Tom Llamas Named Anchor of ‘NBC Nightly Information’

Tom Llamas will take over because the anchor of NBC’s flagship information program, “NBC Nightly Information,” the corporate mentioned on Wednesday.

Mr. Llamas, 45, has been the anchor on the corporate’s streaming information outlet, NBC Information Now. He succeeds Lester Holt, the longtime anchor of “NBC Nightly Information,” who final month introduced his plans to step down from the function.

The community mentioned Mr. Llamas would take over “NBC Nightly Information” this summer time, assuming a lead anchor job that has been held by solely three males — Tom Brokaw, Brian Williams and Mr. Holt — over the previous 42 years.

In fact, the night newscast doesn’t have the identical agenda-setting affect because it did throughout Mr. Brokaw’s tenure. However the newscasts nonetheless draw huge audiences. Since September, “NBC Nightly Information” has been attracting 6.3 million viewers an evening, lagging ABC’s “World Information Tonight” however remaining forward of “CBS Night Information.”

In a press release, Mr. Llamas (pronounced YA-mas) mentioned that taking on the anchoring duties was “a profound honor and one which carries super accountability.”

Through the “Nightly Information” afternoon editorial name on Wednesday, Mr. Holt referred to as in from an Amtrak en path to New York from Washington and provided his congratulations. “It’s vital to make the printed his, and you’ll over time, so we’ll make this transition work,” he mentioned, in accordance with a workers member who heard his remarks. “However I’m blissful, blissful for Tom and his household — crush it my good friend.”