brianpr3 173 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 I heard a story that when President Nixon was about to resign all 3 of the network news anchors were on vacation HK smith of abc news was at his upstate ny house and made the drive down to DC in 5 hours Walter Cronkite was sailing off of Nantucket and they had the coast guard get him and John Chancellor had a plane come get him (please correct me if im wrong) Do the networks have a plan to get their anchor from vacation etc if they absolutely need them for the biggest news events Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveNews 329 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 In this age of being connected all the time, I'm sure there's a plan in place to get a hold of the big 3 anchors. I believe in the last decade, NBCs Lester Holt was out of the country on vacation and flew back to NY to cover the story. Unfortunately, I can't recall which "big" story is was. Most network anchors will usually end their vacation and come back to ensure they are the face of the network's coverage. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1293 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 I’m sure the anchors would find a way to get back in time for a majority of the coverage but there are much more robust contingency plans for network news these days than the 60s. For instance, George or Whit Johnson are more than capable of holding things together in David’s absence. Savannah or Tom Llamas could hold things down at NBC while Lester was en route. I have no idea who works at CBS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadcowatbk 144 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 they plan breaks during what they expect are slow news periods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianpr3 173 Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 6 hours ago, nomadcowatbk said: they plan breaks during what they expect are slow news periods Well in the case i mentioned Nixon resignation they had to deploy the military for one of them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnewsjunkie 1405 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 11 hours ago, MorningNews said: I’m sure the anchors would find a way to get back in time for a majority of the coverage but there are much more robust contingency plans for network news these days than the 60s. For instance, George or Whit Johnson are more than capable of holding things together in David’s absence. Savannah or Tom Llamas could hold things down at NBC while Lester was en route. I have no idea who works at CBS. Usually Major Garrett covers for Norah at CBS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 232 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Wasn't there a story about Dan Rather being on vacation when the Oklahoma City bombing took place and Connie Chung anchored CBS coverage herself initially (though the implication was when Dan got to Oklahoma City, he started anonymously bad-mouthing her; which set the stage for Connie to get the boot from CBS about a month later) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin M. 95 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 1 hour ago, WAVY 10 Fan said: Wasn't there a story about Dan Rather being on vacation when the Oklahoma City bombing took place and Connie Chung anchored CBS coverage herself initially (though the implication was when Dan got to Oklahoma City, he started anonymously bad-mouthing her; which set the stage for Connie to get the boot from CBS about a month later) They really scapegoated her if that’s true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 530 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 14 hours ago, nomadcowatbk said: they plan breaks during what they expect are slow news periods Breaking news is, by definition, unexpected. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin M. 95 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 15 minutes ago, Gavin M. said: They really scapegoated her if that’s true. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1995-04-25-9504250114-story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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