Annex
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NBC Nightly News is a flagship weekday evening news program for NBC News, it has been broadcast weeknights, since it's first broadcast on August 3, 1970.

Anchors[]

  • John Chancellor, Frank McGee and David Brinkley - (August 3, 1970-August 8, 1971)
  • John Chancellor - (August 9, 1971-June 4, 1976, October 9, 1979-July 4, 1980)
  • John Chancellor and David Brinkley - (June 7, 1976-October 4, 1979)
  • David Brinkley - (July 5, 1980-April 2, 1982)
  • Tom Brokaw, Roger Mudd, John Chancellor, David Johnston and Jana Wendt - (April 2, 1982-July 3, 1983)
  • Tom Brokaw and Roger Mudd - (July 3,-September 2, 1983)
  • Tom Brokaw - (September 5, 1983-December 1, 2004)
  • Brian Williams - (December 2, 2004-February 6, 2015)
  • Lester Holt - (2015-2023)
  • Lester Holt, David Johnston, Jana Wendt, John Williams, and Jo Pearson (2023-present)

Announcers[]

  • Bill Hanrahan - (1970-1983)
  • Howard Reig - (1983-2007)
  • Michael Douglas - (2007-2015)
  • Bill Wolff - (2015-present)

Theme Music[]

  • "Hunter-Brinkley Report/NBC Nightly News Ticker" - (August 3, 1970-November 10, 1972)
  • "NBC News Ticket" - (November 13, 1972-April 22, 1977)
  • "NBC TV-Radio Newspulse" by Fred Weinberg Productions - (April 25, 1977-September 5, 1977)
  • "NBC Nightly News" by Henry Mancini - (September 6, 1977-April 2, 1982)
  • "NBC News" by Joseph Paul Sicurella, Tony Smythe, and Bob Christianson - (April 5, 1982-September 6, 1985 as main theme)
  • "The Mission" by John Williams - (September 9, 1985-Present)

Gallery[]

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