NBC newswoman Nancy Dickerson looks at celebrities in Washington.                         

October 27th, 1963-July 11th, 1965 (NBC)

Premiere of SUNDAY a magazine news broadcast of the air televised weekly on Sunday's from 4:00pm to 5:00pm. 

Frank Blair is host to this weekly news "magazine" covering recent happenings i politics, the arts and sp orts. Regulars include Ray Scherer, politics; Richard Schickel, books; William K. Zinsser, films; and Joe Garagiola, sports. Frequent contributors will be Frederic Ramsey Jr. and Martin Bookspan, music; Aline Saarinen, art and architecture; Edwin Newman, Robert Abernethy, and Nancy Dickerson, background news features. 

This premiere broadcast begins by host Frank Blair stating:
"This is Sunday, the day of the Sun. The day the light was made. Sunday, a time of rest between labors. A time to look around and take note, since Sunday a week ago. 
Good afternoon, I'm Frank Blair. You are waiting a new program, SUNDAY. Like the day still new. Still to be Defined, Sunday October 27th, 1963. And each of us keeps our own appointments with the day."

Richard Schickel reports on the book "The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands" by  Yigael Yadin. We hear "Letters from the Public," covering such diverse topics as self censorship, Rockefeller Center, Great Living American Women including a comment from Pauline Fredrickson  who states her most difficult reporting assignment in her career (July 13, 1960). 

We hear the voice of President Theodore Roosevelt giving advice to young men on how to conduct their lives. Joe Garagiola interviews newly elected New York Yankee manager, Yogi Berra and his wife Carmen Berra at their home. Yogi states that he was called this past February by Ralph Houk to take over the managerial role for the spring of 1963. Yogi talks about his strategy for managing and looks back at his 17 year career as a baseball player. 

Further topics covered...The Statue of Liberty now 77 years old, and a Peace Corp promotional film narrated by President John F. Kennedy. Martin Bookspan reports on the Benjamin Britten orchestration of "War Requiem." A segment is heard. It is an anti-war document. The famous Frank Lloyd Wright  house in Bear Run, Pa. is reported on by Aline Saarinen. It is considered to be the most beautiful house in America.

The new film "Tom Jones" is reviewed by William Zissner. 
Excerpts from the film are played. Edwin Newman reports on people who made the news this week, seriously and frivolously, including reports on Frank Sinatra's recent request to give up his Las Vegas hotel holdings. 


NBC newsman Frank Blair hosted this Sunday afternoon newsmagazine. Regular contributors were Joe Garagiola on sports, Ray Scherer (politics), Richard Schickel (books), and William K. Zinsser (films). 

Series premiere October 27, 1963 on Video Tape. 
A rare "lost" broadcast not extant in any broadcast form or transcript.  

NOTE: A few commercials are included. Wrigley Doublemint chewing gum, and GE sort white bulbs.                                                             

Live NBC coverage of the Luci Bird Johnson-Pat Nugent wedding.

Nancy Dickerson reports.            

Live coverage of the moratorium to end the war in Viet Nam.         

   October 2, 1967 - July 31, 1970

Nancy Dickerson presents this Monday thru Friday live five minute capsulated news broadcast telecast from !0:25am to 10:30am EST.

The telecast begins with the announcer stating:
"From Washington NBC NEWS with Nancy Dickerson brought to you in color by Dr. Scholl's, maker of fine footcare products."

On this rare extant broadcast the following news Nancy Dickerson reports on:

-Middle East, Israel, Jordan latest developments...

-Pope Paul...

-Eleven dead in Yugoslavia earthquake...

-Daughter of former heavyweight champion, Gene Tunney, missing for two months found in a hospital with complete loss of memory...

-Latest Saigon release of U.S. GI's and other updates in Saigon. An infantryman on the front is interviewed about conditions... 

-Strike against General Electric Company...

-Vice President Spiro Agnew defends United States strength...

-President Richard Nixon working on two speeches...

-Discovery cure for the common cold, extract from Olive Oil...

Commercial: Scholl's Inner Pads.

NOTE: Nancy Dickerson replaced Sandor Vanocur, anchoring this five minute NBC NEWS MORNING NEWS report. None of these broadcasts were archived. No exiting complete reports are known to exist. After Dickerson did these broadcasts she left NBC NEWS in 1971.

Nancy Dickerson reported for NBC News from 1963 to 1970, covering all the pivotal stories of that time: political conventions, election campaigns, inaugurations, Capitol Hill, and the White House. She is noted as being the first woman correspondent on the floor of a political convention. In 1963, she covered the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. She was also part of NBC's coverage of President Kennedy's assassination and funeral.

NOTE:
When her son John Dickerson was preparing a book on his mother he contacted Phil Gries at ATA regarding acquisition of rare audio air checks pertaining to Nancy Dickerson  dating back to 1963.
SEE ATA#14337 and 14362.                                    

Special with President Richard M. Nixon in conversation with news anchors from all three networks, CBS, NBC, AND ABC.           

Live radio special with President Richard M. Nixon in conversation with news anchors from all three networks, CBS, NBC, AND ABC. 

Duplicate of # 9332.