Nightly News   |  March 19, 2012

C-SPAN founder to step down

Brian Lamb is leaving the nonprofit cable network after 33 years. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>> there was a reason that president bush 43 gave the medal of honor to brian lamb . he changes congress forever. he's stepping down as ceo after running the place for 33 years. after graduating from purdue, he was in the navy in vietnam, a student journalist, a dj, a musician, a social aide to lbj and the white house and a campaign aide to nixon. he hatched the idea for c-span on his own. he went on the air in 1979 . it's now seen in over a100 million households.