Historic pubs · London
The Huntley
The Huntley — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
Christopher Hilton — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Euston Square · 0.1 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
The Huntley is a historic pub in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap with a heritage tag. OpenStreetMap heritage rating: 2/5. Address: 134-136, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BP. Opening hours: Mo-Th 12:00-23:00; Fr 12:00-01:30; Sa 19:00-01:30. Wheelchair accessible (per OpenStreetMap). Wikidata describes it as: "Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.". Coordinates: 51.5252°, -0.1350°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Huntley–Brinkley Report (sometimes known as The Texaco Huntley–Brinkley Report for one of its early sponsors) is an American television program broadcast by NBC. It was anchored by Chet Huntley in New York City and David Brinkley in Washington, D.C. It aired from October 29, 1956 to July 31, 1970, replacing Camel News Caravan and was replaced by NBC Nightly News. The program ran for 15 minutes at its inception but expanded to 30 minutes on September 9, 1963, exactly a week after the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite did so. It was developed and produced initially by Reuven Frank. Frank left the program in 1962 to produce documentaries (Eliot Frankel replaced him) but returned to the program the following year when it expanded to 30 minutes. He was succeeded as executive producer in 1965 by Robert "Shad" Northshield and by Wallace Westfeldt in 1969.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
By 1956, NBC executives had grown dissatisfied with John Cameron Swayze in his role anchoring the network's evening news program, which fell behind its main competition, CBS's Douglas Edwards with the News, in 1955. Network executive Ben Park suggested replacing Swayze with Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, who had garnered favorable attention anchoring NBC's coverage of the national political conventions that summer. Bill McAndrew, NBC's director of news (later NBC News president), had seen a highly rated local news program on NBC affiliate WSAZ-TV in Huntington, West Virginia, with an anchor in Huntington, along with a second anchor in the state capital of Charleston, a format which…
Visiting
The program was parodied in one of the most oft-seen segments of the early Jim Henson program Sam and Friends, which had originated from NBC-owned-and-operated WRC-TV in Washington, DC. Using audio from a broadcast of the show, puppet characters Hank and Frank lipsynch dialogue spoken by Huntley and Brinkley in response to original dialogue remarks by Kermit. The segment was sponsored by Esskay Meats in a bit performed by Harry the Hipster and a loudmouthed Professor Madcliffe. Tom Lehrer's bitterly satirical "So Long Mom (A Song for World War III)" mentions the pair: "While we're attacking frontally watch Brinkaly and Huntaly recounting contrapuntally the cities we have lost..."
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5252, -0.1350
- District
- Camden
- Parish
- Camden, unparished area
- Postcode
- WC1E 6BP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Nearest railway station
- Euston Square — 0.1 km
- Opening
- Mo-Th 12:00-23:00; Fr 12:00-01:30; Sa 19:00-01:30
- Official site
- studentsunionucl.org
Sources
- osm: w847530472 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: The Huntley–Brinkley Report (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Huntley?
- The Huntley is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5252°, -0.1350°. The nearest railway station is Euston Square, around 0.1 km away.
- Is The Huntley free to visit?
- Yes — admission to The Huntley is free.
- Is The Huntley wheelchair accessible?
- Yes — The Huntley is tagged in OpenStreetMap as wheelchair-accessible.
- What are the opening hours for The Huntley?
- OpenStreetMap records opening hours as: Mo-Th 12:00-23:00; Fr 12:00-01:30; Sa 19:00-01:30. Check the official site to confirm seasonal changes.