In addition, he will continue as co-anchor for the weekend editions of "Today" as well as a news correspondent and anchor sub for the weeknight "Nightly News," plus file stories for MSNBC.
Lester replaces John Seigenthaler whose contract was not renewed recently due to cost cutting moves by the network.Also as we mentioned first on our blog, NBC recently launched the nation's first evening newscast in High Definition. Plus, they are in the process of building a brand new, state of the art studio to replace the one that Tom Brokaw and now Brian Williams have been using since 1999.
Brian mentioned last Friday Night before signing off for good from the studio that the set's background has been a looping one minute tape of the MSNBC Assignment Desk in New Jersey. You may have noticed the "hardest working guy" walking into the shot and leaning over once every minute in the background.
In the interim, "Nightly News" is being anchored from a temporary set that was used for its Election Coverage last year. The new studio should be ready to air later this year.
WKYC airs Nightly News every night at 6:30 PM.
