Brian Williams to Anchor NBC News' Election Night Coverage

David Gregory, Savannah Guthrie to join anchor desk at Rockefeller Plaza

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/2/2012 5:57:51 PM

Brian Williams will anchor NBC News' Election Night coverage on Nov. 6 from Democracy Plaza at New York's Rockefeller Center, the network said Friday.

Meet the Press moderator David Gregory and Today cohost Savannah Guthrie will join Williams at the anchor desk for coverage, which runs from 7 a.m. to 3 a.m.

Other correspondents will contribute to the broadcast from the Nightly News studio including Tom Brokaw, Andrea Mitchell, Lester Holt, Pete Williams, Chuck Todd, Tamron Hall, Kristen Welker and Peter Alexander.

Additional correspondents will be spread throughout battleground states and other key locations.