The Way It Was

  Today  -  NBC   January 14, 1952 – present Morning News / Talk  (17,624 episodes as of January 2, 2018) Running Time:  4 hours Original Hosts: Dave Garroway  - Anchor/Communicator Jack Lescoulie - Panelist Jim Fleming -  News Edwin Newman - Panelist Estelle Parsons - Women's Editor

    Ding Dong School  -  NBC  -  November 24, 1952 – December 28, 1956 Educational (Number of episodes unknown) Running Time:  30 minutes Hosted by Dr. Frances Horwich  (Miss Frances) A precursor of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and Sesame Street

Sunrise Semester   -  CBS  -  September 9, 1957 – October 1, 1982 Educational  (800+ episodes)  Running Time:  30 Minutes Black and White  (1957 - 1966) Color (1966 - 1982)

This is the Beginning of our broadcast day.  Programs we will follow are from the very dawn of Television to contemporary fare.