Chet Huntley | Salary Undisclosed

The late American television newscaster, Chet Huntley, was widely known for co-anchoring the evening news show, The Huntley–Brinkley Report from 1956 to 1970. Huntley started his radio newscast career in the early ’30s in Seattle before hiring a moving company to work in Portland. A few years later, he worked for CBS Radio, then moved to ABC Radio back in the ’50s. While working at the NBC Radio network in 1955, he was called by network executives as “another Edward Murrow.”

During that decade, NBC News executives sought to counter the growing fame and success of CBS’ Walter Cronkite. They then decided to replace John Cameron Swayze, their current news anchor, with the two leading contenders being Chet Huntley and David Brinkley. They eventually came up with the decision to have both personalities share the task. The duo’s on-air chemistry was drawing audiences from the start, with Huntley’s straightforward report countered by Brinkley’s wit.