The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is a major American commercial broadcast television and radio network. As the flagship property of NBC Entertainment, which is a division of NBCUniversal (a subsidiary of Comcast), NBC holds the distinction of being the first and oldest major broadcast network in the United States. It stands as one of NBCUniversal's two flagship subsidiaries alongside Universal Studios.
In 1952, Sylvester "Pat" Weaver created the Today show for NBC.
In 1954, Sylvester "Pat" Weaver created Tonight Starring Steve Allen, the first program in the Tonight Show franchise, and Home.
In 1955, Sylvester "Pat" Weaver created Wide Wide World and NBC Monitor.
KUAM-TV in Guam became an NBC affiliate in 1956, broadcasting the network's programming via the East Coast satellite feed. Entertainment and news programming is shown on a one-day tape delay due to the time difference.
By 1975, Michaels assembled a talented cast for the show originally called NBC's Saturday Night.
In 1975, NBC Monitor ended after running for 20 years after Weaver's departure.
In 1976, NBC purchased the rights to the name "Saturday Night Live".
On March 26, 1977, NBC officially adopted the title "Saturday Night Live".
In 1979, Silverman pioneered the reality television genre with the debut of Real People.
In 1979, Silverman reintroduced the peacock as NBC's corporate logo.
In 1981, Silverman oversaw the development of an animated series based on The Smurfs.
By 1982, Tartikoff and network president Grant Tinker gradually turned the network's fortunes around.
Brandon Tartikoff became President of Entertainment by 1985, helping NBC get back on top.
The Smurfs ended in 1989, well after Silverman's departure, making it one of his longest-lasting contributions to the network.
In February 1991, Johnny Carson told Tartikoff of his plan to retire.
In 1993, NBC launched Canal de Noticias NBC, a 24-hour Spanish-language news channel serving Latin America. It was the second news channel for that region and based its news schedule on CNN's "wheel" format.
In 1993, NBC's parent company, General Electric, acquired Super Channel and relaunched the Pan-European cable network as NBC Super Channel.
In 1994, NBC Asia was launched and distributed to India, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Pakistan, and the Philippines. It featured NBC's news programs, The Tonight Show, Late Night, and Saturday Night Live.
In 1996, NBC Super Channel was renamed NBC Europe, though it was typically referred to as "NBC" on air.
In July 1998, NBC Asia was replaced by a regional version of the National Geographic Channel.
In 1999, Canal de Noticias NBC was shut down due to its inability to generate sustainable advertising revenue.
In 1999, NBC Europe stopped broadcasting in most of Europe outside of Germany. The network was relaunched as a German-language technology channel, featuring the new series NBC GIGA.
Since 2004, NBC programming has been available in the U.S. Virgin Islands on WVGN-LD in Charlotte Amalie.
In 2005, KKHJ-LP in Pago Pago, American Samoa, became an NBC affiliate.
In 2005, the channel NBC GIGA was relaunched as the free-to-air movie channel Das Vierte.
In February 2007, Reilly signed a new three-year contract with NBC.
In late May 2007, Reilly was terminated as president.
From 2009 to 2010, Solar TV in the Philippines broadcast The Jay Leno Show.
GIGA Television, spun off from NBC GIGA as a digital channel, shut down as a TV station at the end of 2009.
In 2009, NBC and the Seven Network in Australia both used the Guy Sebastian single "Like it Like That" in image promos for their respective summer schedules.
Solar TV broadcasted The Jay Leno Show until 2010.
In 2012, KKHJ-LP in Pago Pago, American Samoa, ended its affiliation with NBC. Cable television providers on the islands now carry the network's programming via Seattle affiliate KING-TV.
At the end of 2013, Das Vierte shut down after being acquired by Disney, which replaced it with a German version of the Disney Channel.
In 2014, VSB-TV, which carried NBC's entire program lineup, ended operations. Bermuda now receives NBC service from WTVJ Miami via cable.
In April 2019, the Huffington Post and Wired reported that NBC had paid a firm to improve its reputation by lobbying for changes to Wikipedia articles on NBC, Nextdoor, and others.
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