• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

After Nearly 60 Years of Covering Space, Jay Barbree is Retiring From NBC

Y2kTheNewOldies

Y2kTheNewOldies

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/afte...space-jay-barbree-is-retiring-from-nbc/335031

One of NBC's oldest staff members

One of the foremost reporters of the U.S. space program, Jay Barbree, is retiring from NBC News.

Barbree did his first live report for NBC News on July 21, 1958.

“In 1958, after serving in the Air Force, a young man caught the space bug and moved from his native Georgia to Cocoa Beach, Florida just outside Cape Canaveral,” writes NBC evp David Verdi in a note to staff, announcing Barbree’s retirement. “The Russians had just launched Sputnik, the space race was on, and Jay joined NBC News to begin reporting on space travel and the lives of Astronauts, a new breed of American heroes.”

Barbree, 83, is the only journalist who has covered all of the USA’s manned space missions and many robotic missions as well. He has reported from Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center on all the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions as well as all 135 Space Shuttle missions.
Click to expand...
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom