''
Inside Edition ''Inside Edition'' is an American tabloid television program that is distributed in Broadcast syndication, first-run syndication by CBS Media Ventures. Having premiered on January 9, 1989, it is the longest-running syndicated-newsmagazine progr ...
'', while '' Today'' 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
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as anchor and the move of Lester Holt 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 '' Today'' were both previously aired on ETC from 2004 to 2005 and the now defunct 2nd Avenue from 2005 to 2007; ''Nightly News'' was later moved to C/S 9 (later Solar TV) from 2008 to 2011, while '' Today'' retains it separately on 2nd Avenue until 2011). After five years of not airing it in the Philippine airwaves, both ''
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 ...
'' and '' Today'' returned in November 2020 as the launch programs of TAP TV (''
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 ...
'' 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 '' Today''. ''
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'', along with the full program lineup of NBC, was carried by affiliate VSB-TV in
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until 2014. The
Seven Network Seven Network (stylised 7Network, and commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is an Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, ...
in
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
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'' 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. '' Today'', '' Weekend Today'' 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 ...
'' are all broadcast on the
Seven Network Seven Network (stylised 7Network, and commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is an Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, ...
during the early morning hours from 3-5 a.m., just before Seven's morning show ''
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''. In
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 ...
, ''
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'' is live digital television broadcast transmission (or delayed) on TVB Pearl daily from 7:00 AM until 8:00 AM
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(6:00 PM until 7:00 PM New York City Time). In the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
, the ITV network used to air segments from ''
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 ...
'' 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
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, which is the news provider for ITV. NBC News Now is shown as a linear channel on both the
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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 ...
platforms in the UK. NBC News Now has been removed from these platforms as of December 2023 but remains free to view via
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.


Theme music

''Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News,'' and special breaking news reports use movements from " The Mission" by
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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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