(As "N B C Sunrise": NBC Daytime, 1974 - 1982;
as "Early Today" I: NBC Daytime, 1982 - 1983;
as "N B C News At Sunrise": NBC Daytime, 1983 - 1999;
as "Early Today" II: NBC Daytime, 1999 to present)
[This show, which aired before the NBC "Today Show", began as a
kind of hybrid of light news, interviews and features under
the title of "N B C Sunrise", but was succeeded in 1982 by the
first show to use the title "Early Today"; but it lasted only
one year until the show was re-vamped again as a news show in
1983 under the title "N B C News At Sunrise" (see also "NBC News")
this incarnation featured a news team anchored by Connie Chung;
Eventually the name "Early Today" returned to this time slot
more as a business-news "heads-up" kind of show in 1999.]
[above is title as filed for copyright]
Composer: Ray Ellis (ASCAP/BMI)
[professional name of Raymond S. Ellis]
Original Publisher: Living Music, Inc. (BMI)
2001 Publisher: Living Music, Inc. (BMI)
c/o EMI Blackwood,
a div. of EMI Music Publishing
of New York, NY
Copyright Date: Dec. 10, 1974; Eu 541 474.
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
[above is title as per BMI;
It is possible that this may be derived from "The Mission"
THEME by Williams written as a Nightly News THEME in 1986 since
no separate copyright has yet been found...]
Composer: John Towner Williams (ASCAP/BMI)
Original Publisher: Living Music, Inc. (BMI)
2001 Publisher: Living Music, Inc. (BMI)
c/o EMI Blackwood,
a div. of EMI Music Publishing
of New York, NY
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings: