Claim: The three anchors in the second most-watched US network newscast NBC Nightly News rotated anchoring duties, with each evening having one anchor in New York City and another one in Washington, D.C.
Evidence: First aired on August 3, 1970, the program is currently the second most watched network newscast in the United States, behind ABC's World News Tonight. At first, David Brinkley, John Chancellor, and Frank McGee rotated duties as anchors. At least one, usually two, and very rarely all three anchored the program on a given night. Except for the few nights when one of the men solo anchored, each evening's program included one anchor based in New York City and one in Washington, D.C., as had been the case on the Huntley-Brinkley Report.