NBC evening news anchors

This is a list of the people who have acted as the principal news anchors for the NBC television network's flagship weekday evening news program, currently known as NBC Nightly News. Except as noted below, the anchors presented the network's weeknight newscasts only.

• John Cameron Swayze, 1949–1956 (Camel News Caravan)
• Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, 1956–1970 (Huntley-Brinkley Report; six days a week during early 1969)
• John Chancellor, Frank McGee, and David Brinkley, 1970–1971 (rotation; seven days a week)
• John Chancellor, 1971–1976
• John Chancellor and David Brinkley, 1976–1979
• John Chancellor, 1979–1982
• Tom Brokaw and Roger Mudd, 1982–1983
• Tom Brokaw, 1983–2004
• Brian Williams, 2004–present

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