I am very saddened by the loss of founding PBS News Hour anchor Jim Lehrer.

Lehrer, along with Robert MacNeil, a Canadian who is still living (as of the time of writing this post), and is also a novelist; had begun co-anchoring the Newscast in 1975. And ever since then, to this very day; the PBS News Hour has served as a non corporate-influenced Evening Newscast alternative to the 3 networks’ (CBS, ABC, and NBC) Evening Newscasts.

The Newscast was originally solely anchored by MacNeil and titled the Robert MacNeil Report, then MacNeil/Lehrer Report once Jim Lehrer came on board, then the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, then the NewsHour With Jim Lehrer; and finally, the PBS News Hour upon Lehrer’s retirement in 2011.

I still remember very well the theme for the PBS News Hour that was composed by Bernard Hoffer and used on the newscast until 2006; and this original musical theme is my favorite to date out of all the musical themes this newscast has ever had since its inception in 1975.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jim-lehrer-low-key-pbs-news-anchor-and-presidential-debate-moderator-dies-at-85/2020/01/23/21bba796-3e0b-11ea-8872-5df698785a4e_story.html