Rebecca Lowe to Make Her NBC Olympics Debut in Sochi

This from NBC Sports, English Premier League host Rebecca Lowe will branch out to sports other than soccer for the first time and become a weekday and weekend daytime host for NBCSN in Sochi come February.

Lowe has been a solid host for NBC/NBCSN’s EPL coverage since The Group began airing games back in August. She told Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch that this will be her first Olympics assignment and will begin cramming for her assignment right away. During her time with BBC Sport, Setanta Sports and ESPN UK, Lowe has exclusively covered soccer and this will signify her first branch out beyond English football.

Expect Lowe to do her usual solid hosting job in Sochi.

Also going to Russia as hosts will be Dan Patrick who will be seen on NBCSN and NBC News’ Lester Holt who will be on NBC’s daytime coverage.

Patrick was on NBC’s Vancouver coverage for just one weekend and in London. Holt has been on NBC Olympics coverage since 2004.

Fang’s Bites has learned that Michelle Beadle who was in London last year will not be a part of the Sochi team.

Here’s the press release.

DAN PATRICK, REBECCA LOWE AND LESTER HOLT TO HOST NBC OLYMPICS COVERAGE

Patrick & Lowe to Host NBCSN’s Extensive Live Weekday & Weekend Coverage
Holt to Anchor NBC’s Weekday Afternoon Coverage

Stamford, Conn. – December 2, 2013 – NBC Olympics announced today that Dan Patrick, Rebecca Lowe, and Lester Holt will serve as hosts for its coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games from Sochi, Russia.

“We are excited to add Dan, Rebecca and Lester to our roster of anchors,” said Jim Bell, Executive Producer, NBC Olympics. “With wide-ranging experience, they will provide NBC and NBCSN viewers with news, insight and storytelling.”

The trio joins previously announced Bob Costas, NBC’s primetime and late night host, and Al Michaels, who will serve as host for NBC on weekend afternoons and NBCSN on weekdays.

Following is a closer look at NBC Olympics’ three newly announced Sochi Winter Games hosts:

DAN PATRICK: Patrick, co-host of NBC’s Football Night in America, the most-watched pre-game show in sports, will host NBCSN’s extensive live weekday and weekend coverage from Sochi. Patrick previously hosted NBC’s daytime coverage at the 2012 London Olympics and served as a reporter in Vancouver in 2010. Patrick hosts The Dan Patrick Show, a daily, nationally-syndicated radio program which is simulcast as a television program on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra, NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for digital, mobile and tablets.

REBECCA LOWE: Lowe will make her Olympic debut as host of NBCSN’s extensive live weekday and weekend coverage. Lowe joined NBC Sports Group in 2013 as host of its exclusive Premier League coverage in the U.S., including Premier League Live, NBC Sports Group’s live pre- and post-match shows from NBC Sports Group’s International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn.

LESTER HOLT: An award-winning broadcast journalist who joined NBC News in 2000, Holt will host NBC’s weekday afternoon Olympic coverage. The anchor of Dateline, weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and co-anchor of NBC’s weekend edition of TODAY, Holt previously served as a sports desk reporter for the 2012 London, 2010 Vancouver, 2008 Beijing and 2006 Turin Games. He made his Olympic television debut as host of MSNBC’s daytime coverage during the 2004 Athens Games.