Making 1506 News Today

Three decades. take a look. >> in 34 years, 5,914 shows and almost 6,000 shows, ladies and gentlemen. >> reporter: he started off making $1506 a week as a weekend weatherman and booth announcer. but his stand-up comedy help land him his own late night show on nbc working in the shadow of the great johnny carson. and while johnny paraded out the stars, letterman made his name being off-beat. >> we are going to pull out here for station identification and get the host -- whoa. >> reporter: johnny ...