NETWORK REPORTERS’ AIRTIME

Correspondent, Times on Times on Percent ’87 Rank Air 1987 Air 1988 Change 1. Bruce Morton, CBS (9) 69 146 +111% 2. Dean Reynolds, ABC (83) 49 114 +132% 3. Bill Plante, CBS (3) 155 111 -28% 4. Sam Donaldson, ABC (2) 147 110 -25% 5. Bob Schieffer, CBS (41) 56 107 +91% 6. Robert Hager, NBC (5) 76 100 +31% 7. Brit Hume, ABC (8) 79 100 +26% 8. Chris Wallace, NBC (1) 120 99 -17% 9. John McWethy, ABC (4) 107 97 -9% 10. David Martin, CBS (6) 95 96 +1% 11. Jim Wooten, ABC (66) 55 94 +70% 12. Rita Braver, CBS (24) 73 93 27% 13. Lisa Myers, NBC (92) 26 85 +226% 14. Martin Fletcher, NBC (65) 45 82 +82% 15. Bob Simon, CBS (33) 51 79 +54%

SOURCE: J. Foote, with Cary O’Dell, U of S. Illinois/Vanderbilt Archives (in Variety)