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The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago. NBC is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network," due to its stylized peacock logo, created originally for color broadcasts. Formed in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), NBC w... More

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National Broadcasting Company,
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The Biggest Loser

The Biggest Loser is an Australian reality television show, based on the original American version of the same name. It is produced by Crackerjack Productions...

The Biggest Loser Australia

The Biggest Loser Australia (season 2) is the second season of the Australian version of the original NBC American reality television series, The Biggest Loser...

The Biggest Loser Australia

The Biggest Loser Australia (season 1) is the first season of The Biggest Loser Australia, which is the Australian version of the NBC reality television series...

The Biggest Loser Australia

The Biggest Loser Australia (season 3) is the third season of the Australian version of the original NBC American reality television series The Biggest Loser....

The Biggest Loser Australia

The Biggest Loser Australia: Couples (or The Biggest Loser: Australia season 4) is the fourth season of the Australian version of the original NBC American...

The Biggest Loser Australia: Couples

The Biggest Loser 4 is the fourth season of the Australian version of the original NBC hit American reality television series The Biggest Loser planned for...

The More You Know

The More You Know is a series of Emmy Award-winning public service announcements (PSAs) broadcast on the NBCUniversal family of channels in the United States...

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 is an American animated television series based on the video game Super Mario Bros. 3. It aired on NBC with Captain N:...

Super Mario World

Super Mario World is an American animated television series loosely based on the Super NES video game of the same name. It is the third and thus far last...

Captain N: The Game Master

Captain N: The Game Master is an American animated television series that aired on television from 1989 to 1991 as part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup...

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Station	From	To
WRCB-TV
WDEF-TV	1954	1956
WPTZ
WNNE
WTVM	1953	1970
WJHG-TV	1983
WJHG-TV	1953	1973
WCTV	1955	1956
WAFF	1977
WBNG-TV	Dec 1, 1949	1957

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Programs:

Program	From	To
The Apprentice
Cheers
Frasier
American Dreamer	1990	1991
ER
Heroes
Scrubs		2008
30 Rock
Quantum Leap	Mar 26, 1989	May 5, 1993
Temple Houston	1963	1964

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CNBC

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Business

Employees and other personnel:

Person	Title	From	To
Tom Rogers	President, NBC Cable
Tom Rogers	Executive Vice President
Grant Tinker	Chief Executive Officer	1981	1986
Craig B. Fisher
Beth Comstock	Vice President, NBC News Communication
Beth Comstock	Senior Vice President, Communications
Susan Peters	Executive Vice President, Human Resources	2000
Mark W. Begor	Chief Financial Officer	1998
Mark W. Begor	Executive Vice President, CFO and Head of Business Development
Mark L. Vachon	Vice President and CFO	Jan 2002

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Venture Investments:

Company	Date
Sugar, Inc.	Jun 2007

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Awards

Awards Won:

Year	Award	Award Winner	Winning work	Notes/Description
1941	Peabody Award		The University of Chicago Round Table	Outstanding Educational Program
1941	Peabody Award		Against the Storm	Outstanding Entertainment in drama
1944	Peabody Award		Cavalcade of America	Outstanding Entertainment in Drama.
1944	Peabody Award		The Bell Telephone Hour	Outstanding Entertainment in Music
1945	Peabody Award		The NBC Symphony of the Air	for Outstanding Entertainment in Music.
1945	Peabody Award	Edgar Bergen		for Outstanding Entertainment in Drama.
1946	Peabody Award		The Orchestras of the Nation
1948	Peabody Award		Howdy Doody
1948	Peabody Award		NBC University Theatre
1949	Peabody Award		Kukla, Fran and Ollie

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Peabody Award Winners

1948

Cumulus Media Networks

Edward R. Murrow

American Broadcasting Company

NBC
1949

NBC

Award Nominations:

Year	Award	Award Nominee	Nominated work	Notes/Description
2008			Saturday Night Live
2009	Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy		30 Rock
2006	Satellite Award for Best Television Film	Hallmark Entertainment	In From the Night
1998	Satellite Award for Best Television Film		The Odyssey
2005	Satellite Award for Best Miniseries		Revelations	10TH Satellite Awards
2002	Satellite Award for Best Miniseries		Uprising
2001	Satellite Award for Best Miniseries		Jason and the Argonauts
2011	Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Drama	DirecTV	Friday Night Lights
2011	Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy		Community

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Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Drama Nominees

2011

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Address

NBC Headquarters

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York City New York 10112

United States of America

Date founded:

1926

Founders:

David Sarnoff

Board members:

Person	Title
Julian Goodman	Chair

Involved in merger:

Organizations merging	Date
NBCUniversal	2004

Parent:

Parent	From	To
RCA	1926	1986
General Electric	1986	2004
NBCUniversal	2004

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Slogan:

More Colorful.

Organizations acquired:

Organization acquired	Date
Oxygen media	Oct 2007

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Building Occupant

Buildings occupied:

GE Building

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News-reports:

Event	Url	Title	Date
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311	http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=580516	NBC Evening News	Apr 6, 1991
2007 NBA All-Star Game	http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=6333516	Mayor Oscar Goodman's letter to NBA Commissioner David Stern	Feb 13, 2007

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Ontology	URI
OpenCyc	http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwEdf2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA

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