In June 1940, NBC televised 30¼ hours of coverage of the Republican National Convention live and direct from Philadelphia, using relays from Philadelphia to New York and upper New York State.
In 1941, NBC's flagship station in New York City, W2XBS, was renamed commercial WNBT.
Due to wartime and technical restrictions, there were no live telecasts of the 1944 conventions, although films of the events were reportedly shown over WNBT the next day.
In 1948, NBC Television Newsreel aired filmed news highlights with narration.
In 1948, NBC teamed up with Life magazine to provide election night coverage of President Harry S. Truman's victory.
In 1949, NBC Television Newsreel was renamed Camel News Caravan when John Cameron Swayze was added as an on-camera anchor.
In 1950, David Brinkley began serving as the Washington correspondent for Camel News Caravan.
In 1955, NBC provided national coverage of Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
On October 29, 1956, NBC's The Huntley–Brinkley Report had its debut.
In 1956, NBC paired anchors Chet Huntley and David Brinkley.
Beginning in April 1962, Walter Cronkite began anchoring CBS News.
On November 22, 1963, NBC interrupted programming to announce that President John F. Kennedy had been shot in Dallas, Texas and carried 71 hours of uninterrupted news coverage.
In 1969, NBC's coverage of the first Moon landing earned the network an Emmy Award.
Chet Huntley died of cancer in 1974.
In 1985, NBC first used "The Mission" by John Williams as its theme music.
In 1987, NBC won the top spot in the Nielsens for the first time in years.
In 1987, the original major NBC Radio Network was purchased by Westwood One as General Electric divested properties not pertaining to the NBC television network.
In 1989, Tom Brokaw was the only American television news correspondent to witness the fall of the Berlin Wall.
In 1993, Dateline NBC broadcast an investigative report about the safety of General Motors (GM) trucks, which led to an anti-defamation lawsuit and settlement.
In 1997, Canal de Noticias, NBC, a 24-hour news service aimed at Latin American viewers, closed.
In 1998, NBC Nightside was replaced by NBC All Night, which was composed of reruns of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
Around 2000, Seven News local newscasts, which had been named Seven Nightly News since the mid-1980s, changed their name.
In 2003 Brian Williams gave an inaccurate story about his experience in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
In December 2004, Brian Williams assumed primary anchor duties when Tom Brokaw retired.
From January 1, 2007, to September 23, 2011, Poker After Dark was added to NBC All Night.
On October 22, 2007, Nightly News moved into its new high-definition studio, Studio 3C.
After the sudden death of the influential moderator Tim Russert of Meet the Press in June 2008, Tom Brokaw took over as an interim host.
On December 14, 2008, David Gregory became the new moderator of Meet the Press.
By 2009, NBC had established leadership in network news, airing the highest-rated morning, evening, and Sunday interview news programs.
Until September 23, 2011, Poker After Dark was a part of NBC All Night.
In December 2013, Early Today was dropped from 9TV in the Philippines and replaced by repeats of Inside Edition.
In 2013, "Scherzo for Today," the third movement of "The Mission", which was in use by Today, was replaced by a new theme by Alan Gubman.
Since 2013, Dial Global has been rebranded as Westwood One.
David Gregory's last broadcast was on August 10, 2014.
On August 14, 2014, NBC announced that Chuck Todd would take over as the 12th moderator of Meet the Press.
On September 7, 2014, Chuck Todd became the new moderator of Meet the Press.
In September 2014, Today was dropped from 9TV in the Philippines to make room for weekend children's programming.
In 2014, Matt Lauer sexually harassed a female NBC employee during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia; this was the start of the series of events that would later lead to his termination.
In February 2015, NBC suspended Brian Williams for six months.
In March 2015, NBC Nightly News was dropped from 9TV in the Philippines due to Brian Williams' firing and Lester Holt's move to main anchor position.
In April 2015, NBC had to revise the kidnapping account, following further investigations by The New York Times.
On June 18, 2015, it was announced that Lester Holt would become the permanent anchor and Brian Williams would be moved to MSNBC.
In November 2016, NBCUniversal announced its intention to purchase a 25% stake in Euronews.
On November 29, 2017, NBC News terminated Matt Lauer's employment after a female employee reported he had sexually harassed her during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and that the harassment continued after their return to New York.
In 2017, Ronna McDaniel became the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.
In April 2018, Ronan Farrow's story on Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct, which NBC News had previously declined to publish, won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service after it was published in the New Yorker Magazine.
After being hired by NBC, Ronna McDaniel backtracked on her claims from 2020 regarding election fraud, saying that Biden won the 2020 election "fair and square".
In 2020, Ronna McDaniel, as chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, made false claims of voter fraud after Joe Biden won the presidential election.
In 2021, the Stay Tuned team launched The Overview on Peacock.
In March 2024, NBC News hired Ronna McDaniel, the former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, stirring controversy due to her previous staunch support for Donald Trump and false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
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