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| Type | Radio and television network |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Affiliates | |
| Headquarters | 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Rockefeller Center, New York City |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | NBCUniversal |
| Parent | NBC Entertainment |
| History | |
| Founded | May 19, 1926 |
| Launched |
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| Founder | David Sarnoff |
| Replaced | NBC Radio Network |
| Links | |
| Website | nbc.com |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Affiliated Streaming Service(s) | Peacock |
| DirecTV Stream | Channel 392 (NBC HD East) Channel 393 (NBC HD West) |
| Service(s) | FuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, Peacock, Sling TV, YouTube TV |
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's two namesake flagship subsidiaries alongside Universal Studios. It is the first and oldest major broadcast network in the United States.
The headquarters of NBC is in New York City at Rockefeller Center's Comcast Building, the network's longtime home. The network's predecessor parent companies were integral to the center's construction. NBC also notably has offices at the NBC Tower in Chicago, Illinois. The network also has offices in Los Angeles at 10 Universal City Plaza.
Founded in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America, later formally owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse, AT&T Corporation, and United Fruit Company, NBC is the oldest out of the traditional "Big Three" American television networks (with the other two going by the abbreviations of ABC and CBS) and is sometimes referred to as the Peacock Network, in reference to its stylized peacock logo, which was introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting.[1]
NBC has twelve owned-and-operated stations and has affiliates in almost every TV market in the United States. Some of the stations are also available in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Canada, via pay-television providers or in border areas over the air. NBC also maintains brand licensing agreements for international channels in South Korea and Germany.[2]
- ^ "Slanguage Dictionary: P". Variety. February 20, 2013. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ "Company Overview". NBC Universal. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved March 25, 2008.