Anchors | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Brian Williams Remembers His Role Model, WETM Anchor Carl Proper By Merrill Knox on Oct. 11, 2012 - 11:52 AM “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams was interviewed on WETM Wednesday night about the death of his role model, Carl Proper. Proper was an anchor for the Elmira, N.Y. NBC affiliate for more than 40 years before he ...