Which anniversary did CNBC recently celebrate?
Thursday, April 16, 2009 Happy Anniversary, CNBC In a frightening reminder of how fast time passes by, CNBC is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its launch this week. It was on a Monday – April 17, 1989 – that CNBC made its debut. I’d been hired in February as an associate producer, based mostly on an off-the-cuff remark I made to Peter Sturtevant, the VP of business news, during my interview. He said, “So, what can you do for us?” And I said, “I can get a lot of material on the air fast with no money, no time, no resources, and no people.” And he said, “you’re hired!”. True story. 20 years later, I can tell you I have no idea how we ever got on the air. We literally made the whole thing up out of thin air through a series of meetings, rehearsals, random suggestions, and many dinner-and-drinks sessions. The fun part is that ANY idea you had was considered fair game. There was no “gee, we don’t usually do it that way” because no one had done anything ANY way! I had a particularly good
CNBC celebrated its anniversary April 17. It went on the air 20 years earlier, born from the merger with Financial News Network and counts Ted David, Ron Insana, who returned to the network in March as a contributor, and Sue Herera, among its founding anchors. We chatted briefly with David and Insana. Herera, still an integral part of the CNBC lineup as co-anchor of “Power Lunch”, was scheduled to attend and may have after we left. Sources: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnbc/the_other_cnbc_20th_anniversary_party_116688.
