Chet Huntley

Biography

Chester Robert Huntley was born on December 10, 1911, in Cardwell, Montana, to a family of railroad employees. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1934 with a degree in speech and drama, and began his radio newscast career in 1934 at KIRO AM in Seattle. Huntley co-anchored NBC's evening news program, The Huntley-Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956, becoming a household name and a friend of many Americans.