NBC News Special Reports: 1961 - 2017

Here is a compilation of NBC News Special Reports from 1961 to 2017

[@wadebaker2910]

When the TV started counting down along with those dark NBC Chimes, you just knew shit just went down

[@majorcorn0526]

There’s probably going be more special reports this year.

[@charlescross9158]

@@majorcorn0526 you got that right

[@altfactor]

There always are.

[@ekop1778]

OLD CHIMES WERE BETTER NOW ITS LIKE KRAP

[@thatonecountryballanimator]

SPECIAL REPORT: your dad just left you!

[@SeanKL107]

The universal theme songs of “Oh fuck, now what?”

[@Westcountrynordic]

There is nothing more scary then the screen going black, 2 seconds of silence then " This is BBC news from London"

[@theebloxinator]

@@Westcountrynordic yes

[@JayVision4383]

Whenever I hear the NBC Chimes and the theme song, I know that whenever it comes on, I know that something happened. Like it could be a bomb threat or a tragic death to someone.

[@joshuakline1435]

00:55 If you hear this at 10 am est Sundays on your local NBC Station it's Meet The Press If you hear this 2pm on a Tuesday it means an NBC News Special Report John Williams "Pulse of Events" is a great musical piece

[@Commanderraf]

I can't believe that no one on NBC has had a moment of inspiration and used "the four chime" as part of these Special Reports intros for breaking news.

[@chukwudiilozue9171]

Check 0:17

[@altfactor]

The fourth chime was used mainly on NBC Radio but I've heard a urban legend that it was played on NBC-TV the morning of September 11 2001 to stations in the west to alert them to switch to the East Coast network feed of "Today", just after the first tower of the World Trade Center was hit. Can anyone verify this?

[@Commanderraf]

@@altfactor I've never seen or heard about that, but it would be quite interesting if it was true. I hope someone can shed more light on this information.

[@RealBNews]

This music is traumatic. Horrible Memories

[@josha254]

There should be the "double tonic" chime in a new Special Report intro.

[@rockysocky]

I hope when America’s Mozart passes (and we all know who this is), that NBC breaks in at any time with this intro.

[@thatonecountryballanimator]

1:11 Man don’t you just love it when they make a special news report on Sept 11, 2001 :troll:

[@DHTSciFiArtist]

Chronological Timeline. 0:00 1961 0:18 1974-1978 0:28 1978-1983 0:36 1983-1985 0:45 1985-1988 0:50 1988-1990 0:54 1990-1993 1:00 1993-1997 1:12 1997-2002 1:25 2002-2007 1:35 2007-2017 1:45 2007-Present

[@kxx46]

018 was from 1978 The N came in 76 In 74 and 75 was the slanted letters and earlier the NBC "snake/intertwined letters.

[@MrRocha2801]

Correct dates: 1. 1960's 2. 1976-1979 3. 1979-1982 4. 1982-1985 5. 1985-1988 6. 1988-1990 7. 1990-1994 8. 1994-1999 9. 1999-2002 10. 2002-2007 11. 2007-2017 12. 2017-present

[@spiritx3608]

1985-1988 was the origins of the Special Report's theme we all knew as till this day

[@nedwart]

Interesting that, during the countdown of the current open, the 1985-2004 version of the Nightly News headline bed is played.

[@TAKV_gaming]

nbc do be stealin their other show’s music

[@spokenreason9654]

Who thinks terrorist attack when this happens

[@soobinvrse]

spoken reason yeah the one in 2001 was for 9/11

[@spokenreason9654]

Drake Josh but even now when breaking news comes on. I think terrorist attacks sadly

[@taydrabrookshire347]

They don’t call them the “Chimes of Death” for nothing

[@chrisbattisto7351]

These days I immediately think mass shooting

[@tylr1921]

Props to all of you who noticed WESH at 1:29. I just lost that hannel and may have it back by tomorrow or Sunday.

[@emilyyamasaki4968]

Everytime I hear this shit I'm like how close are we to the end of the world now

[@ConceptofKobi]

1:12 with that time & date recorded we all know what the special report was. 😔

[@WhovianSentaiRiderFan]

*Physco shower music plays*

[@seanburbank5657]

September 11

[@akularia]

and my left ear

[@rosemapalad723]

9/11/1 😔

[@nyyfanvkamath]

Sort of. They were playing this for a lot of the transitions throughout the day, other than the scheduled nightly news broadcast itself. Keep in mind the first tower was struck at about 8:46am and morning programming across most networks, including the today show on NBC, were in commercial break and simply came back to live feeds of the towers, just in time to see the south tower get hit live. Then, they started playing the special report theme sporadically throughout the day.

[@marchive13]

1:12 Chills.

[@martincruz3907]

It came on at midnight pacific time sunday during the Las Vegas terror attack. I knew it had to be serious at that point

[@rileysutton633]

:17 Is my favorite.

[@rileysutton633]

The NBC News tones sound like they are played on a keyboard.

[@jime3281]

Riley Sutton Mine too!

[@cellytron]

Nice! A couple I haven't seen before.

[@rtcp2020]

We interrupt your life to bring this special report!

[@TheMiuToo]

0:15 Can you imagine if today all special reports were brought to you by someone. Like a NBC Special Report brought to you by McDonalds

[@johnpat3622]

Back in those days a "special news report" meant it was probably a documentary or some sort of special presentation, not the breaking news coverage that it means today.

[@RobertPaniagua]

0:28 thru 0:35 was from late 1980 during the height of the Iran hostage crisis

[@heker1342]

TV Started counting down with the NBC's chimes and the narrators Me : oh shit what happened TV : Trump called Putin Me : BRING BACK MY TV SHOW!!!

[@TAKV_gaming]

LOL

[@emerybayblues]

When breaking news meant something serious happened. Assassinations, disasters, etc.

[@dominickbellicini8196]

NBC: *chimes and dramatic music* THIS IS AN NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT Me: Oh fuck NBC: (Random Celebrity) has died Me: Oh. Who cares put my show back on.

[@AntonioReyesJr]

1 Meet the Press 2 Emergency

[@classified773]

If it plays on any day outside of Sunday - something is going down. Sunday: meet the press.

[@Aiden-ku6yg]

When the nbc chimes and either Lester Holt or Savannah Guthrie came on my dad would say “ What racist thing did Trump do again?”

[@altfactor]

The first clip was actually from a special program covering a news event in 1961 (maybe a Project Mercury space shot?) and not a brief bulletin that interrupted a program for a minute or two. Some of the later introductions were also special programs and not brief bulletins.

[@twcallen]

Back when the Special Report was actually necessary... now it’s just constantly Trump, Trump, Trump

[@taydrabrookshire347]

It’s been used to an extent where it’s not even special anymore

[@sillygoose635]

and now Biden, Biden, Biden....

[@MaRk-zy2vl]

Can you also post the ABC News Special Reports?

[@taydrabrookshire347]

I haven’t seen a complete history uploaded anywhere.

[@rtcp2020]

0:17 what year

[@spiritx3608]

0:00 1961 0:18 1974 - 1978 0:28 1978 - 1983 0:36 1983 - 1985 0:45 1985 - 1988 0:50 1988 - 1990 0:54 1990 - 1993 1:00 1993 - 1997 1:12 1997 - 2002 1:25 2002 - 2007 1:35 2007 - 2017 1:45 2017 - present

[@spiritx3608]

Special Report celebrity deaths that have not been reported by NBC take Kobe Bryant and Aretha Franklin for example. •John XXIII •MLK •Malcolm X •John Paul I •Pope Paul VI •Selena •B.I.G. •2pac •Easy E •Rosa Parks ·Bob Ross And others

[@rockysocky]

At 0:50. Utter terror has entered the chat!

[@taydrabrookshire347]

1:49 Oh crap. Trump’s gonna say something stupid.

[@abbycollins]

I know, right. They interrupted WAY too many programs just to say that trump called Putin a toddler or something like that.

[@taydrabrookshire347]

Abby Collins 🤣

[@minik444]

You forgot the one from 1996

[@andrewheisler3842]

The day it comes on, and it's actually NUKES. My grandmother's soaps are always intrupted with this.

[@mikejohnson515]

0:28 Was that from the night John Lennon was murdered?