Nov. 2 Will Mark End of an Era for Brokaw

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Source: Myway (http://www.myway.com)


NEW YORK (AP) - As a 16-year-old high school student, Tom Brokaw spent his first working Election Night in a radio station newsroom in Yankton, S.D. He reported results from rural polling places, and ate chicken catered from Kip's Blue Moon restaurant. His last Election Night will be considerably grander.

NBC News is building a huge temple of democracy at New York's Rockefeller Center. A giant jigsaw-puzzle map of the United States will cover the famed ice skating surface and the General Electric building will be the backdrop for an electronic bar graph tracking the Bush-Kerry fight.

And when either candidate reaches the magic mark of 270 electoral votes, fireworks will explode over the New York City skyline.

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I always was a Peter Jennings girl. then, when CNN came in, I liked that guy with the really deep voice, But, I was watching the morning news while working on an at home project for school on 9/11 and was watching a recap of the first tower when I saw, live, the 2nd tower get hit. I remember Brokaw actually getting real tears in his voice over that, the plane that went down in PA, and the Pentagon. What a horrible day that was.
I just always thought he was a bad comb over TV anchor before that.
I now wish him luck in whatever he may do.

[Carrie]

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November 24, 2004


There's something to be said about going out on top, seeing that last jump shot swish through the net or the final profit report stuffed with extra zeros.

Tom Brokaw achieves the TV equivalent when he steps down as anchor of NBC's "Nightly News" on Dec. 1. Younger than competitors Peter Jennings and Dan Rather, he's the first to leave, and does it with the status of America's favorite television newsman. (Rather, on the other hand, announced Tuesday he's leaving the "CBS Evening News" while mired in last place in a three-way race.)

Each of those anchors has spent years on top of the ratings, and years at the bottom.

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