Editing Meet the Press (section)

==Notable guests and events==
[[File:Whittaker_Chambers.jpg|thumb|right|[[Whittaker Chambers]]'s very first answer on the August 27, 1948, episode helped move ''Meet the Press'' from radio to television]]
* First guest: [[James Farley|James A. Farley]], the former [[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]] of the United States and former Democratic National Committee Chair.<ref name=FiftyYears/>
* [[Whittaker Chambers]] states [[Alger Hiss]] was a communist on the radio broadcast on August 27, 1948, which leads to libel suit from Hiss, the [[Pumpkin Papers]], and [[United States Department of Justice|Justice]]'s indictment of Hiss by December 1948.<ref name=FiftyYears/>
* First female guest: [[Elizabeth Bentley]], a courier for a Communist spy ring, on September 12, 1948.<ref name=FiftyYears/> 
* An interview with [[Fidel Castro]] aired April 19, 1959.<ref name=FiftyYears/><ref name= Harris-44>{{cite book |editor-last1=Harris |editor-first1=Jay S.|title=TV Guide: The First 25 Years | year=1978 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn= 0671230654 |page=44}}</ref>
* An interview with [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], about the civil rights movement in the United States.<ref name=FiftyYears/>
* Every U.S. president since [[John F. Kennedy]] has appeared on ''Meet the Press'', although not necessarily during their presidency. [[Jimmy Carter]] used his appearance on January 20, 1980, to announce the United States' [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics]]. [[Ronald Reagan]] appeared seven times before being elected president, but did not appear during his presidency. [[Bill Clinton]] was the guest for the 50th anniversary broadcast on November 9, 1997. The interview with [[George W. Bush]] was conducted in the [[Oval Office]] at the [[White House]] on February 8, 2004. The interview was held with then President-elect [[Barack Obama]] on December 7, 2008. [[Donald Trump]] has appeared on the program a number of times, most recently in December 2024.
* The first live [[communications satellite]] television interview occurred on ''Meet the Press'' on September 19, 1965, with the British Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]].<ref name=FiftyYears/>
* A special edition of the program aired on Christmas Day 2022 to commemorate its 75th anniversary, consisting entirely of clips from the program archives and brief introductory commentaries by Todd.<ref name="Anniversary">{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/dec-25-looking-back-at-75-years-of-meet-the-press-158767685662|title=Dec. 25 – Looking back at 75 years of 'Meet the Press' |website=NBC News |publisher=National Broadcasting Company |access-date=25 December 2022}}</ref>