Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from NBC Evening News for Friday, Aug 24, 1984


Title: Today

Abstract:
  • Live NBC morning news program "Today," notable for its coverage of the 1984 Republican National Convention, live on location in Dallas, Texas. Hosted by Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley. With reports and analysis from John Palmer, Willard Scott, Emory King, James Polk, Vic Aicken, Mike Leonard, Mike Jensen, Steve Delaney, Phil Bremen, and Bill Schechner.
  • Live footage of interviews with DNC Chairman Charles Manatt, Stuart Spencer, Ed Rollins, John Sears, Robert Squier, Dr. James Henry "Red" Duke, and H. B. Fox.
  • Taped footage of interviews with Nancy Reagan, Walter Schlosser, Wilber Wheeler, Julie Klein, Texas Governor Mark White, Bobby Ray Inman, Bruce Johnson, Roger Duncan, Catus Pryor, Richard Viguerie, Mark Nykanen, Dr. George Ray McEachern, Leon Adams, and Ed Ahlers.
  • Taped footage of speeches and statements from President Ronald Reagan, John Zaccaro, Jonathan Weinstein, John Gries, and Phan Thi Kim Phuc.

  • Begin Time:07:00:00 am
    End Time:08:58:30 am
    TVN Record Number:659559
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1984-2009 Vanderbilt University
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