Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from NBC Evening News for Thursday, Aug 23, 1984


Title: Today

Abstract:
  • Live NBC morning news program "Today," notable for its coverage of the 1984 Republican National Convention, on location in Dallas, Texas, hosted by Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley. With reports and analysis from John Palmer, Willard Scott, Emory King, Stan Bernard, Don Porter, Robert Elliot, James Polk, Roger O'Neil, Ken Bode, David Broder (Washington Post), Jack Germond (Baltimore Evening Sun), and Mark Nykanen.
  • Live footage of interviews with White House Chief of Staff James Baker, Senator John Tower, Representative Jack Kemp, Mike Levy, Greg Curtis, Paul McCoy, George Taylor, Norma Beasley, Sidney Blumenthal, and James Michener.
  • Taped footage of interviews with John Moore, Jim Drake, Ernesto Cortes, Senator Barry Goldwater, Alex Burton, Ron Gosnell, Kieron Walsh, and Danny Bridges.
  • Taped footage of statements and speeches from President Ronald Reagan, Senator Barry Goldwater, Ernesto Cortes, and Nancy Reagan.

  • Begin Time:07:00:00 am
    End Time:08:58:30 am
    TVN Record Number:659557
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1984-2009 Vanderbilt University
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