Live at Five

Overview

Live at Five was WNBC's 5 p.m. weekday newscast broadcasting from NBC Studio 6B at 30 Rockefeller Center. A mix of news, features and interviews, the Live at Five concept was first introduced in 1979 by WNBC News Director Ron Kershaw and Bob Davis. Their first anchors were Pia Lindstrom and Melba Tolliver. Jack Cafferty joined the anchor chair a few months later. The final broadcast of Live at Five was Friday, September 7, 2007.