Linda O’Bryon, one of the original anchors of “Nightly Business Report,” writes for Current about how it shaped business news coverage on television.
The show is ending Dec. 27 after 40 years.
O’Bryon writes, “In those early days, we broke all the television rules to create a program that experts outside of public broadcasting said would not work. Business news was ‘too dull for television,’ they said. The naysayers also reminded us that the nation already had The Wall Street Journal. And, they asked, how could anyone produce a business news program based in Miami anyway?
“Our group of dedicated staff members set out to prove them wrong. And we did. One reporter later would call NBR ‘the little engine that could.’
“The notion of a business news program delivering stock quotes, business news and analysis just two and a half-hours after the closing market bell resonated with millions of viewers.”
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