NBC Nightly News - Theme

Theme

  • "Huntley-Brinkley Report/NBC Nightly News Ticker" (August 3, 1970–November 10, 1972; the theme had been used since 1962, when the program was still The Huntley-Brinkley Report)
  • "NBC News Ticker" (November 13, 1972–April 22, 1977)
  • "NBC TV-Radio Newspulse" by Fred Weinberg Productions (April 25-September 5, 1977)
  • "NBC Nightly News" by Henry Mancini (September 6, 1977–April 2, 1982)
  • "NBC News" by Joseph Paul Sicurella, Tony Smythe, and Bob Christianson (1979–1982 as a bumper; April 5, 1982–September 6, 1985 as main theme)
  • "The Mission" by John Williams (September 9, 1985–)

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