The Truth Behind What Happened To Tom Brokaw

ddcblake|Miscellaneous|15 Mar 2019

The Takeover

Image Source: Ken Regan/NBC NewsWire

Reuven Frank, president of NBC News, was sold on Brokaw. However, Roger Mudd wasn’t cutting it. After only one year together as co-anchors of NBC Nightly News, Frank decided it was time for a change. On September 5, 1983, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw debuted. Brokaw had arrived.