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What is now WNBC traces its history to experimental station W2XBS, founded by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA, a co-founder of the National Broadcasting Company), in 1928, just two years after NBC was founded as the first nationwide radio network.
On October 7, 1988 at 5:30 p.m., WFAN moved down the radio dial to replace WNBC at 660 kHz. The last voice heard on WNBC was that of Alan Colmes, who counted down the seconds to WNBC's demise with the legendary NBC chimes (the notes G-E-C) playing in the background. After 66 years, the long history of NBC radio in New York had come to an end. [2]
The 1926 formation of the National Broadcasting Company was a consolidation and reorganization of earlier network radio operations developed by the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) beginning in 1922, in addition to more limited efforts conducted by the "radio group" companies, which consisted of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and its corporate owners, General Electric (GE ...
The 2011–12 season was another tough season for NBC. On the upside, NBC's broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI was the most-watched program in U.S. television history at the time, and NBC's Monday night midseason lineup of The Voice and musical-drama Smash was very successful.
It aired every weeknight at 7:30 PM, and was the first regularly scheduled, network television news program featuring an anchor (as mentioned, the nightly Lowell Thomas NBC radio network newscast was simulcast on television locally on NBC's WNBT—now WNBC—for a time in the early 1940s and the previously mentioned Richard Hubbell, Ned Calmer ...
Scarborough, the longest serving anchor in New York's history, ... He joined WNBC-TV in March 1974 as a lead anchor for what was, at the time, the new 5 p.m. NewsCenter 4 broadcast.
WNBC: 1941–present: 3B, 6B, 7E, 3C, 3K PDQ (New York shows) Syndication 1965–1969 8G Personality: NBC 1967–1969 6A The Phil Donahue Show: Syndication 1985–1996 8G Play Your Hunch: NBC 1959–1963 6B Pop of the Morning: E! 2020 6E Reach for the Stars: NBC 1967 6A The Rachel Maddow Show: MSNBC: 2008–present: 3A: Rock Center with Brian ...
Stern began his WNBC program in September 1982, working from 4–8 pm. [28] Concerned about its corporate image and his risque personality, management told Stern to avoid discussions of a sexual and religious nature. [29] Within his first month at the station, Stern was suspended for several days for a controversial segment known as "Virgin ...