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PBS News Hour

PBS News Hour, previously stylized as PBS NewsHour, is an American evening television news program broadcast on over 350 PBS member stations since October 20, 1975. It airs seven nights a week, and is known for its in-depth coverage of issues and current events. Since January 2, 2023, the one-hour weekday editions have been anchored by Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett. The 30-minute weekend editions that premiered on September 7, 2013, branded as PBS News Weekend, have been anchored by John Yang since December 31, 2022.

PBS News Hour

  • The Robert MacNeil Report (1975–1976)
  • The MacNeil/Lehrer Report (1976–1983)
  • The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (1983–1995)
  • The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer (1995–2009)
  • PBS NewsHour Weekend (weekend editions, 2013–2022)
  • PBS News Weekend (weekend editions, 2022–present)
  • PBS News Hour West (western edition)

News program

  • Sean Patrick (weekday editions)
  • Chip Hirzel (weekend editions)

Weekdays:

Weekends:

United States

English

  • Sara Just (weekday editions)
  • Rachel Wellford (weekend editions)

Multi-camera

  • 60 minutes (1983–present, weekday editions)
  • 30 minutes (1975–1983, weekday editions; 2013–present, weekend editions)

  • WNET (weekday editions, 1975–1995; weekend editions, 2013–2022)
  • WETA-TV (weekday editions, 1995–present; weekend editions, 2022–present)
  • MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (1981–2014)
  • NewsHour Productions (2014–present)

PBS

October 20, 1975 (1975-10-20) –
present (present)

The broadcasts are produced by PBS member station WETA-TV in Washington, D.C., and originates from its studio facilities in Arlington County, Virginia. Since 2019, news updates inserted into the weekday broadcasts targeted for viewers in the Western United States, online, and late at night have been anchored by Stephanie Sy, originating from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Additional production facilities for the program are based in San Francisco and Denver.[2] The program is a collaboration between WETA-TV and PBS member station WNET in New York City, along with KQED in San Francisco, KETC in St. Louis, and WTTW in Chicago.


The program debuted in 1975 as The Robert MacNeil Report before being renamed The MacNeil/Lehrer Report one year later. It was anchored by Robert MacNeil from WNET's studios and Jim Lehrer from WETA's studios. In 1983, the show was rebranded as The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, and then The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer following MacNeil's departure in 1995. It was then renamed to its current PBS NewsHour title in 2009, two years before Lehrer left in 2011. Originally, the program only aired on weekdays before weekend editions began in 2013. Production of the weekend broadcasts were solely produced by WNET,[3] before the New York City station transferred all of its PBS NewsHour involvement to WETA in April 2022.[4]

History[edit]

Ownership[edit]

In September 1981, production of the program was taken over by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, a partnership between Robert MacNeil, Jim Lehrer, and Gannett; the latter sold its stake in the production company in 1986. John C. Malone's Liberty Media bought a 67% controlling equity stake in MacNeil/Lehrer Productions in 1994,[5][6] but MacNeil and Lehrer retained editorial control.[7] In 2014, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, owned by MacNeil, Lehrer, and Liberty Media announced its donation, as NewsHour Productions LLC, to WETA-TV as a nonprofit subsidiary.[8][9]

In Australia the program is seen Tuesdays through Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. AEST on .[66]

SBS

In New Zealand the NewsHour is seen Tuesdays through Saturdays at 10 p.m. on (Auckland).[67]

Face TV

In Japan the program is seen Tuesdays through Friday on .[17]

NHK BS1

Around the world for members of the on the American Forces Network.

United States Armed Forces

The program is seen internationally through the .

Voice of America

"Do nothing I cannot defend."

"Cover, write, and present every story with the care I would want if the story were about me."

"Assume there is at least one other side or version to every story."

"Assume the viewer is as smart and as caring and as good a person as I am."

"Assume the same about all people on whom I report."

"Assume personal lives are a private matter until a legitimate turn in the story absolutely mandates otherwise."

"Carefully separate opinion and analysis from straight news stories, and clearly label everything."

"Do not use anonymous sources or blind quotes except on rare and monumental occasions."

"No one should ever be allowed to attack another anonymously."

"And finally, I am not in the entertainment business."

On December 4, 2009, when introducing the new PBS NewsHour format, Lehrer read a list of guidelines for what he called "MacNeil/Lehrer journalism":[68][69]

Partnership with NPR[edit]

The PBS News Hour partnered with NPR for the broadcast of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions of 2016, in a strategy to prepare for the election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.[93][94][95][96][97]

Official website

. Archived from the original on May 8, 1999. Retrieved November 13, 2013.

"PBS NewsHour"

. Archived from the original on June 5, 1997. Retrieved November 13, 2013.

"PBS NewsHour"

American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

"PBS NewsHour" Special Collection.