{{short description|American radio and television personality (1921–2008)}} '''Howard Reig''' (May 31, 1921 – November 10, 2008)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606103248/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/longtime-nbc-nightly-news-announcer-howard-reig-dies_b21755?c=rss Longtime NBC Nightly News Announcer Howard Reig Dies] TVNewser. Retrieved November 12, 2008</ref> was an American radio and television announcer. His last name was pronounced "reeg."
==Personal life== Reig was born on May 31, 1921, in New York City. He was a staff announcer for General Electric's Schenectady, New York, stations WGY (AM), WGFM (now WRVE) and WRGB starting in 1943, and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from 1952 to 2005. He is most well known for being the voice of ''NBC Nightly News''. Until the late 1970s, he also handled announcing duties for the local newscasts of the network's New York City flagship station, WNBC-TV.
Although he retired from NBC on March 25, 2005, he was still heard on ''Nightly News'' until December 14, 2007, when anchor Brian Williams announced a new voice "that you all know" will debut as the new announcer beginning December 17, 2007.<ref name=hr>{{cite news|title=Douglas gives voice to NBC News |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ie214ba307a0b52118a176de768f741a0 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2007-12-19 |access-date=2007-12-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203225751/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ie214ba307a0b52118a176de768f741a0 |archive-date=December 3, 2008 }}</ref> The new voice was that of actor Michael Douglas.<ref name=hr/>
He earned a B.A. and M.F.A. from SUNY Albany.
==Death== Howard Reig died on November 10, 2008, aged 87, in Venice, Florida.
{{s-start}} {{succession box|before=Bill Hanrahan|title=Announcer on ''NBC Nightly News''|years=1983 – December 14, 2007|after=Michael Douglas}} {{s-end}}
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310201211/http://www.howardreig.com/ Official website] * {{IMDb name|id=1139217|name=Howard Reig}} * [https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/Home/RadioGoldin_Records?searchString=Reig,%20Howard&type=Artists Howard Reig radio credits] * {{cite news|title='NBC Nightly News' began with his voice|url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081114/ARTICLE/811140338/2426/NEWS?Title=_NBC_Nightly_News__began_with_his_voice|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=2007-12-14|access-date=2007-12-15|archive-date=2011-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605063710/http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081114/ARTICLE/811140338/2426/NEWS?Title=_NBC_Nightly_News__began_with_his_voice|url-status=dead}}
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