Press: Over to You

Grossman moves to NBC

When he was tapped almost two years ago to become president of NBC News, a position he had held from 1968 to 1973, Reuven Frank faced a staff beset by internal tensions and disarray. "They turned to me because I was an oldtimer who could, it was hoped, whip things back into shape," he recalls. That mission accomplished, the self-effacing veteran newsman told NBC Chairman Grant Tinker that he wanted to return to what he loves most and does best: producing news shows. His wish was granted on his 63rd birthday last week. Aside from the fact that...

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