NBC News pioneered the morning news program when it launched “Today” over 56 years ago, with Dave Garroway as host. The four-hour live broadcast provides the latest in domestic and international news, weather reports and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment and sports. After more than 48 years of the standard two-hour format, the third hour was launched in October of 2000, making “Today” the only three hour national morning show broadcast. The fourth hour launched in September of 2007. The program is unparalleled in its ratings dominance in the morning news arena, serving as America’s overwhelming favorite for 11 consecutive years.
Since the program’s premiere broadcast on January 14, 1952, “Today’s” hallmark has been its ability to revise an entire edition to bring viewers breaking news as it happens. In that fashion, “Today” delivered immediate coverage of such events as Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, the Tsunami that wreaked havoc in a dozen Asian nations, the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr., the tragic high school shootings in Littleton, Colorado, the crash of TWA Flight 800, the death of Princess Diana, and the Oklahoma City bombing and trials.
Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira are co-anchors of \"Today.\" Ann Curry is the news anchor. Al Roker reports on the day’s weather, and Gene Shalit contributes entertainment reviews and interviews. Willard Scott contributes with his popular centenarian birthday segments on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Curry, Natalie Morales and Hoda Kotb co-anchor the show's fourth hour.
In June 1994, “Today” moved from its longtime home at New York’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza to a stunning new site next door, NBC News’ glass-walled, ground-floor production facility at the corner of 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza. The facility brings to mind the “Today” of the early 1950s, which also had its studio windows facing the streets of New York City. The three-story, 18,000-square-foot home of “Today” now attracts thousands of visitors each year to peer into its windows and become part of Today’s broadcast.
Today is also renowned for providing its audience with a window on the world by broadcasting from remote locations around the globe. The program has originated from Africa, China, the Soviet Union, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Australia, South America, Cuba and aboard the Orient Express. For what has become one of the program’s trademark series for the past four years, “Today” has broadcast live from remote locations around the world for the \"Where in the World is Matt Lauer\" annual trip. Lauer’s trip has taken him to Zermatt, Switzerland, Moscow, Machu Pichu, Peru, an oil rig off the coast of Scotland, Paris, Bangkok and Mykonos, Greece. Past trips have included stops in Hawaii, Bilbao, Spain, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, Pisa and Florence in Italy, the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, Egypt, Venice, Athens, India, Australia, Mount Everest, aboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt stationed in the Adriatic Sea, Rome and the Great Wall of China. In September 2000, “Today” spent three weeks in Sydney, Australia, providing live coverage of the XXVII Olympiad. The trip was the longest in the history of the program and began a tradition for the show to broadcast live from the host city for the Olympics.
Regular “Today” contributors include national correspondent Jamie Gangel; entertainment correspondent Jill Rappaport; financial advisor Jean Chatzky; food editor Phil Lempert; travel editor Peter Greenberg; and contributing correspondent Mike Leonard.
Jim Bell is the executive producer of TODAY. Click here to e-mail TODAY.";
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Weekend TODAY airs Saturdays (7 - 9 a.m. ET) and Sundays (8 - 9 a.m. ET) on NBC.
The Sunday edition of NBC News' TODAY premiered on September 20, 1987. Five years later, on August 1, 1992, the Saturday edition made its debut, expanding the broadcast schedule of the TODAY franchise to seven days a week. The program is broadcast from Studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza in New York.
The weekend broadcasts continue the TODAY tradition of covering spacerbreaking news, interviewing newsmakers, reporting on a variety of popular-culture and human-interest stories, covering health and finance issues and presenting the latest weather reports. In addition, the show offers visitors to New York City a chance to observe firsthand the workings of a live television broadcast with its windowed studio on Rockefeller Plaza. Interaction with the crowd outside the studio is a major part of the program.
Weekend editions are tailored to the priorities and interests of weekend viewers — offering special series such as \"Saturday TODAY on the Plaza,\" featuring live performances by the biggest names in music, and dance and theater from famed New York City shows outside the studio every weekend throughout the summer.
Jim Bell is the executive producer of TODAY. Pat Burkey is the executive producer of Weekend TODAY.";
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Have questions or comments?
E-mail TODAY at: TODAY@nbcuni.com
Want to send us a story idea?
Please send story ideas to Noah Kotch, Senior Producer, 379E-1, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112. If your story idea is accepted, we will notify you. We do not have a general fax number.
Want to call or write to us?
If you have questions that need to be answered right away, or want to write to NBC News personnel, our address and phone number are:
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
(212) 664-4602
Want to purchase archive video?
Video tapes: TODAY videotapes are available for purchase through NBC News archives (212) 664-3797. Please fax your request to: (212) 703-8558. There is a minimum charge of $150.00 for up to five minutes of tape. Please include the date, subject and any other information that might help with your request. Once your letter is received, you will be sent an agreement form. Once the form is signed and returned to NBC with payment, your request will be filled.";
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Whether you're new to TODAYshow.com, or you know the site like the back of your hand, we'd like to take a moment to introduce our loyal columnists.
Our contributors cover everything from diet and nutrition to sex and intimacy, and much more. And they are always looking for ways to make your life better.
Click here to meet the TODAYshow.com contributors. ";
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Want to have TODAY on the go?
Subscribe to podcasts here.
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Visit TODAY's Facebook page.
Looking to get mobile alerts?
To get daily alerts on what’s coming up on the next TODAY show, text the word \"TODAY\" to 622639, and hit \"send.\"
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Click hereto get the latest TODAY headlines on your desktop.
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Congratulations in advance to the celebrant for officially becoming a centenarian! It is a joy for for us to be able to acknowledge each person (through an on-air announcement or a congratulatory letter from Willard Scott) for their unique and interesting lifestyle, as they officially become one of Willard’s favorites!
To submit a birthday request, please gather the following materials and information. (Your submission will not be considered unless all details are included.)
Please submit photo and information six weeks prior to the birthday. Birthdays are generally selected two weeks before the airdate.
Send the information and photo via postal mail to:
Willard Scott Birthdays
TODAY show, NBC News
4001 Nebraska Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016
OR e-mail us at willardscottbirthdays@nbcuni.com
Please note that Willard gets many more requests than he can fulfill on the air. If your celebrant is chosen, the contact person will receive a call from the office to confirm the date the birthday announcement will air.
If the contact person does not get a call, that means your celebrant was not selected. However, if all contact information was included in the submission, they will receive a very nice congratulatory letter from Willard!";
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TODAY strongly supports the NBC Internship program.
TODAY interns will work closely with staff, assisting with preliminary research on assigned topics, logging tapes, dubbing tapes and all facets of production as needed.
To be eligible, students should be undergraduates who will receive academic credit for this internship. Internships are unpaid, but there is a stipend for reasonable commutation costs.
We are actively recruiting for the following semesters:
Autumn (September-December)
Spring (January-May)
There is also flexibility with school semesters and scheduling.
If you are interested in applying for an internship with TODAY, please send a cover letter and resume to:
Ada Famulari
Program Manager
TODAY
30 Rockefeller Plaza, Room 375 E6
New York, New York 10112";
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