KNBC, channel 4, (branded NBC 4) is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, licensed to Los Angeles, California. Its studios and offices are located within the NBC Studios complex in Burbank, California and its transmitter is based on Mount Wilson. In the few areas of the western United States where viewers cannot receive NBC programs over-the-air, KNBC is available on satellite to subscribers of DirecTV.
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KNBC, channel 4, (branded NBC 4) is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, licensed to Los Angeles, California. Its studios and offices are located within the NBC Studios complex in Burbank, California and its transmitter is based on Mount Wilson. In the few areas of the western United States where viewers cannot receive NBC programs over-the-air, KNBC is available on satellite to subscribers of DirecTV.
KNBC is one of three NBC Universal-owned television stations in Los Angeles; the other two are Telemundo outlet KVEA (channel 52) and Spanish-language independent KWHY-TV (channel 22).
Channel 4 first went on the air on January 16, 1949, as KNBH (for NBC Hollywood). It was the second-to-last of Los Angeles' VHF stations to debut, and the last of the five original NBC-owned stations to sign on. Unlike the other four, KNBH was the only NBC-owned television station which did not benefit from having a sister station on radio. NBC Radio was affiliated with...
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