NBC News History
NBC News is the news arm of the American television network NBC and operates within NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, a division of Comcast’s wholly-owned subsidiary, NBCUniversal. The president of NBC News, Noah Oppenheim, oversees the various operations of the news division, which also includes MSNBC, CNBC, CNBC World, Noticias Telemundo (Spanish language news), and Sky News (based in the United Kingdom).
On February 21, 1940, NBC News made history by broadcasting the first regularly scheduled news program on American broadcast television. The news group’s productions originate from 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the headquarters of NBCUniversal in New York City.
Among its notable programs, NBC News is responsible for the highest-rated newscast in the United States, NBC Nightly News, the pioneering morning television show Today, and Meet the Press, the longest-running television series in American history featuring interviews with newsmakers every Sunday morning. Additionally, NBC News provides access to 70 years of rare historical footage from the NBCUniversal Archives through online platforms.
NBC News Teams and Personnel
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NBC News Programming
- Meet the Press (since 1947)
- Today (since 1952)
- Today 3rd Hour (since 2018)
- NBC Nightly News (since 1970)
- Saturday Today (since 1992)
- Dateline NBC (since 1992)
- Early Today (1982–1983; since 1999)
- Today with Hoda & Jenna (since 2019)
- Sunday Today with Willie Geist (since 2016)
- NBC News Daily (since 2022)
Former programming
- Camel News Caravan (1948–1956)
- The Huntley-Brinkley Report (1956–1970)
- First Tuesday/Chronolog (1969-1973)[56]
- NBC News Presents a Special Edition (1973-1974)[56]
- Weekend (1974–1979)
- Ask NBC News (1979–1985)
- Prime Time Sunday/Saturday (1979–1980)
- NBC Magazine with David Brinkley (1980–1982)
- NBC News Overnight (1982–83)
- NBC News at Sunrise (1983–1999)
- Monitor/First Camera (1983-1984)[56]
- Summer Sunday, USA (1984)[56]
- American Almanac (1985-1986)[56]
- Main Street (1985–1988)
- 1986 (1986)[56]
- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1989)[56]
- 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[57][58]–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)
- Megyn Kelly Today (2017–2018)
- Syndicated productions
- The Chris Matthews Show (2002–2013)
NBC News Units
- NBCUniversal Archives
- NBC News Studios, a unit dedicated to documentary production, was established on January 23, 2020. MSNBC Films is another component under the NBCUniversal Archives.
- NBC News Channel functions as a news video and report feed service, resembling a wire service. It delivers pre-produced international, national, and regional stories, some featuring on-site reporters tailored for NBC network affiliates. Situated in Charlotte, North Carolina, it has bureaus in New York City at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Washington, D.C. on North Capital Street NW, Chicago at the NBC Tower, and in Los Angeles at the Brokaw News Center on the Universal Studios Hollywood Lot. Additionally, it has satellite bureaus at WFLA-TV in Tampa, Florida, and at KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado. The Charlotte headquarters are linked to the studios of the local NBC affiliate, WCNC-TV. NBC News Channel also served as the production hub for NBC Nightside and “Canal de Noticias, NBC.”
- The NBC News Digital Group includes NBC News Now, a free streaming service launched on May 29, 2019, under the leadership of Janelle Rodriguez, Senior Vice President of Editorial for NBC News and MSNBC. Initially, the service operated without an anchor until the hiring of Alison Morris, formerly of Fox 5 in New York, starting on July 1, 2019. Originally known as NBC News Signal when announced in October 2018, Simone Boyce was initially tapped as the evening (7 PM) host, and two MSNBC hosts played acting roles. NBC News Now provides rolling news coverage on weekdays from 5 am ET until early evening, with NBC news magazines like Dateline NBC repeats and Meet the Press airing overnight and on weekends. The service is accessible through live streaming on YouTube internationally, the Peacock streaming service in the US and Canada, and on Sky TV and Virgin Media in the UK. During major breaking news events, NBC News Now may use a Sky News simulcast to maintain coverage on weekends.
NBC News Bureaus
Major bureaus
- New York City: NBC News Headquarters (WNBC)
- Universal City, California (Los Angeles): West Coast Bureau (KNBC)
- Washington, D.C.: Washington DC Bureau (WRC-TV)
- London: Foreign Desk
Minor bureaus (within the United States)
Atlanta (WXIA-TV)
Boston (WBTS–CD)
Chicago (WMAQ-TV)
Denver (KUSA-TV)
Fort Worth – Dallas (KXAS-TV)
Houston (KPRC-TV)
Miami – Fort Lauderdale (WTVJ)
New Britain – Hartford – New Haven (WVIT)
Philadelphia (WCAU)
San Diego (KNSD)
San Jose – San Francisco – Oakland (KNTV)
San Juan, PR (WKAQ-TV)
1 All NBC owned-and-operated stations are considered NBC News bureaus
2 NBC affiliate owned by Graham Media Group
3 NBC affiliates owned by Tegna Inc.
Foreign bureaus (NBC News/CNBC/MSNBC)
- Johannesburg, South Africa (CNBC Africa headquarters)
- Kabul, Afghanistan (NBC News)
- Nairobi, Kenya (CNBC Africa)
- Abuja, Nigeria (CNBC Africa)
- Lagos, Nigeria (CNBC Africa)
- Cape Town, South Africa (CNBC Africa)
- Singapore (CNBC Asia headquarters)
- Sydney, Australia (CNBC Asia)
- Melbourne, Australia (NBC News Asia Pacific)
- Managua, Nicaragua (Canal 15 Nicaragua-Telemundo 51 WSCV)
- Tokyo, Japan (Nikkei CNBC)
- Hong Kong (CNBC Asia)
- Beijing, China (NBC News, MSNBC, and CNBC)
- Frankfurt, Germany (CNBC Europe)
- Baghdad, Iraq (MSNBC and CNBC Asia)
- Beirut, Lebanon (MSNBC and CNBC Asia)
- Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine (MSNBC and CNBC Asia)
- New Delhi, India (CNBC-TV18)
- Jakarta, Indonesia (CNBC Indonesia)
- Bangkok, Thailand (NBC News Asia Pacific and CNBC Asia)
- Tehran, Iran (NBC News)