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'''Martha Rountree''' (1911-1999) was a radio and television broadcaster, who best known for being the first moderator of [[NBC]]'s [[Meet the Press]]. Rountree also co-founded Meet the Press with reporter, [[Lewrance Spivik]], in 1945. Before her work with NBC, she hosted a number of radio shows.  

'''Martha Rountree''' (1911-1999) was a radio and television broadcaster, who best known for being the first moderator of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Meet the Press]].'' Rountree also co-founded ''Meet the Press'' with reporter, [[Lawrence Spivak]], in 1945. Before her work with NBC, she hosted a number of radio shows.  

Rounter faced the challenge of getting a contract from the ''Mutual Network'' for Meet the Press. She asked the network's president, "how would you like to have a program on Mutual in which people like Stalin and Roosevelt and Churchill and Henry Wallace were asked challenging questions?" The radio stations president responded by asking her if it were possible to get all of those people on her proposed show. She replied, "Maybe not all, but some." <ref>Meet the Press: 50-Years of History in the Making, by Rick Ball (Author), pg. 5, Nbc News</ref>  

Rounter faced the challenge of getting a contract from the ''Mutual Network'' for Meet the Press. She asked the network's president, "how would you like to have a program on Mutual in which people like Stalin and Roosevelt and Churchill and Henry Wallace were asked challenging questions?" The radio stations president responded by asking her if it were possible to get all of those people on her proposed show. She replied, "Maybe not all, but some." <ref>Meet the Press: 50-Years of History in the Making, by Rick Ball (Author), pg. 5, Nbc News</ref>