Veteran news anchor Tom Brokaw, 80, announces his retirement from NBC News after 55 years

NBC News veteran Tom Brokaw said Friday that he is retiring from the network after 55 years. Brokaw rose from an early stint at a station in Sioux City, Iowa, to anchor three of the nation’s best-known TV-news programs – ‘Today,’ ‘NBC Nightly News’, and, for a short time, ‘Meet the Press’. He is the only person to have ever hosted all three shows. Author of ‘The Greatest Generation’, he was NBC’s lead anchor at ‘Nightly News’ and for big events for more than 20 years before giving way to Brian Williams in 2004. The 80-year-old newsman did documentaries and made other appearances for the networks after that, but he has fought cancer and his television appearances have been more sporadic. The broadcasting legend said he will continue to be active in print journalism, writing books and articles. Tom Brokaw says he is retiring from NBC News after working at the network for 55 years Tom Brokaw appears on his first day as host of NBC’s ‘Today’ show in August 1976 ‘During one of the most complex and consequential eras in American history, a new generation of NBC News journalists, producers and technicians is providing America with timely, insightful and critically… Read full this story

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