Show NBC News On Network News: Television news in the United States was born of network radio. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) began network radio service in November 1926 and CBS signed on 25 September 1927. Both networks began broadcast news by focusing on events, matters of public concern such as...
Interview Brian Williams In his one-hour-and-fifteen-minute interview, Brian Williams describes his early home life, including writing a letter to President Lyndon Johnson at age eight, and receiving a reply. He chronicles his time as a White House intern during the Carter Administration and developing his burgeoning...
Interview Jac Venza In his three-hour interview, Jac Venza (1926-2024) talks about his early years and moving to New York City for a career in theater. He describes going to work for CBS in the Art Department for shows like Wonderful Town , Mama , The Blue Angel and Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman’s Life . He chronicles...
Interview Bob Claver In his nearly two-hour interview, Bob Claver (1928-2017) talks about breaking into television in Chicago and his move to New York, where he worked as a writer on various children's shows. He speaks in detail about working with Bob Keeshan as a writer-producer for five years on Captain Kangaroo. He...
Interview Ward Quaal In his three-hour interview, Ward Quaal (1919-2010) describes his lifelong association with Chicago television station WGN, including his beginning as an announcer and working his way up to station manager and later president of the WGN Continental Broadcasting Company. Quaal describes the...
