"Good night, Chet"
Subtitle: a biography of Chet Huntley
By: Lyle Johnston.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Huntley, Chet, 1911-1974; Television journalists -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "This biography of NBC newsman Chet Huntley, who, along with David Brinkley, anchored NBC's "Huntley-Brinkley Report," covers his growing up years on a farm in Montana, his education and his graduation from the University of Washington, his development as a radio personality and news reporter for stations in Seattle, Spokane, Portland, and his work for CBS, ABC and NBC radio and television in Los Angeles from 1939 to 1955. It also details his move to New York and his work on the "Huntley-Brinkley Report" from 1956 to 1970, his retirement from the news business, his supervision of the development of the Big Sky Ski resort in Montana, and his death from cancer in 1974 at the age of 62"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.