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[[Image:Meet the press logo.jpg|thumb|right|The original logo of Meet the Press ]]

[[Image:Meet the press logo.jpg|thumb|right|The original logo of Meet the Press ]]

'''Meet the Press''' is a [[Sunday]] morning political [[television]] show aired on [[NBC]], which has interviewed many of the worlds major newsmakers and politicians in its history. Debuting on June 24, 1947, it is the longest running television show in the history of the world.<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb1437/is_200203/ai_n5929381</ref> There have been nine permanent hosts of the show, former [[NBC Nightly News| NBC News]] Washington Bureau Chief, [[Tim Russert]], currently holds the job position.<ref> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403008/</ref> An average of five million [[American|Americans]] watch the one hour Meet the Press show each week.  

'''Meet the Press''' is a [[Sunday]] morning political [[television]] show which airs on [[NBC]]. It has interviewed many of the worlds major newsmakers and politicians in its history and is the longest running television show in the history.<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb1437/is_200203/ai_n5929381</ref> There have been nine permanent hosts of the show, former [[NBC Nightly News| NBC News]] Washington Bureau Chief, [[Tim Russert]], currently holds the position.<ref> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403008/</ref> An average of five million [[American|Americans]] watch the one hour Meet the Press show each week.  

==Radio==

==Radio==

''Meet the Press'' was founded in 1945<ref> http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1945/october_5_1945_106236.html</ref>, by co-founders [[Lawrence E. Spivak]] and [[Martha Rountree]] who described the show as “a forum-type program appealing to an audience interested in mechanics of a genuine press conference”.<ref>Meet the Press: 50-Years of History in the Making, by Rick Ball (Author), Nbc News </ref>It began on radio and was based off idea’s that the two journalist had formulated in other shows. The first guest on the program was a reporter from the [[Christian Science Monitor]], [[Henry Wallace]], who had just returned from the [[Soviet Union]]. Mutual network offered the show a contract and started airing the program in October 1945. After the radio program's first year it was receiving praise for revolutionizing the news radio industry. In 1946, A [[Republican]] committee used tape of a ''Meet the Press'' interview with [[Democrat]] [[Senator]], [[Theodore Bilbo]], as proof of him being an alleged [[Ku Klux Klan|Klansman]].  Although the show switched over to television, it went back to radio in 1952, this lasted until 1987 when NBC stopped the radio broadcast.     

''Meet the Press'' was founded in 1945<ref> http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1945/october_5_1945_106236.html</ref> by [[Lawrence E. Spivak]] and [[Martha Rountree]] who described the show as “a forum-type program appealing to an audience interested in mechanics of a genuine press conference”.<ref>Meet the Press: 50-Years of History in the Making, by Rick Ball (Author), Nbc News </ref>It began on radio and was based off idea’s that the two journalist had formulated in other shows. The first guest on the program was a reporter from the [[Christian Science Monitor]], [[Henry Wallace]], who had just returned from the [[Soviet Union]]. [[Mutual Network]] offered the show a contract and started airing Meet the Press in October 1945. After the radio program's first year it was receiving praise for revolutionizing the news radio industry. In 1946, A [[Republican]] committee used tape of a ''Meet the Press'' interview with [[Democrat]] [[Senator]], [[Theodore Bilbo]], as proof of him being an alleged [[Ku Klux Klan|Klansman]].  Although the show switched over to television, it went back to radio in 1952, this lasted until 1987 when NBC stopped the radio broadcast.     

==Television==  

==Television==  

[[Image:Meetthepress.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The original set for Meet the Press, which currently is showcased in the Smithsonian Institution]]

[[Image:Meetthepress.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The original set for Meet the Press, which currently is showcased in the Smithsonian Institution]]