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NBC Nightly News
Also known as
  • Weekdays:
  • NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt(2015–present)
GenreNews program
Created byReuven Frank
Directed byChristian Alicea
Susan King
Presented byWeekdays:
Lester Holt
Saturdays
Jose Diaz-Balart
Sundays
Hallie Jackson
Narrated byBill Hanrahan
Howard Reig
Michael Douglas
Bill Wolff
Theme music composerFred WeinbergProductions (1977)
Henry Mancini(1977–1982)
Joseph Paul Sicurella,
Tony Smythe &
Bob Christianson (1982–1985)
John Williams(1985–present)
Opening theme"The Mission"(1985–present)
(for past themes,see section)
Ending themeSame as opening
ComposerJohn Williams
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No.of seasons50
Production
Executive producerMeghan Rafferty
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companyNBC News Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseAugust 3, 1970(1970-08-03)–
present
Related

NBC Nightly News(titled asNBC Nightly News with Lester Holtfor its weeknight broadcasts since June 22, 2015) is the flagship daily eveningtelevision newsprogram forNBC News,the news division of theNBCtelevision network in the United States. First aired on August 3, 1970, the program is currently the second most watched network newscast in the United States, behindABC'sWorld News Tonight.[1][2]NBC Nightly Newsis produced from Studio 1A atNBC Studiosat30 Rockefeller CenterinNew York City.SelectedLos Angeles–based editions broadcast from The Brokaw News Center inUniversal City, California,or when broadcasting fromWashington, D.C.,either from the NBC News bureau based atWRC-TVin theTenleytownneighborhood, or NBC's secondary studio overlookingCapitol Hill.

Since 2015, the broadcast has been anchored byLester Holton weeknights,José Díaz-Balarton Saturday[3]andHallie Jacksonon Sunday. Previous anchors have includedJohn Chancellor,David Brinkley,Tom Brokaw,Brian WilliamsandKate Snow.

The program is broadcast live over most NBC stations from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.Eastern Timeseven days a week; the "Western Edition" of the program occasionally features breaking news and/or updated information on news stories covered during the original telecast forPacific Time Zoneviewers, and some stations in that time zone carry it live at 3:30 p.m. PT to lead into their late afternoonlocal newsblocks. Its current theme music, "The Mission"(which debuted in 1985) was composed byJohn Williams.

History

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John Chancellor and David Brinkley (1970–1982)

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Original title card, used from 1970 to 1972.
NBC Nightly Newstitle card, used from 1972 to 1975.

NBC Nightly NewsreplacedThe Huntley–Brinkley Reportin August 1970 uponChet Huntley's retirement. At first,David Brinkley,John Chancellor,andFrank McGeerotated duties as anchors. At least one, usually two, and very rarely all three anchored the program on a given night. Except for the few nights when one of the men solo anchored, each evening's program included oneanchorbased inNew York Cityand one inWashington, D.C.,as had been the case on theHuntley-Brinkley Report.Brinkley's appearances were always from Washington and McGee's were always from New York. Chancellor moved between those two cities depending on his partner for the evening.

In addition to Brinkley as a holdover from theHuntley-Brinkley Report,McGee had earned praise for his anchoring or co-anchoring of space flights, and Chancellor had also earned praise as McGee's co-anchor for the space missions ofApollo 12andApollo 13.

Brinkley provided commentary several times per week in the 1970s.

With network executives perceiving the instability of this arrangement as a factor inNightly Newslosingaudienceshare to theCBS Evening News,NBC discontinued the rotation arrangement, and McGee eventually took over forHugh Downsas host ofToday.Chancellor became the sole anchor of the program on August 9, 1971, with Brinkley providing a three-minute commentary segment, "David Brinkley's Journal," from Washington several times a week.

On June 7, 1976, NBC brought Brinkley back to the anchor desk and tried the dual-anchor approach once again. Initially, Chancellor and Brinkley both reported from New York City, however Brinkley would later return to Washington. Chancellor again became sole anchor ofNightly Newson October 10, 1979, with Brinkley once again providing commentaries until he left NBC forABC Newsin 1981, where he became host of that network's newSunday morning interview showThis Week.

Despite the various changes, Chancellor was never able to break the grip thatWalter Cronkiteand theCBS Evening Newshad on the American news viewer, althoughNightly Newswas sometimes a strong second place in the evening news ratings for most of the 1970s. After stepping down from the anchor desk on April 2, 1982, Chancellor remained on the program as an editorial commentator until his retirement in 1993.

Tom Brokaw (1982–2004)

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On April 5, 1982,Tom Brokaw,who had been serving as anchor ofTodaysince 1976, joined the program and took over co-anchor duties in New York City, whileRoger Muddbecame anchor in Washington. Mudd was dropped from the broadcast and Brokaw became the solo anchor ofNightly Newson September 5, 1983, the same day that his ABC competitor,Peter Jennings,became sole anchor ofWorld News Tonight.With Brokaw being the sole anchor, theNightly Newswas now completely based in New York City. Among other news items, he covered theSpace ShuttleChallengerdisaster,EDSA Revolution,Loma Prieta earthquake,the fall of theBerlin Wall,andHurricane Andrew.[citation needed]As anchor, Brokaw conducted the first one-on-one American television interviews with Soviet leaderMikhail GorbachevandRussian PresidentVladimir Putin.He was the only network anchor inBerlinwhen theBerlin Wallfell. Brokaw's presence slowly attracted viewers, and during the 1990s,Nightly Newsbattled for the viewership lead withWorld News Tonight.He andKatie Courichosted a prime-timenewsmagazine,Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric,that aired from 1993 to 1994 before being folded into the multi-nightDateline NBCprogram.[citation needed]By 1997,NBC Nightly Newshad solidified its first place standing in theratings,a spot it would retain solely for ten years. The once-dominantCBS Evening News,anchored byDan Rather,had lost a substantial portion of the audience it held during the Walter Cronkite era and slid to third place (where it still remains as of 2017[4]) in the viewership wars.

Brokaw withVladimir Putinbefore an interview on June 2, 2000.

On September 11, 2001, Brokaw joinedKatie CouricandMatt Laueraround 9:30 a.m., following the live attack on the South Tower of theWorld Trade Center,and continued to anchor all day, until after midnight. Following the collapse of the second tower, Brokaw said:

This is war. This is a declaration and an execution of an attack on the United States.[5][6]

On May 28, 2002, Brokaw announced his retirement as anchor ofNightly News,to take effect shortly after thePresidential election in 2004.During this last time helming the network's presidential election coverage, NBC graphic designers created images of a giant electoral map on the ice rink at Rockefeller Plaza, andcherry pickerstallied the electoral vote count on the façade of30 Rockefeller Plaza(this tradition has continued with each election since then). Brokaw's final broadcast took place on December 1, 2004, ending 22 years on theNightly Newsdesk and a 21-year run as the network's chief newsman – a record tenure in NBC's history.

Brian Williams (2004–2015)

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Brian Williams,a frequent substitute for Brokaw forNBC Nightly News,succeeded him as the program's permanent anchor on December 2, 2004. The program held onto the #1 ratings spot among the network evening newscasts from Williams' first day, averaging about 10 million viewers each week until February 2007, when it slipped behind its closest competitorWorld News with Charles Gibson.However,NBC Nightly Newsregained the lead a few months later; it has now been America's most-watched evening newscast for over a decade.

Williams rose to new levels of popularity for his livespot reportingduring and after the2005 hurricane season.With the transition to Williams, the show recognized its past in its opening seconds, with small photos of past anchors and sets and the voices ofJohn Cameron Swayze,Huntley, Brinkley, Chancellor, and Brokaw, as well as an orchestral version of the "G-E-C"NBC Chimesserving as an intro bumper, before going into the opening headlines summary read by Williams; this montage was discontinued on September 17, 2007 except for weekends and nights with substitute anchors until October 2007. On December 4, 2006,Nightly Newswas presented with "limited commercial interruptions" through a sponsorship arrangement withPhilips,marking the first time in its 36-year history that the newscast experimented with reduced advertising.

Former set of NBC Nightly News, pictured in 2008
NBC Nightly Newscontrol room.
Williams in 2011

During Williams' tenure as main anchor of the program,Lester HoltandKate Snowoften substituted while he was on vacation or on assignment; other substitute anchors includedSavannah Guthrie,Tamron Hall,Harry Smith,Jenna Wolfe,Erica Hill,Hoda Kotb,Natalie MoralesandCarl Quintanilla,as well as now-former NBC anchorsAnn Curry,Campbell Brown,David Gregory,Amy Robach,Peter Alexander,andJohn Seigenthaler.

NBC Nightly Newsbegan broadcasting inhigh definitionon March 26, 2007, becoming the first of the three network evening news programs to make the transition (theCBS Evening Newsbegan broadcasting in HD on January 7, 2008;ABC World News Tonightbegan broadcasting in HD on August 25, 2008, during its coverage of the2008 Democratic National Convention). Most news video from on-remote locations continued to be shot instandard definitionat the time, while the network's news bureaus underwent a conversion to HD, which was completed in 2009.

TheNightly Newsset inStudio 3C,which had been in use since January 27, 1992, was retired on May 4, 2007. The broadcast temporarily relocated to Studio 8G on the same set as of May 8, 2007, used for the studio segments seen during the network'sSunday Night Footballbroadcasts and itspregame show,and where NBC's 2006 Congressional election coverage originated. After months of construction, Studio 3C was re-opened on October 22, 2007, with the introduction of a new set forNightly News;sister cable networkMSNBC's new set in Studio 3A was also inaugurated at that time. On October 24, 2011, the broadcast moved to Studio 3B, which also served as the homebase of Williams' short-lived newsmagazine for NBC,Rock Center.

Embellishment scandal/suspension and replacement

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On February 4, 2015, Williams apologized on the program for having“conflated” on numerous occasionsan account that he had been aboard aChinook helicoptershot down by enemy fire from arocket-propelled grenadewhile covering theInvasion of Iraqin 2003, when he was in fact aboard a helicopter that followed behind it. This came after he received criticism by U.S. soldiers for embellishing the story when a segment from the January 30, 2015, broadcast recounting the incident was posted on the program'sFacebookpage.[7][8][9]The revelation spurred negative press towards Williams, including some asking for him to be fired by NBC News, althoughPaul Rieckhoff,founder ofIraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America,stated that “persecuting [Williams] over this mistake will do little to help our veterans and service members”.[10]

Lester Holt (pictured in 2012), current anchor ofNBC Nightly News

Amid that controversy andquestions over Williams' claimsthat made regarding his experiences while reporting fromNew Orleanson the aftermath ofHurricane Katrinain August 2005, including that he contracteddysenteryfrom accidentally ingesting flood water, the news division decided to launch an internal investigation into the matter that would be conducted through its investigative unit. On February 7, 2015, Williams stated in a memo to NBC News staff that he would take himself "off the daily broadcast for the next several days," with Lester Holt substituting for him on the weeknight broadcasts.[11][12][13]

On February 10, 2015, Williams was suspended without pay for six months due to the scandal which arose after he came under fire for fabricating a story about his reporting on the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina. Williams claimed to have been reporting in Iraq in 2002 when the helicopter he was traveling on was hit by an RPG and he was forced to land. He had told the story several times, including his appearances on theLate Show with David Lettermanand onNightly Newsitself only a few nights before several war veterans who had been with Williams in 2002 claimed that Williams had not been present at the time of the crash, but showed up about an hour later to report on it. Williams issued an apology, saying he had "misremembered" the story in his head and it had been a genuine accident, but many critics accused Williams of fabricating the story and called for his resignation. Williams later announced that he would be taking some time off because he had become "too much a part of the news."[14][15]NBC announced that weekend anchorLester Holtwould anchor the program in the interim.[16]

Lester Holt (2015–present)

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Logo used from October 22, 2007 to October 9, 2016
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Logo used from October 10, 2016 to November 26, 2020

On June 18, 2015,NBC NewsandMSNBCchairman Andrew Lack announced thatLester Holtwould become the main anchor ofNBC Nightly Newson a permanent basis effective on June 22, 2015, Holt was on a scheduled vacation on the day of the announcement, withTodaypresenterSavannah Guthrieserving as interim anchor of the broadcast that week. After his suspension ended in August,Brian Williamswas reassigned to MSNBC where he previously served as both an anchor and correspondent.[17]

Holt previously served as interim anchor of the weeknight broadcasts from August 6, 2013 to September 2, 2013, when Williams went on medical leave from NBC News in order to undergoknee replacementsurgery.[18][19]With his promotion to main anchor, Holt is the first African-American solo weeknight anchor of a major network newscast.[20]Max Robinsonwas co-anchor of ABC'sWorld News Tonightfrom 1978 to 1983, andGwen Ifillwas a co-anchor of thePBS NewsHourfrom 2013 to 2016.[21]

On June 27, 2016,NBC Nightly Newsswitched to a full 16:9 letterbox presentation, with the existing graphics package being re-positioned for the 16:9 format. On October 10, 2016, the newscast debuted an entirely new on-air look with graphics originally optimized for the full 16:9 presentation, including a new program logo replacing variations of the previous one that had been used since November 8, 1999.[citation needed]

On July 14, 2017,NBC Nightly Newspermanently moved back from Studio 3B to Studio 3C.

In 2018,NBC Nightly Newslaunched an ongoing series of specials,NBC Nightly Films.

On August 11, 2021, it was announced that executive producer Jennifer Suozzo would be departing the program and Meghan Rafferty would be interim executive producer on August 16, 2021.[22]

On September 13, 2021,NBC Nightly Newspermanently moved from Studio 3C to Studio 1A, also the home ofToday.[23]

On June 19, 2023,NBC Nightly Newsunderwent its first large-scale rebrand since the Brian Williams era as part of a wider rebranding of NBC as a whole; it was unveiled by NBC during an event honoring of 75 years of televised newscasts on NBC. The rebrand includes a new on-air graphics scheme intended to create fewer distractions from the content of stories, as well as a new a new stylized “N” emblem (reminiscent of the network's 1979–86 "Proud N" logo) that can be split apart to display headlines, and is better-suited for digital platforms.[24][25]

Logo used from November 27, 2020,to June 18, 2023
Current logo symbol ofNBC Nightly News,first introduced on June 19, 2023.[26]
Vertical logo symbol ofNBC Nightly News,first introduced on June 19, 2023.

Weekend editions

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NBC first offered a Saturday evening newscast in 1961, withSander Vanocuranchoring theNBC Saturday Night Report.Four years later, NBC correspondents Ray Scherer andRobert MacNeilwere partnered at the anchor desk onThe Scherer-MacNeil Reporton Saturdays, continuing until 1967. At that time, the network replaced it with a second weekend airing ofThe Frank McGee Report,which had been airing on Sundays for several years by that point.[27]The Saturday edition of theReportran for about a year and a half.

On January 4, 1969, theHuntley-Brinkley Reportwas expanded to Saturday evenings, with the main anchors working solo on alternating weeks. When lower-than-expected ratings occurred, the network pulled the pair off Saturdays and assigned others such as McGee and Vanocur to anchor the broadcast. On August 2, 1970, two days after the weekdayHuntley-Brinkleybroadcast ended, the network expanded its evening newscast to Sundays, which also replaced the Sunday broadcast ofThe Frank McGee Report.For the first year after the Sunday broadcast began, Chancellor, Brinkley and McGee rotated on the program as they did on weeknights; there were no separate weekend anchors. The Saturday and Sunday broadcasts were respectively titledNBC Saturday Night NewsandNBC Sunday Night Newsuntil sometime in the 1970s, when they adopted theNBC Nightly Newsname.

When Chancellor became sole anchor of the weeknight editions in August 1971, separate anchors were named for the weekend editions.

The weekend editions may occasionally be abbreviated or preempted due toNBC Sportstelecasts that overrun into the program's time slot. During the NFL season, the Sunday editions air live in every time zone at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, immediately prior toFootball Night in AmericaandSunday Night Football.

Kids edition

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In April 2020, NBC News began producing a version ofNBC Nightly Newstargeted at children ages 6 to 16, featuring stories aimed at children. This edition is hosted by Lester Holt and new episodes premiere every Thursday on NBC News' YouTube channel.[28]Beginning onOctober 31,2020, occasional editions ofNBC Nightly News: Kids Editionhave aired on Saturdays on NBC.[29]

Nightly Newsanchors

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Weekdays

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The following are people who have been the principalnews anchorsfor the NBC television network's flagship weekday evening-news program, titled since 1970 asNBC Nightly News,as well as its predecessor programs.

Weekends

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Weekend anchors have included the following:

Announcer

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Bill Hanrahanhandled the announcing duties for the newscast until his retirement in 1983, as he had done for the predecessorHuntley-Brinkley Report.The next announcer for the program was long-timeNBCstaff announcerHoward Reig.He retired toFloridain 2005, but a recording he had made before his retirement was used on the program until December 14, 2007. When the show was broadcast on remote or a new substitute anchor was used, Reig recorded a new introduction in aMiamistudio. Since Holt took over as anchor, the weekend editions have been voiced byBill Wolff,who had also worked occasionally on special weekday editions when Reig was unavailable. On December 17, 2007, the weeknight broadcast introduced an opening byAcademy Awardwinning actor/producerMichael Douglas[31]until it was discontinued on June 18, 2015, and was replaced by Wolff.

Theme music/Intros

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  • "Huntley-Brinkley Report/NBC Nightly News Ticker" (August 3, 1970 – November 10, 1972; the theme had been used since 1962, when the program was stillThe Huntley-Brinkley Report)
  • "NBC News Ticker" (November 13, 1972 – April 22, 1977)
  • "NBC TV-Radio Newspulse" by Fred Weinberg Productions (April 25, 1977 – September 5, 1977)
  • "NBC Nightly News" byHenry Mancini(September 6, 1977 – June 29, 1979)
  • "NBC News" by Joseph Paul Sicurella, Tony Smythe, and Bob Christianson (1979–1985)
    • Original version (July 2, 1979 - April 2, 1982)
    • Electronic version (April 5, 1982 – September 6, 1985)
  • "The Mission"byJohn Williams(September 9, 1985 – Present)

NBC Nightly Newsand all NBC News programs had an animation of theStatue of Libertyfor their opening sequences from September 1985 to April 1988.[32]

From late 2007 through 2012, the intro commenced with a timeline showing the different NBC News anchors and logos whilst the show's theme song plays followed by showing the NBC News' filming station in New York (It does not appear when telecasts are filmed in other areas like Washington).

From 2012 through 2016, the intro was different pictures of the earth which formed into the NBC News' filming station in New York.

Notable incidents

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In September 2001, a letter containing anthrax was addressed to thenNBC Nightly Newsanchor Tom Brokaw as part of the2001 anthrax attacks.Brokaw was not harmed, but two NBC News employees were infected.

On April 18, 2007, NBC News received a package containing a "multimedia manifesto"fromSeung-Hui Cho,the gunman responsible for theVirginia Tech shootingthat occurred two days earlier, the deadliestschool shootingin American history. Upon the package's discovery, NBC News handed the package over to federal authorities. The specific details of the package contained aDVDdisc of Cho reading from a typed manifesto (also in the package), as well as more than 40 pictures of Cho brandishing weapons, including the two handguns believed to have been used in the massacre. Some of the package's contents were shown, albeit copied from the originals and edited forprofanity,on the April 18, 2007, edition ofNBC Nightly News,with anchor Brian Williams and NBC chief justice correspondentPete Williams(no relation to Brian) examining the package's contents in the opening moments of the broadcast.

On November 29, 2011, afire alarmwent off in the studio a few seconds into theNightly NewsEastern Time Zone broadcast.[33]Despite the false alarm, Brian Williams continued to anchor throughout the entire broadcast. Once the alarm had been turned off, Williams redid the broadcast for the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones, and other selected stations.[34]NBC News apologized for the incident on the program'sTwitteraccount:

What timing... Fire alarm here at 30 Rock goes off at the exact same time we go on air. All is fine in the building & the show goes on. #NN[35]

International broadcast

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Ongoing

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Canada

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See also:List of United States television stations available in Canada

NBC's Seattle, Spokane, Detroit, Buffalo, Minneapolis, Boston, Plattsburgh and Bangor affiliates are separately available through most Canadian cable companies. Because of their markets proximity to the Canadian border, NBC affiliatesWDIV,WGRZ,andWPBN(throughWGTQ's HD2 channel) air live broadcasts ofNBC Nightly Newswithout cable.

Caribbean

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The Antillean, Cayman, and some of the Leeward islands air live episodes of NBC Nightly News through Miami-based NBC affiliateWTVJ,which is carried by cable provider FLOW TV as part of their lineup.

Europe/MENA

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NBC Nightly Newsis broadcast live onCNBC Europeat 12:30 AM CET (11:30 PMGMTand 10:30 PM during DST respectively), although the Sunday edition of the programme is not shown due to the channel broadcasting live business programming on Sundays at that time of day. It also airs on the 24-hour news networkOSN NewsinMENARegion, with the weekday editions airing immediately after their original telecast in the U.S. and the weekend edition being simulcast live.[36]

In Great Britain in 2022 and 2023, NBC News Now was available on Sky andVirgin Mediaas a linear channel, resulting inNBC Nightly News's broadcasts on the channel being seen in the UK, both as a live broadcast and as a replay.

Hong Kong

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InHong Kong,the program is broadcast live (ordelayed) onTVB Pearldaily at 7:30 AMHong Kong Time(corresponding to 18:30, or 6:30 PM, in the Eastern Time Zone of the U.S.).

Philippines

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In thePhilippines,NBC Nightly Newsreturned on Philippine cable and satellite TV starting January 1, 2021, broadcast live daily at 7:30 AM (or 6:30 AM during daylight saving time in the US) onTAP Edge.Starting October 26, 2021, broadcasts of the program were moved to sister channelTAP TV(However, the program will be pre-empted on the other days to give way for the live coverage ofISU Figure Skating Championshipsevents).

US Armed Forces

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NBC Nightly Newsis broadcast on AFN|news, a channel that is available to several American military bases and ships around the world through theAmerican Forces Network.

Discontinued

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Philippines

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In thePhilippines,NBC Nightly Newswas aired Mondays through Fridays at 8:30 AM (afterDaybreak), Saturdays at 9:00 AM and Sundays at 10:00 AM local time; it is also rebroadcast at 5:30 PM each weeknight, 1:30 PM on Saturdays, 4:30 AM on Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10:00 PM on Sundays and daily at 1:30 AMlocal timeon9TV(formerly asTalk TVandSolar News Channel). The newscast was discontinued in February 2015 as a part of transitory preparations as 9TV eventually re-branded toCNN Philippineson March 16, 2015.

Bermuda

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The East Coast feed of the program was broadcast inBermudaon local NBC affiliateVSB-TVin the British Overseas Territory; the station ceased broadcasting on August 31, 2014. Access to the programme in the Bahamas remains through cable feeds of WNBC/New York orWTVJ/Miami.

Video-on-demand

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NBC Nightly Newsis also available worldwide as an audiopodcast,[37]and can bestreamedon demandfrom the NBC News website[38]the night of its original broadcast after 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Beginning with the March 27, 2018, broadcast,Nightly Newsbroadcasts have also started appearing on NBC News's YouTube channel. On January 25, 2015, NBC began indicating that the video podcast of the program would be discontinued[39]and refers users to the news division's website ormobile appsto view editions ofNightly Newson mobile devices, although such apps are not compatible with devices that feature podcast support such as early generationApple TVorRokudevices (current-gen devices offer access to an NBC News app with newscast replays). The video podcast was discontinued on February 14, 2015.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Both anchored six days a week during early 1969.
  2. ^Chancellor, McGee, and Brinkley rotated seven days a week.

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