{"id":25490,"date":"2014-07-09T05:25:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T09:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/?p=25490"},"modified":"2016-10-26T13:37:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T17:37:24","slug":"the-early-history-of-nbc-television-newsthis-60th-anniversary-video-from-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=25490","title":{"rendered":"The Early History Of NBC Television News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\"  title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Early-History-Of-NBC-Television-News-This-60th-Anniversary-video-from-2008.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>The Early History Of NBC Television News<\/p>\n<p>This 60th Anniversary video from 2008 starts with some of the only surviving footage of television&#8217;s first network news show, &#8216;The NBC Television Newsreel&#8217; with the voice of Paul Alley. On that show, there was no on-camera anchor, only Alley narrating silent film clips provided by Fox Movietone News. The show aired Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights from 7:30 till 7:45.  It began February 15, 1948, but within a few months, the name was changed to &#8216;The Camel Newsreel Theater&#8217; when Camel cigarettes became the sponsor.  <\/p>\n<p>It was actually Camel, and the Esty Advertising Agency (who handled the account) that helped push the development of a nightly news show into being. Camel wanted a five night a week show with a live anchor, so, Esty created a competition between NBC and CBS for the lucrative Camel account. CBS got a wake up call, but NBC got the nod and thus was born &#8216;The Camel News Caravan&#8217; with John Cameron Swayze as host.<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s next post, I&#8217;ll share some interesting background I&#8217;ve recently discovered on &#8216;The Camel News Caravan&#8217;, it&#8217;s host and his wig. Enjoy and share! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mFvTrGDTCYU\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mFvTrGDTCYU<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"60 Years of News on NBC\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mFvTrGDTCYU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>Recorded from nightly news Insight from John Cameron Swayze to Brian Williams<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/posts\/700281250009427\">Source<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Early History Of NBC Television News This 60th Anniversary video from 2008 starts with some of the only surviving footage of television&#8217;s first network news show, &#8216;The NBC Television Newsreel&#8217; with the voice of Paul Alley. 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