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=== Under Welker ===
On June 4, 2023, Todd announced he would be leaving his role as moderator. [[Kristen Welker]] was named as his replacement for the flagship Meet the Press beginning in September, while spin off Meet the Press Now featured rotating guest hosts, with Welker only hosting ''Meet The Press Now'' on Thursdays and Fridays.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-04 |title=Chuck Todd will depart 'Meet the Press.' Kristen Welker will be the next host |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/chuck-todd-will-depart-nbcs-meet-press-kristen-welker-become-host-rcna87618 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> On
===High-definition broadcasting===
The set utilized from March 17, 1996 to April 25, 2010,<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Press reflects on set change|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/video/meet-the-press/36899514 |publisher=NBCNews.com|access-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref> had been designed as an experimental set for [[high-definition television|high-definition broadcasting]], several editions of the program (including the first broadcast of a regular series on a major television network in HD) had aired in the format in the 1990s over experimental HD station [[WRC-TV|WHD-TV]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Robert L|last1=Hilliard|first2=Michael C|last2=Keith|title=The Broadcast Century and Beyond: A Biography of American Broadcasting|publisher=[[Focal Press]]|date=February 18, 2010|isbn=978-0240812366|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fcr7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA299|access-date=May 7, 2017}}</ref> Despite this, the program continued to be transmitted in [[NTSC]] over the NBC network itself. On May 2, 2010, ''Meet the Press'' became the last NBC News program to convert to high definition, and unveiled a new set consisting of large video screens mostly used to display Washington scenery, satellite interview subjects and moderator and subject talking points, along with graphics produced for the format.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunday, May 2: 'Meet the Press' to broadcast in HD, debut a new set |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36418425|work=NBC News|date=May 2, 2010}}</ref>
In January 2021, production of the program moved from [[WRC-TV]] facilities in [[Tenleytown]] to a ground floor studio in NBC's new Washington, D.C. bureau on [[Capitol Hill]].<ref name="jan2021newstudios" /> The move included a new set.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hill |first1=Michael P. |title=New 'Meet the Press' studio pays tribute to heart of democracy, free exchange of ideas |url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2021/01/25/meet-the-press-studio-n1/ |website=NewscastStudio |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=25 January 2021}}</ref>
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