The Huntley–Brinkley Report
American news program aired on NBC (1956–1970) by Chet Huntley and David Brinkley / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Huntley–Brinkley Report (sometimes known as The Texaco Huntley–Brinkley Report for one of its early sponsors) is an American evening news program that aired on NBC from October 29, 1956, to July 31, 1970. It was anchored by Chet Huntley in New York City, and David Brinkley in Washington, D.C. It succeeded the Camel News Caravan, anchored by John Cameron Swayze. The program ran for 15 minutes at its inception but expanded to 30 minutes on September 9, 1963, exactly a week after the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite did so. It was developed and produced initially by Reuven Frank. Frank left the program in 1962 to produce documentaries (Eliot Frankel replaced him) but returned to the program the following year when it expanded to 30 minutes.[1] He was succeeded as executive producer in 1965 by Robert "Shad" Northshield and by Wallace Westfeldt in 1969.[2][3]
The Huntley–Brinkley Report | |
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Directed by | Norman A. Cook |
Presented by | Chet Huntley in New York City and David Brinkley in Washington, D.C. |
Theme music composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
Ending theme | Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, second movement |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 3,590 |
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Executive producer | Wallace Westfeldt |
Producers | Lester Crystal David Teitelbaum |
Editors | Henrik Krogius Gilbert Millstien |
Running time | 15 minutes (1956–1963) 30 minutes (1963–1970) |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | October 29, 1956 (1956-10-29) – July 31, 1970 (1970-07-31) |
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