NBC Nightside was an overnight news program which aired from 1991 to 1998 on NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

. The show was produced in three half-hour long segments. It usually aired live nightly from 1:00-2:30 a.m. Eastern Time, followed by rebroadcasts until 4:30 or 5 a.m. local time, depending on the individual affiliate.

History

NBC Nightside premiered on November 4, 1991, and was NBC's second attempt at a late night news program after NBC News Overnight

NBC News Overnight

NBC News Overnight was a television news program on the NBC television network airing weekday mornings from 1:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. from July 5, 1982 to December 3, 1983 for 367 telecasts...

, which lasted seventeen months from 1982 to 1983.

Unlike its competitors CBS News Up to the Minute

Up to the Minute

Up to the Minute is a CBS overnight broadcast which offers hard news, features, interviews, weather, sports, business and commentary. Up to the Minute draws from the full resources of CBS News, including the CBS Evening News, Newspath, affiliate stations, the CBS Radio Network and Reuters Television...

 and ABC's World News Now

World News Now

World News Now is an American overnight news program broadcast on American Broadcasting Company's television network. Its tone is often lighthearted, irreverent and humorous...

, which were based in New York, Nightside was based out of the NBC News Channel in Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...

, a network newsfeed service providing customized reports and video of national news to NBC affiliates, and which was based in studios connected to those of Charlotte NBC affiliate WCNC-TV

WCNC-TV

WCNC-TV is the NBC affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina. It broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 22 and is carried on cable channel 6 on most area cable systems. It is owned by the Belo Corporation...

. Unlike the other network overnight newscasts, NBC Nightside ran in the early morning hours seven days a week.

Some of Nightsides many anchors went on to national success including Antonio Mora

Antonio Mora

Antonio Mora has been a news anchor at WFOR-TV in Miami since 2008. Before that, he served as an anchor at WBBM-TV in Chicago from 2002 to mid-January 2008. Prior to joining WBBM, he worked at ABC, where he was the news anchor for Good Morning America. He was the original anchor for Good Day L.A....

 and Campbell Brown

Campbell Brown

Campbell Brown is an American television news reporter and anchor. She previously hosted an eponymous primetime show on CNN and was formerly co-anchor of NBC's Weekend Today...

.

Despite financial profitability of the show and decent ratings, it was canceled by the network and aired its last telecast on September 18, 1998, with NBC filling the overnight timeslot beginning three days later with NBC All Night, a block consisting of repeats of the network's late night talk shows.

Steve Capus

Steve Capus

-Early life and career:Steve Capus was born in 1963. He graduated from William Tennent High School in Warminster, Pennsylvania and went on to attend Temple University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism in 1986. Capus began his journalism career in radio and print, working at several...

, the current president for NBC News, was a senior producer for the program.

Anchors

The program's anchors included:

• Campbell Brown
  Campbell Brown
  Campbell Brown is an American television news reporter and anchor. She previously hosted an eponymous primetime show on CNN and was formerly co-anchor of NBC's Weekend Today...
  
  
• Tom Donovan
• Bruce Hall
• Sara James
• Kim Hindrew
• Antonio Mora
  Antonio Mora
  Antonio Mora has been a news anchor at WFOR-TV in Miami since 2008. Before that, he served as an anchor at WBBM-TV in Chicago from 2002 to mid-January 2008. Prior to joining WBBM, he worked at ABC, where he was the news anchor for Good Morning America. He was the original anchor for Good Day L.A....
  
  
• Tom Miller
• Tonya Strong

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