 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waApril 5, 1982, Brokaw akatanga kubatira pamwe ne NBC Nightly News kubva kuNew York naRoger Mudd muWashington, achitevera John Chancellor. Pashure pegore, purezidhendi weNBC News Reuven Frank akagumisa kuti purogiramu yeanchor mbiri yakanga isiri kushanda uye akasarudza Brokaw kuti ave chete anchor. NBC Nightly News naTom Brokaw yakatanga musi waSeptember 5, 1983. Pakati pezvimwe nhau, akafukidza njodzi yeChallenger, EDSA Revolution, June Struggle, Loma Prieta earthquake, kuwa kweBerlin Wall uye Hurricane Andrew. 