Bob Abernethy

Bob Abernethy (born November 5, 1927) is an American former NBC News correspondent.
Since 1997, Abernethy has served as the executive editor and host of Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, which airs on PBS.

Bob Abernethy received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He also studied divinity at Yale Divinity School.

In the early 1960s, he was host of NBC's news magazine Update, a weekly feature which explained the news of the day to its target audience, young people in their teens, originating from Washington, D.C., airing on Saturday afternoons for several years.

He also anchored the network's coverage of the Northeast blackout of 1965 from its Washington News Bureau.

For more than 40 years, he worked as a correspondent for NBC News.

Abernethy provided memorable coverage of the arrival at Andrews Air Force Base of the body of President John F. Kennedy upon its arrival from Dallas in 1963, following the latter's assassination.

For much of his network news career, he covered the U.S. Congress and legislative politics.

Abernethy is married to Marie Cheremeteff Grove. They have two daughters, one stepdaughter, and three stepsons. They currently live in Washington, D.C., or Jaffrey, New Hampshire, and are ordained members of the United Church of Christ.

• Wilbur Awards (2009) - awwarded by the Religion Communicators Council (RCC).