Media Confidential

➦In 1922...President Warren G. Harding had the first radio installed in The White House.
➦In 1924...From a banquet hall at the Congress Hotel in Chicago one man could be heard simultaneously in New York, Jacksonville, Denver, San Francisco, and even Havana, Cuba. This was the first coast-to-coast radio broadcast and it was accomplished less...

The Winter Olympics, the 2026 Milano Cortina Games in Italy, officially began with their opening ceremony on Friday at Milan's San Siro Stadium (with simultaneous events in Cortina, Livigno, and Predazzo).
NBC provided U.S. coverage through live streaming on Peacock starting around 2 p.m. ET and a primetime broadcast on NC at 8 p.m. ET. Hosting duties featured Mary Carillo and Terry Gannon, joined by former Olympic snowboarder Shaun White (particularly...

Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC's "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, remains missing, following her suspected abduction from her home in the Catalina Foothills area near Tucson, Arizona, on the night of January 31. Authorities believe...

NBC Sports has detailed the massive scale of its production for Super Bowl LX—featuring a rematch between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots—set for Sunday, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
The network is mobilizing an on-site team of more than 700 people, supported by 145 cameras (81 for the game itself, including fixed pylon cameras, plus 64 for pregame), 130 microphones, 75 miles of cable, 22 mobile units, and a wide array of additional...