Talk:Tom Brokaw

This article does need a bit of clean-up, mostly putting the facts into a proper sentence structure. Still, it's very informative Gulfstorm75 03:20, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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I have to put my two cents in as I agree that deletion without a rewrite is bad form. I really don't see why there is a problem with the format. It does impart information that I previously did not know, thus I like to have this available. Dmsar 21:38, 31 Aug 2003 (UTC)

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Moved to talk for easier access - Hephaestos 03:56, 31 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Life Events

• 1940 Born in Webster, South Dakota
• 1958-62 studies political science and works as a radio reporter at the University of South Dakota
• 1962 Graduates; starts journalist career at KMTV, Omaha
• 1962 Marries Meredith Lynn Auld
• 1965 edits & anchors the late-evening news on WSBA-TV in Atlanta
• 1966 joins NBC News, reporting from California and anchoring for KNBC in Los Angeles
• 1973-6 NBC News' White House correspondent, covers Watergate crisis
• 1976-81 Anchors NBC News' Today Show
• 1976 floor reporter for the Presidential convention
• 1980 floor reporter for the Presidential convention
• 1983 Becomes anchor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
• 1987 The Arms, the Men, the Money investigates the Contra rebels
• 1987 Conducts the first one-to-one American TV interview with Mikhail Gorbachev, and wins an A.I.duPont-Columbia University Award
• 1987 Moderates TV debates among all declared presidential candidates of both parties
• 1989 Reports the collapse of the Berlin Wall from Berlin
• 1992-3 anchors The Brokaw Report series of prime-time "critical issues" specials
• 1993-4 Co-anchors Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric prime-time news magazine
• 1995 Reports from the site of the Oklahoma City bombing
• 1996 reports from the scene of the TWA flight 800 tragedy
• 1997 interviews Charlie Trie and Johnny Chung, key figures in campaign finance abuse scandal
• 1999 first North American TV interview with Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, in Moscow
• 1999 Travels to Tirana, Albania during NATO airstrikes in Yugoslavia.
• 2000 first American TV interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow
• 2000 Master of Ceremonies at the opening of the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana

hey, for the nimrod who keeps saying Brokaw 'WAS the anchor of NBC nightly news you should probably wait until Decmeber 14th. Check your facts he still has about two weeks. Don't change something until you absolutely know what is going on because it is so insideous and pisses people off.

His last episode is Wednesday. Being combative pisses people off, too, buddy. Mike H 11:39, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)

Most popular?

How do we know that he is the most popular news personality? I agree he is one of my favorites, but is there evidence as to this?