January 14, 1993…David Letterman Announces His Move To CBS
In the video, you can see the announcement at the CBS press conference…it’s “pure Dave”. At this link is a very good write up from the next day’s New York Daily News on all the details. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xkV68YpvM0
In 1993 David Letterman jumped from NBC to CBS. Flanked by his new bosses, here’s part one of Dave’s hastily-arranged news conference.
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Seems like yesterday. I worked at NBC during those days and was at his last show there.
I remember that night, the staff got out of Dodge (NBC) via the freight elevator.