“Stroll Down Memory …

“Stroll Down Memory Lane” Department – Ted Koppel is leaving Nightline.

NEW YORK – Ted Koppel, who has anchored ABC News’ “Nightline” since its inception a quarter-century ago, said Thursday he will leave the network when contract expires at the end of the year.

The precursor to Nightline was the nightly summary of the Iranian embassy hostage situation that occurred during the Carter administration, and Frank Reynolds would host it. “The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage: Day 187”, and each day the number went up and up. When it started, I had just started college, and when I came home on Christmas break, my Dad and I would watch it every night. Five months later, Ted Koppel became the regular anchor and the show was renamed Nightline. I watched it a bit as it got going, but as the reports about the hostage crisis took a back seat, I lost interest in staying up that late.

Anyway, that goes way back, and it’s interesting to see it changing. (And interesting to note that he stayed the anchor for so long.)

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