July 8, 1998 3:35 PM

About Us

By
Erin Petrun, Jennifer Eaker
(CBS) 

  • Who We Are
  • Contact Information


    Program Facts
    Up to the Minute, CBS's overnight news broadcast, offers very late workers, very early workers, insomniacs, parents of insomniac infants, and anyone else in the growing Monday-through-Friday overnight audience a unique combination of hard news, news features, interviews, weather, sports, business and commentary.

    Up to the Minute draws from the full resources of CBS News, including the CBS Evening News, Newspath, Affiliate stations, the CBS Radio Network, CBS News Money Watch and Reuters.

    Major regular features include Personal Finance powered by Smartmoney.com, tips for new parents powered by American Baby magazine, and Comment from London. UTTM often rebroadcasts some of the best features viewers may have missed during the day or evening, from CBS News Sunday Morning, 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, and Face the Nation.

    Anchor Betty Nguyen joined the program in October 2010. In addition to working on Up to the Minute, she also anchors the CBS Morning News and contributes to The Early Show.

    Among UTTM's regular contributors: CBS News Space Consultant Bill Harwood, UTTM Computer Consultant John Quain, UTTM Military Analyst Col. Mitch Mitchell (Ret.), and Smartmoney.com Sr. Consumer Reporter Kelli Grant.

    Up to the Minute premiered on CBS in April 1992, and is now in its 19th season. It is offered from 2am-6am ET/PT on the CBS television network. Check your local listings to see when Up to the Minute airs in your area.

    Who We Are

    Anchor
    Betty Nguyen

    Senior Producer
    Brian Applegate

    Producers
    Tony DiPolvere
    Joseph Gelosi
    Norman Gittleson
    Anlynn Truong

    Directors
    James McGrath
    Chris Easley

    Audio
    Jason Kalb

    Associate Producers
    Jenn Eaker
    Erika Wortham

    Sports Editor
    Charlie Langton




    Contact Information
    Up to the Minute
    524 West 57th St.
    New York, New York 10019

    Email: uttm@cbs.com

    • Copyright 1998 CBS. All rights reserved.
    Add a Comment
    by MableHiggins September 27, 2011 4:53 AM EDT
    where is betty nguyn,i liked her better than terrell brown
    Reply to this comment
    by horsedocdave May 30, 2011 11:21 AM EDT
    Unfolding Emergency Story: I was the first to diagnose the EHV-1 in horses in this present Herpes outbreak in the US. This is an amazing story, not becaues I was able to diagnose the disease, (it was easy). Because, of the collaborative efforts of at least five entities, within 24 hours after the diagnosis, there was a safety net placed over the entire nation that has not been breached and has protected our equine industry. The process that allowed for this collaborative effort began long ago in many class rooms. After 911, the EHV-1 Equine Herpes Myeloencphalomalasia disease was classified as a biosecurity risk.

    The exciting progression, moment by moment development and the professional committment by many university and state officials made this outbreak quarantine a success. This would do better as a dramatic movie that included the tears and pain of watching a pet horse's demise.

    Because things went correctly, the cast of players now sit quietly in the background. Had one thing been handled incorrectly, the news would have been down on the same professionals. As an example, the Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital changed their status to "emergency admission only" to facilitate space for the contageous EHV-1 neurological horses. This was a huge decision which cost the university great amounts of money. Universities are not much into tooting their own horns. If they were a top 50 industrial coorporation, they would have made annoncements all over the network.

    Nobody was paid extra for just doing their jobs! Even the dedication of the first horse owner whose horse was euthanized, funded the diagnostics that saved horses all around the country. I decided to euthanize that horse for humane reasons dispite negative DNA tests. That horse was re-examined by the CSU diagnostic specialists after euthanasia and the results kept coming back to my cell phone, "Negative for DNA in nares and lungs!" Then I heard, "negative to Rabies!" And then finally the lab said, "Positive to herpes in the spinal cord!"

    The following day, the State Vet of Colorado, (similar to the attorney general position except for veterianians) did conference calls around the nation.

    There were many other players. As an example the trainer of the first horse had to decide to be transparent to the world dispite tha fact his business was on the line. My proticols which I had to update quickly from many sources and especially information from Lutz Guering (sp) went out on facebook to the at risk, involved horseman farms across the nation. This is an indepth unfolding drama which required many officials to coordinate the first national outbreak of this EHV-1 disease. This will likely make a movie theme later. It seems like good news for you now.
    Thank You,
    David P Sievers, DVM
    (303-520-8442)
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