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Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer. A high-school dropout, he transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists.
Jennings started his career early, hosting a Canadian radio show at the age of nine. He began his professional career with CJOH-TV in Ottawa during its early years, anchoring the local newscasts and hosting a teen dance show, Saturday Date, on Saturdays.
In 1965, ABC News tapped him to anchor its flagship evening news program. His inexperience was attacked by critics and others in television news, making for a difficult first stint in the anchor chair. Jennings became a foreign correspondent in 1968, reporting from the Middle East.
He returned as one of World News Tonight's three anchors in 1978, and was promoted to the role of sole anchor in 1983. Jennings was also known for his marathon coverage of breaking news stories, staying on the air for 15 or more hours straight to anchor the live broadcast of events such as the outbreak of the Gulf War in 1991, the Millennium celebrations in 2000, and the September 11 attacks in 2001. In addition to anchoring, he was the host of many ABC News special reports and moderated several American presidential debates. Having always been fascinated with the United States, Jennings became a naturalized United States citizen in 2003.
Jennings is a surname of early medieval English origin (also the Anglicised version of the Irish surnames Mac Sheóinín or MacJonin). Notable people with the surname include:
Peter often is used to refer to Saint Peter, a disciple of Jesus Christ. It can also refer to many other people, of which only a few are listed here. This page only lists people commonly referred to as "Peter" and nothing else; for others, please see List of people named Peter.
ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), owned by the Disney Media Networks division of the Walt Disney Company. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ABC World News Tonight; other programs include morning news-talk show Good Morning America, newsmagazine series Nightline, Primetime and 20/20, and Sunday morning political affairs program This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
ABC began news broadcasts early in its independent existence as a radio network after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered NBC to spin off the former NBC Blue Network into an independent company in 1943. The split (which NBC conducted voluntarily in the event that its appeal to have the ruling overturned was denied) was enforced to expand competition in radio broadcasting in the United States as the industry had only a few companies such as NBC and CBS that dominated the radio market, and in particular, was intended to prevent the limited competition from dominating news and political broadcasting and projecting narrow points-of-view. Television broadcasting was suspended however, during World War II.
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Genres: ,This clip aired on the final day that the honored ABC World News Tonight anchor Peter Jennings ever appeared again on television (5th April 2005). This is the day Jennings went public that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer; sadly, he passed away that upcoming August, he never again was well enough to anchor the broadcast. Jennings was the best anchor in the history of American television news, and certainly one of the best journalists of all time; he shall be greatly missed.
On August 10, 2005, ABC aired a two-hour special, "Peter Jennings: Reporter," with archival clips of his reports and interviews with colleagues and friends. The special drew over 9 million viewers, and was the most watched television program of the night. (from Wikipedia) I was one them.
It's been 10 years since the "World News Tonight" anchor passed away but his life changing legacy continues.
President Clinton schools Peter Jennings.
An ABC News Lookback on Peter Jennings first minutes of coverage
From Aug. 8, 2005, here is some news from the "Today" Show on the life and death of veteran ABC newsman Peter Jennings. This is part 1.
A tribute to our fellow news anchor commemorating this 500th Subscriber video. Enjoy. For entertainment purposes only.
CBS News Special Report on the death of Peter Jennings. CBS, 8-7-05
I was a summer intern at the ABC NEWS headquarters in New York City in 2003. I interviewed Mr. Peter Jennings, then the sole anchor of ABC's World New Tonight, to ask him whether he had any advice for my high school friends and classmates as I wanted to share his wisdom with them when I returned to the campus as a senior in the fall. I also had a chance to speak with Mr. John Stossel, then the co-anchor of ABC's 20/20.
Peter Jennings spent his career interviewing world leaders and top newsmakers. ABC News, ABC, 8-8-05
1pm 9/11/01 Eastern Time interview of Rudy Giuliani, explaining how he was warned in advance of the collapse of the South Tower. How and where did he get this warning? Download clip: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OFL56LNT Recommended 9/11 research: http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/ http://www.globalresearch.ca/ http://www.911research.wtc7.net/ http://www.ae911truth.org/ http://www.stj911.org/ http://www.pilotsfor911truth.org/ http://www.prisonplanet.com/ http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ http://www.911blogger.com/ http://www.loosechange911.com/ http://www.911revisited.com/ http://www.nineeleven.co.uk/ http://www.wtc7.net/ http://www.journalof911studies.com/ http://www.patriotsquestion911.com/ http://www.wearechange.org http://www.questionsquestions.net http://www.9...
President Bush lands at Offutt Air Force Base afternoon of 9/11. Ann Compton, an ABC News reporter travelling on Air Force One is interviewed by Peter Jennings
Bill Clinton's diatribe against FNC's Chris Wallace, who dared to question the ex-President about his failed efforts to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, reminded some of the last time Clinton exhibited such vitriol. Back on November 18, 2004, in the midst of a quite positive ABC News prime-time special about the dedication of the Clinton presidential library, Bill Clinton angrily wagged his finger at Peter Jennings, accusing ABC of conspiring with Ken Starr to "repeat every little sleazy thing he leaked" during the investigation into Clinton's perjury and obstruction of justice.