“NBC Nightly News” 1977 – 1979 Theme
John Williams is not the first famous movie composer to do a news theme for NBC. This funky theme, used during the latter period of the...
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“Decision” 1976 – 1992 Theme
NBC used this theme by Henry Mancini for a long time, from the election of Jimmy Carter as president to Bill Clinton. It has the patriotic...
“Good Morning America” 1975 – 1987 Theme
ABC’s Good Morning America was launched in November of 1975. The first host was David Hartman with Nancy Dussault as his co-host (later replaced by Sandy...
“ABC News” 1975 – 1976 Theme
ABC first started a newscast in the fall of 1953. Its anchor was John Charles Daly and the broadcast lasted only 15 minutes, as was customary...
“AM America” Theme
AM America was the direct predecessor to Good Morning America. Bill Beutel and Stephanie Edwards hosted the show from New York. The news was read by...
“NBC Nightly News” 1972 – 1977 Theme
When Chet Huntley retired, the Huntley-Brinkley Report became NBC Nightly News. While there were various changes to the anchor lineup, John Chancellor was the lead anchor for...
“Issues & Answers” 1972 – 197? Theme
Issues and Answers was ABC’s first Sunday show. It premiered in 1960 and stayed on the air until 1981 when This Week started its run. Issues...
“Today” 1971 – 1978 Theme
This jazzy theme by Ray Ellis was used on the Today Show for a number of years but ultimately forced off the air due to a...
“CBS Radio News” 1969 – 2001 Sounder
For many years, this was the sounder used to introduce the hourly news update from CBS News. It was composed by Eric Siday and his company...
“60 Minutes”
In 1968 broadcast pioneer (and longtime executive producer) Don Hewitt, created a new kind of television program — the newsmagazine. It was supposed to do feature...
“Huntley-Brinkley Report” Theme
“Good night, Chet. Good night, David. And good night, for NBC News.” From the very first edition in 1956 until the last in 1970, that is...