The 1986 Peacock logo, designed by Chermayeff & Geismar. The feathers were said originally to represent the network's six divisions.

The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American radio and television broadcasting company based in New York City's Rockefeller Center. It is now part of the media conglomerate NBC Universal, and supplies programming to more than 200 affiliated U.S. stations. It was the last of the original "Big Three" U.S. networks to legally abandon the name behind its acronym, when its main corporate entity (known as National Broadcasting Company, Inc. from 1926 to 2003) became NBC Universal, Inc. by merging with the parent of Universal Studios. National Broadcasting Company logo, with NBC initials This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... National Broadcasting Company logo, with NBC initials This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... Lower Plaza at Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings between 48th and 51st street in New York. ... A conglomerate is a large company that consists of divisions of seemingly unrelated businesses. ... NBC Universal is a media and entertainment conglomerate formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electrics NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment, part of Vivendi Universal. ... Universal Studios logo This article is about the Universal Studios movie studio and Universal Hollywood theme park. ...

The network was acquired by the General Electric Company in 1986 with the purchase of NBC's original parent, RCA (originally Radio Corporation of America). Since this acquisition, the President and CEO of NBC has been Bob Wright. The General Electric Company, or GE, (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RCA, formerly an initialism for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark used by two companies for products descended from that common ancestor: Thomson SA, which manufactures consumer electronics like RCA-branded televisions, DVD players, video cassette recorders, direct broadcast satellite decoders, camcorders, audio equipment, telephones, and related... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Robert Charles Wright (born 1943) is a U.S. television businessman. ...

History

Radio

NBC Tower in Chicago, Illinois

NBC was founded in 1926 as a radio network by RCA, GE, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation. The network started with 24 stations on November 15. Download high resolution version (600x800, 101 KB)NBC Chicago, Illinois Source:Image taken by Dori License:Dual GFDL CC File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (600x800, 101 KB)NBC Chicago, Illinois Source:Image taken by Dori License:Dual GFDL CC File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Chicago, Illinois — officially the City of Chicago and colloquially known as Chicago, the Second City and the Windy City — is the third largest city of the United States after New York City and Los Angeles and is the largest inland city of the nation. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A radio network is a network system which distributes radio programming to multiple radio stations. ... RCA, formerly an initialism for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark used by two companies for products descended from that common ancestor: Thomson SA, which manufactures consumer electronics like RCA-branded televisions, DVD players, video cassette recorders, direct broadcast satellite decoders, camcorders, audio equipment, telephones, and related... The General Electric Company, or GE, (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. ... Westinghouse logo (designed by Paul Rand) The Westinghouse Electric Company, headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ...

The National Broadcasting Company was created when RCA purchased radio stations WEAF-New York, WCAP-Washington, D.C., and the radio programming network from American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) in 1926 and merged those assets with its own WJZ New York, WRC Washington and radio programming network. The WEAF stations and network would become known as the NBC Red network; the WJZ stations and network would be dubbed the NBC Blue network, which later became the American Broadcasting Company. WRC-TV (NBC 4) is an NBC owned and operated broadcast television station in Washington, DC. Owned by NBC Universal, the station broadcasts its analog signal on channel 4 and its digital television signal on channel 48. ... AT&T (formerly an abbreviation for American Telephone and Telegraph) Corporation (NYSE: T) is an American telecommunications company. ... WRC-TV (NBC 4) is an NBC owned and operated broadcast television station in Washington, DC. Owned by NBC Universal, the station broadcasts its analog signal on channel 4 and its digital television signal on channel 48. ... -1... 2002 identity of the ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... The ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ...

The WEAF network was created by AT&T to serve as a research and development for technologies involved with transmitting audio over wire and radio. AT&T's Western Electric division manufactured radio transmitters and antennas and needed a real-world environment to test their design and ability to transmit audio. AT&T's long distance and local Bell operating divisions were developing technologies for transmitting voice- and music-grade audio over short and long distances, via both wireless and wired methods. These effort came together to create radio station WEAF in New York City. AT&T (formerly an abbreviation for American Telephone and Telegraph) Corporation (NYSE: T) is an American telecommunications company. ... Western Electric (sometimes abbreviated WECo) was a US electrical engineering company, the manufacturing arm of the Bell Telephone Company from 1881 to 1984 . ... The Bell System is an informal name given to the US telecommunications company American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) before AT&T divested its local exchange telephone service operating companies on January 1, 1984. ...

With a radio station broadcasting to the public, programming was needed. WEAF put together a regular schedule of programs of all types, and created some of the first broadcasts to incorporate commercial endorsements or sponsorships by commercial entities. The station met with great success, and with the opening of radio stations across the United States many stations wished to share programming. WEAF's first efforts in what would become known first as "chain broadcasting" and later as "networking" tied together The Outlet Company's WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island with AT&T's WEAF and WCAP in Washington, D.C. (named for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company division of AT&T). With the success of this effort and the good audio quality of AT&T's phone line circuits, the WEAF network became a success. WJAR-TV (NBC 10) the Rhode Island NBC station. ... Motto: What Cheer Nickname: Beehive of Industry Location in Rhode Island Founded  -Incorporated  1636  1832 County  Providence County Mayor  David N. Cicilline (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water  53. ...

At the same time, RCA was beginning to realize that sharing programming on stations in different cities also made sense. RCA licensed WRC in Washington, D.C. in 1923 and attempted to transmit audio between cities via low-quality telegraph lines, since AT&T refused outside companies access to their high-quality phone lines. The effort was poor at best, with the uninsulated telegraph lines incapable of good audio transmission quality and very susceptible to both atmospheric and man-made electrical interference.

In 1925 the management of AT&T decided that WEAF and its network were not compatible with AT&T's goal of providing phone service and began looking to sell the station and its network. AT&T found a ready buyer in RCA, whose primary business was radio broadcasting and manufacturing, a deal was struck where RCA would buy WEAF and gain the rights to rent AT&T's phone lines to transmit radio programs between cities.

In 1926, RCA bought WEAF, closed WCAP, created the wholly owned division called the National Broadcasting Company and operated the New York stations and the two network efforts side by side for about a year. In 1927 NBC formally created two radio networks, the NBC Red Network with WEAF as its originating station distributing mostly entertainment and music programming; and the NBC Blue Network with WJZ as its originating station and concentrating on news and cultural programming.

Legend has it that the color designations originated from the color of the push pins the engineers at AT&T used to designate the affiliates of WEAF (red push pins) and RCA's WJZ (blue push pins). At various times in the 1930s there were several other color designations, with the NBC White, Gold, and Orange networks operating in various configuration of the west coast.

The famous three-note NBC chimes came about after several years of trying different musical note combinations. The three note combination (G-E-C; not related at all to RCA's original stockholder General Electric) came from WSB in Atlanta which used it for its own purposes until one day someone at NBC in New York heard the WSB version of the notes during a networked broadcast of a Georgia Tech football game and asked permission to use it on the national network. NBC started to use the three notes in 1931, and it was the first ever audio trademark to be accepted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. An alternate jingle was also used that went E-G-C-C, known as "the fourth chime" and used during wartime (especially in the wake of the Pearl Harbor bombing) and other disasters. The NBC chimes were mechanized in 1932 by Richard H. Ranger of the Rangertone company; their purpose was to send a low level signal of constant amplitude that would be heard by the various switching stations manned by NBC and AT&T engineers, and thus used as a system cue for switching different stations between the Red and Blue network feeds. Because of fears of offending commercial sponsors by cutting their programs off in mid-sentence, the mechanized chimes were always rung by an announcer pushing a button; they were never set to an automatic timer, although heavy discussions on the subject were held between the Engineering and Programming departments throughout the 1930s and 1940s. The NBC chimes of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) radio network in the United States was the first ever audio trademark to be accepted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. ... The General Electric Company, or GE, (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. ... WSB (meaning welcome south, brother) is the callsign of three broadcast stations in Atlanta: WSB AM, 750kHz WSB-TV, 2, DTV 39 WSB-FM, 98. ... City nickname(s): The A-T-L, The Horizon City, The Capital of the South, The Phoenix City, The City Too Busy to Hate, Hotlanta, A-Town, The Big A, The New York of the South, The Big Peach, City of a Hundred Hills County Fulton County, DeKalb County Georgia... Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is located in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. With over 16,000 students, Georgia Tech is one of four public research universities in the University System of Georgia. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... A jingle is a memorable advertising slogan usually set to an engaging melody, mainly broadcast on radio and television commercials. ... Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ... Richard Howland Ranger (1899-1961) was an American electrical engineer and inventor. ...

NBC became the primary tenant in the brand new Rockefeller Center project in 1936. It would serve to consolidate radio operations, some RCA corporate operations, and the home of the flagship theatres of RCA-owned RKO Radio Pictures in Radio City Music Hall and the RKO Roxy theatre (since torn down). Lower Plaza at Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings between 48th and 51st street in New York. ... Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

From its creation in 1934, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had been studying the monopolistic effects of chain broadcasting (now called "networking") on the radio industry, and found that the NBC Red and Blue networks and their owned-and-operated radio stations owned by NBC controlled the majority of radio audiences, radio affiliates and advertising dollars in the American radio industry. In 1939 the FCC ordered RCA to divest itself of one of the two NBC networks and accompanying owned-and-operated stations. RCA fought the divestiture order, but divided NBC into two companies in 1940 in case the appeals were lost. The NBC Blue network became the "NBC Blue Network, Inc." and the NBC Red Network becoming the "NBC Red Network, Inc." The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency, created, directed, and empowered by Congressional statute. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

NBC Radio City, at Sunset and Vine in Los Angeles, c. 1938

With the loss of the final appeal before the United States Supreme Court, RCA sold the NBC Blue Network, Inc. to Lifesavers magnate Edward J. Noble in 1943. He renamed the company "The Blue Network, Inc." but quickly realized that the name was not appropriate for a major radio network. After acquiring the rights to the name "the American Broadcasting Company" from broadcaster George Storer in 1946, the Blue Network, Inc. became the American Broadcasting Company. The NBC Red Network was renamed the NBC Radio Network after the Blue network was sold. NBC radio city Los Angeles This work is copyrighted. ... NBC radio city Los Angeles This work is copyrighted. ... The Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ... LifeSavers (original) LifeSavers is a traditional American brand of hard candy. ... The ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ...

Since GE's acquisition of RCA, NBC has been owned by General Electric. The NBC Radio Network was sold by General Electric in 1988 to Westwood One. While the chimes and an hourly newscast still appear on radio at certain times on weekdays, the NBC Radio Network as a programming service ceased to exist in 1989 and simply became a marketing brand name for programming produced by Westwood One. The General Electric Company, or GE, (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. ... Westwood One, Inc. ...

Television

For many years NBC was closely identified with founder David Sarnoff, who viewed it as a means for selling entertainment and consumer electronics. Radios Sarnoff on the cover of Time in 1929 David Sarnoff (February 27, 1891–December 12, 1971) was the General Manager of Radio Corporation of America (RCA) from its founding in 1919 to his retirement in 1970. ...

The network transitioned from black-and-white programming to color before any other network in the United States. Periodic color transmissions began in the 1950s and the first show to air all episodes in color, Bonanza, began in the fall of 1959. By 1963, most of the schedule was in color, a feat that would not be accomplished until 1965 for CBS and 1966 for ABC. // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... This article discusses the television series. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ...

It was estimated in 2003 that NBC is viewable by 97.17% of all households, reaching 103,624,370 houses in the United States. NBC has 207 VHF and UHF owned-and-operated or affiliate stations in the U.S. and U.S. possessions. It is also seen throughout Latin America and the Caribbean via cable and satellite mainly using the WNBC feed. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... ... WNBC-TV (NBC4) is the flagship TV station of the NBC television network, with studios located in Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. ...

NBC 1943 logo

NBC 1954 logo

The first NBC Peacock logo

NBC 1979 logo

The 1986 Peacock logo, designed by Chermayeff & Geismar. The feathers were said originally to represent the network's six divisions.

Screen capture of the NBC Snake logo

1976 NBC logo and the Nebraska ETV logo, circa 1976

NBC logos through the years

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Evolution of the NBC logo

Early NBC logos

In 1943, four years after inaugurating television service, NBC got its first official logo, a microphone surrounded by lightning bolts, a modification of an existing logo used by the NBC radio network. Lightning bolts were also part of corporate parent RCA's logo. At the beginning of telecasts, another card was used, depicting an NBC cameraman with his camera. 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... RCA, formerly an initialism for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark used by two companies for products descended from that common ancestor: Thomson SA, which manufactures consumer electronics like RCA-branded televisions, DVD players, video cassette recorders, direct broadcast satellite decoders, camcorders, audio equipment, telephones, and related...

In 1954, on New Year's Day, to coincide with the start of broadcasting in color, a stylized xylophone and mallet was introduced, accompanied by the three-tone "bing-bong-bing" NBC chimes, first heard on NBC radio in 1927. The tones are the notes "G," "E," and "C." There is some indication that the xylophone logo was used at 5:32 PM on December 17, 1953 to announce the FCC's approval of the new color standard, which would go into effect 30 days later. Special permission was apparently used on New Year's Day when the Tournament of Roses Parade was aired. 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The NBC chimes of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) radio network in the United States was the first ever audio trademark to be accepted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Perhaps one of the United States of Americas most important annual festivities, The Tournament of Roses Parade is the 114-year-old traditional parade generally held on New Years Day in Pasadena, California. ...

NBC Peacock logos

Contrary to popular belief, the Peacock was not originally used as NBC's own logo; the 1956 and 1962 versions were used solely to identify the network's color broadcasts, while other logos (initially the xylophone logo, but most commonly the "NBC Snake") identified NBC itself. Nonetheless, the Peacock became so famously identified with NBC that it was incorporated into the network logo in 1979, and became its sole logo in 1986.

1956 Peacock logo

In 1956 an abstraction of an eleven-feathered peacock to indicate richness in color was created by John J. Graham, and adopted, due to the increase in color programming. NBC's first color broadcasts showed only a still frame of the colorful peacock. On September 7, 1957 on Your Hit Parade the peacock was animated, and thereafter appeared at the beginning of every NBC color broadcast until a revamped animation appeared in the 1960s. 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Species Pavo cristatus Pavo muticus Afropavo congolensis The peafowl are the three species of bird in the genera Pavo and Afropavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Your Hit Parade was a popular United States music radio and television program. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...

1962 Peacock logo ("Laramie Peacock")

On April 16, 1962, on the Laramie series, a second version of the Peacock opening was introduced in which the bird fanned its bright plumage against a kaleidoscopic color background. Like the 1956 Peacock, this logo only appeared at the start of NBC color broadcasts; as all NBC broadcasts eventually became color, it was generally used only to open those shows that had traditionally opened with the Peacock. The "Laramie Peacock" (named for the series which introduced it) was retired on December 31, 1975. April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Laramie was a television series aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

1979 Peacock logo

The Peacock, still with eleven feathers, returned in the fall of 1979, was married with the N, to create a design called "the Proud N". This was the first time the Peacock was actually part of NBC's own logo. It was simplified in keeping with the letter's pared-down design. Although all eleven feathers were intact, the teardrop tips were gone, the feet were gone and the Peacock's body became a simple triangular shape. On several occasions, the new Peacock was used independently of the N (starting with the 1979 "Proud as a Peacock" advertising campaign that reintroduced the Peacock). However, the N and the Peacock were usually used together between 1979 and 1986. 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1979 Proud as a Peacock logo. ...

1986 Peacock logo

On May 8, 1986, NBC broadcasted its 60th Anniversary Special. At the very end, every NBC star (past and present) stood on stage to introduce a new logo to America. The arranged marriage of "N" and Peacock ended, and "The Bird" finally assumed its official place as NBC's symbol. The peacock was now flipped to the right to suggest it was forward looking, not back. With its six feathers then representing the network's divisions (at the time: News, Sports, Entertainment, Stations, Network and Productions) as well as the six primary colors, this Peacock, designed by Chermayeff & Geismar, remains one of the world's most recognized logos. May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... LOGO,(MTV Networks) is alledgedly the name of a television channel, being discussed on television, deemed controversial by right-wing conservatives and the predominantly religious anti-gay community, whose boredom and self-righteous paranoia are chief among their few hobbies, when they arent watching television, that is. ...

Other NBC logos

Beginning in 1959, an animated logo joined the Peacock, appearing at the end of broadcasts. Beginning with N, each letter would grow from the other, forming a stacked typographic logo ending with C, forming the base. This would be known as the "NBC Snake." A recent announcement that this logo would be used again suggests an "NBC Snake" redesign may be used when the network fully enters the HDTV era. 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... High-definition television (HDTV) means broadcast of television signals with a higher resolution than traditional formats (NTSC, SECAM, PAL) allow. ...

On New Year's Day, 1976, the time had come to update NBC's visual identity, and a stylized N was introduced, consisting of two trapezoids. The design was bold, bright and contemporary. In February 1976, NBC was sued by the Nebraska ETV network for trademark infringement since the new NBC logo was virtually identical to the ETV logo. An out-of-court settlement was reached in which NBC gave ETV new equipment and a mobile color unit (valued at over $800,000) in exchange for allowing NBC to retain their logo. In addition, NBC paid $55,000 to ETV to cover the cost of designing and implementing a new logo. One of the technological innovations of this logo was the first electronically animated ident for an American television network. ([1]) This article is about January 1 in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... State nickname: Cornhusker State Other U.S. States Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Governor Dave Heineman (R) Official languages English Area 200,520 km² (16th)  - Land 199,099 km²  - Water 1,247 km² (0. ...

In the aftermath of the September 11th Attacks, NBC turned the peacock to resemble an American flag. The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...

NBC News

While CBS has received more attention from historians discussing broadcast journalism history, NBC's news operation was no slouch. From 1956 through 1970, the television broadcast team of Chet Huntley and David Brinkley consistently exceeded the viewership levels attained by CBS News and its main anchor Walter Cronkite. The pair, together with fellow correspondent Frank McGee, distinguished itself in the coverage of American manned space missions in the Project Mercury, Project Gemini and Project Apollo programs, during an era when space missions rated continuous coverage. (An entire studio, Studio 8H, was configured for this coverage, complete with models and mockups of rockets and spacecraft, maps of the earth and moon to show orbital trackage, and stages on which animated figures created by puppeteer Bil Baird were used to depict movements of astronauts before on-board spacecraft television cameras were feasible. Studio 8H is now the home of the NBC entertainment program Saturday Night Live.) The dominance ended when Huntley retired, to die a year later from cancer. The loss of Huntley, along with a reluctance of RCA to fund NBC News at the level CBS was funding CBS News, left NBC News in the doldrums. NBC News did not recover viewership levels until after GE acquired RCA. CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... Chet Huntley (December 10, 1911 _ March 20, 1974) was an American television newscaster. ... David Brinkley David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) was an American television newscaster for NBC and later ABC. From 1956 through 1970 he co-anchored the Huntley-Brinkley Report news show with Chet Huntley. ... Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. ... There are different people named Frank McGee: Frank McGee, a professional ice hockey player. ... Project Mercury was the United Statess first successful manned spaceflight program. ... Project Gemini insignia Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program in which the United States of America sent humans into space, between Projects Mercury and Apollo, during the years 1963-1966. ... Apollo Program insignia Project Apollo was a series of human spaceflight missions undertaken by the United States of America using the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn launch vehicle, conducted during the years 1961-1972. ... William Britton Baird (August 15, 1904 - March 18, 1987), professional name Bil Baird, but often referred to as Bill Baird, was an American puppeteer of the mid- and late 20th century. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute comedy-variety show from NBC which has been broadcast virtually every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ...

NBC News got the first interview from two Russian presidents (Putin, Gorbachev) and was the only American eye-witness of the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. NBC News is the news service of NBC, one of the big three nationwide broadcast networks in the United States. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин in Cyrillic lettering) (born October 7, 1952) has been the President of Russia since the year 2000. ... Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov (Gorbachev)   listen? (Russian: ; pronunciation: ) (born March 2, 1931), was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. ...

In the second Iraq war, NBC News and main anchor Tom Brokaw covered the war like no other television company, in part owing to the willingness of GE to fund it. NBC News correspondent David Bloom pushed through the GE and U.S. Department of Defense bureaucracies permission to construct a mobile news vehicle that could transmit live video broadcasts from the battlefield. The "Bloommobile" brought satellite images and videos (clear, detailed) into homes of America and Europe, live and one-on-one. Bloom did not live to accept the accolades after the armed conflict; he died of natural causes unrelated to combat during the final phase of the fighting. Tom Brokaw Thomas John Brokaw [1] (born February 6, 1940) is a television journalist and the former NBC News anchorman and managing editor of the program NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. ... David Bloom (May 22, 1963 - April 6, 2003) was a journalist for NBC until his sudden death in 2003. ...

NBC News also benefits from the GE corporate structure by having the ability to take reports from its cable counterpart MSNBC. MSNBC logo MSNBC (word origin: grammatical blend of MSN and NBC) is a 24-hour news channel in the United States. ...

Related articles

• List of programs broadcast by NBC
• List of United States television networks
• List of NBC affiliates
• List of NBC slogans
• Lists of corporate assets
• NBC chimes

This is a list of programs currently, formerly, and soon to be broadcast by NBC. Currently broadcast by NBC The Apprentice (reality) (2004-present) The Apprentice: Martha Stewart (reality) (coming in the fall) (2005-present) Average Joe (reality) (2003-present) The Biggest Loser (reality) (2004-present) Crossing Jordan (drama) (2001... In the United States, analog over-the-air television channels are numbered 2 through 69, and occupy the following frequencies: 54-88 MHz (Channels 2-6) 174-216 MHz (Channels 7-13) 470-806 MHz (Channels 14-69) See list of local television stations in North and Central America. ... The National Broadcasting Company, or NBC, is an American network with literally hundreds of affiliates. ... 1969: Were Alive in the Air 1970: America Watch Us First 1971: First in America 1972: Always First in America 1973: Come and See NBC 1974: Better Than Ever 1975: Youre Gonna Like it A Lot! 1976: The Network of America 1978: NBC Us 1979: Proud as a... Much of the worlds assets, particularly in the media industry, are concentrated in the hands of a small number of large corporations. ... The NBC chimes of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) radio network in the United States was the first ever audio trademark to be accepted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. ...

External links

• NBC Television official site
• Museum of Broadcast Communications - NBC History
• Screen captures of NBC logos past and present, as well as footage of vintage promos
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