‘Meet the Press’ debuts on NBC-TV 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 6 1947)

(Thursday, November 6, 1947, 8:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. EST)Meet the Press, a weekly American television news/interview program, debuted tonight on NBC with Martha Rountree as the moderator and former Postmaster General and former Democratic National Committee Chairman James A. Farley as the first guest.