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Nightly Business Report
Format	news television program
Starring	Co-Anchors:; Susie Gharib; (1998-Present); Tom Hudson; (2009-Present),; Reports:; Darren Gersh,; Diane Estabrook,; Erika Miller,; Suzanne Pratt,; Stephanie Dhue,; Scott Gurvey,; Dana Bate
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	N/A (airs daily)
Production
Running time	30 minutes per episode
Production company(s)	WPBT-TV
Broadcast
Original channel	PBS
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original run	January 22, 1979 – Present

Nightly Business Report (or abbreviated as NBR) is a financial news television program that is broadcast live weekday evenings on most public television stations in the United States. Frequently abbreviated to NBR, the show is produced by public television station WPBT-TV in Miami, Florida, and distributed by PBS.

The program was first broadcast was on January 22, 1979. The original co-anchors were Linda O'Bryon and Merwin Sigale, with Paul Kangas providing the daily stock market report. The show was seen only on WPBT at first, but in 1981 NBR was distributed nationally. Alumni of the program's anchor desk include the late Del Frank as well as Dean Shepherd, Jim Wicks and Cassie Seifert. The current hosts are Tom Hudson in Miami and Susie Gharib in New York. Other notable people at NBR included John Defterios (now of CNN) and Neil Cavuto (Fox News Channel).

[edit] During Broadcast

The daily program consists of reports on the changes in the stock market, indices, and stocks of note for the day, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ, the S&P 500, and other major markets, as well as interviews with important business persons, generally CEOs of major companies as well as economists, market analysts and policy makers. Programs on market holidays depart from this format, and often deal with a single subject or theme. For example, the New Year's Day program deals with a review of the markets during the previous year and a preview of the markets in the New Year.

The program usually concludes with a commentary from one of NBR's large stable of notables. The program frequently presents special series on business and industry topics. Technology is featured in a monthly on-air column reported by New York Bureau Chief and technology reporter Scott Gurvey. On Friday, Kangas would interview a leading market strategist in his "Market Monitor" segment. Kangas always signed off each broadcast using his trademark phrase, "I'm Paul Kangas, wishing all of you the best of good buys!" Paul Kangas retired on December 31, 2009 After 30 Years On NBR. [1]

[edit] Theme

The theme and bumper music that was used from January 22, 1979 to January 1, 1988 was composed by Edd Kalehoff, also known for themes on other television series and game shows. The original Kalehoff theme was used from January 4, 1988 to August 30, 2002. Along with an update to the graphics and presentation, the theme was updated in September 2, 2002 and was used until January 1, 2010. A new theme, new logo, and new set for the show's Miami headquarters debuted on January 4, 2010.

[edit] Awards

The program has won several awards for its news coverage. In 2005, the program won its first national Emmy for its series on "China's Emergence as an International Economic Power." In 2008, NBR won a Gerald Loeb Award for "India's Promise," a five-part series on the Indian economy.

[edit] Availability

There was a 15 minute morning version of NBR called Morning Business Report during the mid-1990s.

[edit] Ratings

Although PBS is more concerned with viewer financial support than actual ratings, the show reaches 530,000 viewers nightly with 205,000 in the 35 - 64 age demographic. Ratings have declined for NBR over the past few years, leading to the show's 2010 reformatting. ^[2]

[edit] Distribution

American Public Television was the previous distributor of NBR from December 28, 1992 to September 2, 2005.
PBS was the distributor of NBR from January 22, 1979 to December 25, 1992 and September 5, 2005 to Present.
In New Zealand, it can be viewed at selected regional TV channels such as Triangle Television in Auckland every Monday to Friday at 5:00pm.
In Australia NBR formerly aired on the SBS World News Channel, Which was screened on Monday to Friday at 2:30pm.

[edit] Sponsors

Over the course of production, NBR's funders have included: Digital Equipment Corporation (and its successors, COMPAQ and Hewlett-Packard), Pacific Telesis Group, Kidder Peabody, Franklin Templeton Investments (and its predecessor, The Franklin Group of Funds), A.G. Edwards, Mercedes-Benz, ExxonMobil, Microsoft and Wells Fargo.

[edit] External links

Nightly Business Report Home Page at PBS.

[edit] References

[0] ttp://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/about/bio/gharib/

[NBR-1] |'Revamped ‘Nightly Business Report’ to Stress Analysis'

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