| | *On [[NBC Nightly News|''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']], co-anchor, Chet Huntley and Brinkley would end the newscast by the now well known ending phase, "Good night, David. With the response from Brinkley, “Good night, Chet." They ended this way every night until Huntley’s last newscast, when Huntley's, "Good night, David," brought Brinkley’s response, "...Good bye, Chet." | | *On [[NBC Nightly News|''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']], co-anchor, Chet Huntley and Brinkley would end the newscast by the now well known ending phase, "Good night, David. With the response from Brinkley, “Good night, Chet." They ended this way every night until Huntley’s last newscast, when Huntley's, "Good night, David," brought Brinkley’s response, "...Good bye, Chet." |
| − | *He has been informally named by the media world into the "Magnificent Seven" (which includes also Barbara Walters, Sam Donaldson, Peter Jennings, Hugh Downs, Ted Koppel, and Diane Sawyer--all of ABC).<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brinkleydav/brinkleydav.htm</ref> | + | *He has been informally named by the media world into the "Magnificent Seven" (which includes also Barbara Walters, Sam Donaldson, Peter Jennings, Hugh Downs, Ted Koppel, and [[Diane Sawyer]]--all of ABC).<ref>http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brinkleydav/brinkleydav.htm</ref> |
| | *Before the [[NBC Nightly News|''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']], Brinkley worked with [[Chet Huntley]] covering the political conventions of 1956. | | *Before the [[NBC Nightly News|''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']], Brinkley worked with [[Chet Huntley]] covering the political conventions of 1956. |