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Goodnight, David, And Goodnight For NBC News | Television Academy Interviews. Goodnight, Chet. Goodnight, David, And Goodnight For NBC News. Huntley was in New York, Brinkley in Washington, D.C. From these two East Coast cities, Chet Huntley and David Brinkley co-anchored The Huntley Brinkley Report from October 29, 1956 to July 31, 1970.
Nov 9, 2017 · With CBS's evening-news broadcast with Douglas Edwards a consistent ratings winner (like its entertainment division), and with ABC’s news with John Charles Daly far behind in third place, NBC decided to gamble with the new team. From the start, Huntley and Brinkley revamped the news.
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Chet Huntley (1911-1974) and David Brinkley (born 1920), American journalists and radio and television news broadcasters, were the most popular dual anchormen in broadcasting history. In October 1956 NBC News replaced the "Camel News Caravan" with the "Huntley-Brinkley Report," which was apparently a third choice as a replacement after author ...
IMDb. Hall of Fame Tribute. Chet Huntley was an American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley-Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956. In 1956, NBC News executives were seeking to counter the growing popularity of CBS' Walter Cronkite, who had been a ratings success at the 1952 ...
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Huntley, Chet (1911-1974)As part of the most successful television broadcasting team in television history, Chet Huntley (with co-anchor David Brinkley) was responsible for NBC's winning the news ratings war against CBS and ABC in the 1960s.
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Mar 24, 2003 · This biography of NBC newsman Chet Huntley, who, along with David Brinkley, anchored NBC’s “Huntley-Brinkley Report,” covers his youth on a farm in Montana, his education and his graduation from the University of Washington, his development as a radio personality and news reporter for stations in Seattle, Spokane, Portland, and his work ...
Chester Robert "Chet" Huntley (December 10, 1911 – March 20, 1974) was an American television newscaster. He was best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956. Huntley died of lung cancer on March 20, 1974, at his home in Big Sky at the age of 62.
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