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WNBC
New York, New York
Branding 4 New York (general)
News 4 New York (newscasts)
Slogan We're 4 New York
Channels Analog: 4 (VHF)

Digital: 28 (UHF)
Subchannels (see article)
Affiliations NBC
Owner NBC Universal
(NBC Telemundo License Company)
Founded July 1, 1941
Call letters’ meaning National Broadcasting Company
Sister station(s) WNJU
Former callsigns WNBT (1941-1954)
WRCA-TV (1954-1960)
Former channel number(s) Channel 1 (1941-1946)
Transmitter Power 30 kW (analog)
200. The City of New York A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a News 4 New York is the brand identifier of WNBC-TV in New York City A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and In broadcasting digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same Digital radio or Digital television station WNBC Channel 4 is the flagship station of the NBC television network located in New York City. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property NBC Universal is a media and Entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric 's NBC with Vivendi Universal "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise In Broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels (or "sibling stations" in gender-neutral form are radio and/or Television stations WNJU, channel 47 is the flagship station of the Spanish-language Telemundo Television network, licensed to Linden New Jersey and serving the In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise In North America, channel 1 is a former broadcast ( Over-the-air) Television channel (44–50 MHz with visual at 45 In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. 2 kW (digital)
Height 439 m (analog)
397 m (digital)
Facility ID 47535
Transmitter Coordinates 40°44′54.4″N, 73°59′8.4″W
Website www.wnbc.com

WNBC, channel 4, is the flagship station of the NBC television network, located in New York City. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A flagship television station is the principal station of a Television network in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The City of New York WNBC's studios are co-located with NBC corporate headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in midtown Manhattan. Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in New York City. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York WNBC is the sister station to Linden, New Jersey-based WNJU (channel 47, flagship of the co-owned Telemundo network), and the two stations have some cross promotion. Linden is a city in southeastern Union County, New Jersey, United States. WNJU, channel 47 is the flagship station of the Spanish-language Telemundo Television network, licensed to Linden New Jersey and serving the Telemundo is an American television network based in Hialeah Florida a suburb of Miami Florida.

In the few areas of the eastern United States where viewers cannot receive NBC programs over-the-air, WNBC is available on satellite via C band, and to subscribers of Dish Network and DirecTV, which also provides coverage of the station to Latin America, the Caribbean, and Jetblue's LiveTV inflight entertainment system. C band is a name given to certain portions of the Electromagnetic spectrum, as well as a range of Wavelengths of Light, used for communications Not be confused with Indian Service Dish TV DISH Network is a Direct broadcast satellite (DBS service that provides Satellite television DirecTV (trademarked as "DIREC' TV' " is a Direct broadcast satellite (DBS service based in El Segundo California, USA, that was founded The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting LiveTV is a major provider of airline In-flight entertainment systems The station is also seen on certain cable providers in markets where there is no local NBC affiliate. [1]

Contents

Early history

Experimental operations

What is now WNBC-TV traces its history to experimental station W2XBS, founded by the Radio Corporation of America (a co-founder of the National Broadcasting Company), in 1928. RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986 Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Originally a test bed for RCA's Photophone theater television, it used the low-definition mechanical scanning system, and later was used mostly for reception and interference tests. W2XBS left the air sometime in 1933 as RCA turned its attention to cathode ray tube (CRT) television research at its Camden, New Jersey facility, under the leadership of Dr. The cathode ray tube (CRT is a Vacuum tube containing an Electron gun (a source of electrons and a Fluorescent screen with internal or The City of Camden is the County seat of Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States. Vladimir Zworykin. Vladimir Kozmich Zworykin (Владимир Козьмич Зворыкин ( July 30, 1889 - July 29, 1982) was a Russian-American The station originally broadcast on the frequencies of 2. 0 to 2. 1 megahertz. In 1929, W2XBS upgraded their transmitter and broadcast facilities to handle transmissions of 60 vertical lines at 20 frames per second, on the frequencies of 2. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 75 to 2. 85 megahertz.

It was 1935 before the CRT system was authorized as a "field test" project and NBC converted a radio studio in the RCA Building (now the GE Building) in New York City's Rockefeller Center for television use. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The GE Building is an Art Deco Skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of the Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan. In mid-1936, small-scale programming began to air to an audience of some 75 receivers in the homes of high-level RCA staff, and a dozen or so sets in a closed circuit viewing room in 52nd-floor offices of the RCA Building. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The viewing room often hosted visiting organizations or corporate guests, who saw a live program produced in the studios many floors below.

Viewership of early NBC broadcasts was tightly restricted to those authorized by the company, whose installed set base eventually reached about 200. Shortly after NBC began a semi-regular transmission schedule in 1938, DuMont Laboratories announced TV sets for sale to the public, a move RCA was not yet contemplating. DuMont Laboratories began in 1931 by Allen B DuMont. The company began researching the Cathode ray tubes that would be used for television In response, NBC ceased all TV broadcasting for several months.

Firsts for W2XBS

As W2XBS, the station scored numerous "firsts", including the first televised Broadway drama (June 1938), live news event covered by mobile unit (a fire in an abandoned building in November 1938), live telecast of a Presidential speech (Franklin D. Roosevelt opening the 1939 New York World's Fair), the first live telecasts of college and Major League Baseball (both in 1939), the first telecast of a National Football League game (also in 1939), the first telecast of a National Hockey League game (early 1940) and the first network telecast of a political convention (the 1940 Republican National Convention). The 1939-40 New York World's Fair, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the location of the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair) was one of the largest The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The Republican National Convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States.

First commercial TV station

The station began commercial television operations on July 1, 1941, the first fully-licensed commercial television station in the United States. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The call letters were changed to WNBT and it originally broadcast on channel 1. In North America, channel 1 is a former broadcast ( Over-the-air) Television channel (44–50 MHz with visual at 45 [2] Soon after signing on that day, WNBT aired the first television commercial. A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced The Bulova Watch Company paid $9 for a commercial aired during a baseball game of the Philadelphia Phillies at the Brooklyn Dodgers. Bulova is a New York based corporation making Watches and Clocks. The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA

During World War II, RCA diverted key technical TV staff to the U.S. Navy, who were interested in developing a TV-guided bomb. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including WNBT's studio and program staff were placed at the disposal of the New York Police Department and used for Civil Defense training. Civil defense or civil defence (see spelling differences) is an effort to prepare Civilians for Military attack Public programming resumed on a small scale during 1944.

In 1946, the station changed its frequency from channel 1 to channel 4 after VHF channel 1 was removed from use for television broadcasting. Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. (Channel 4 was previously occupied by WABD before moving to channel 5. ) The station changed its call letters on October 18, 1954 to WRCA-TV (for NBC's then-parent company, RCA) and on May 22, 1960, channel 4 became WNBC-TV. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

WNBC-TV also earned a place in broadcasting history as the birthplace of The Tonight Show. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as appropriate --> The Tonight Show is a long-running It began on the station in 1953 as a local late-night program, The Steve Allen Show, and NBC executive Pat Weaver brought it to the network in 1954. Steve Allen, born Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen ( December 26 1921 – October 30 2000) was an American Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver Jr ( December 21, 1908 &ndash March 17, 2002) was a former radio advertising executive who was The NBC studio from which Tonight was broadcast during the Jack Paar and early Johnny Carson years (it first originated at the Hudson Theatre on 44th Street) is now WNBC-TV's main news studio - Studio 6B. Jack Harold Paar ( May 1, 1918 &ndash January 27, 2004) was an American Radio and Television talk show host John William “Johnny” Carson ( October 23, 1925 &ndash January 23, 2005) was an American Television host and

On June 1, 1992, channel 4 dropped the -TV suffix from its call letters and became simply WNBC, with the new branding slogan 4 New York. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The accompanying station image campaign was titled We're 4 New York, and featured a musical theme composed by Edd Kalehoff. Edward Woodley "Edd" Kalehoff (born 1946 is a music composer who specializes in compositions for television WNBC was rebranded again as NBC 4 on September 5, 1995, with its newscasts being renamed Newschannel 4. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995

On September 11, 2001, the transmitter facilities of WNBC, as well as eight other local television stations and several radio stations, were destroyed when two hijacked airplanes crashed into and destroyed the World Trade Center. The World Trade Center in New York City, United States (sometimes informally the WTC or Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan WNBC broadcast engineer Bill Steckman died in the tragedy, along with six other engineers from other television stations. After resuming over-the-air transmissions, the station broadcast from Armstrong Tower in Alpine, New Jersey. Armstrong Tower, also known as Alpine Tower, is a 425 foot (129 Alpine is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of 2005, WNBC-TV is broadcasting its signal from the Empire State Building. The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco Skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street

In 2004, WNBC served as the model station for NBC Weather Plus, a 24-hour digital weather channel that airs on its second digital subchannel (4. NBC Weather Plus is a 24-hour commercially-sponsored weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the Digital television (DTV is the sending and receiving of moving images and sound by discrete ( digital) signals in contrast to the analog signals used by 2) and on several local cable television systems. Other NBC-owned stations launched their own Weather Plus channels in 2005.

Former logo after switch to HD.
Former logo after switch to HD.

On September 13, 2006, WNBC began broadcasting all of their local newscasts in High-Definition, becoming the first station in the New York market to do so. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition While looking forward, the station reached back: channel 4 revived the We're 4 New York promotional campaign in May 2007, using both a theme and on-air promos similar to the original 1992 version. And on March 31, 2008, WNBC reverts its general branding to 4 New York and its newscast branding to News 4 New York. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Although the voiceover in the current opening titles to News 4 New York refers the station as NBC 4 New York[3] and the 7:00 p. m. newscast is still called New York Nightly News rather than Nightly News 4 New York.

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Subchannel Programming
4. 1 / 28. 1 main WNBC-TV/NBC programming
4. 2 / 28. 2 NBC Weather Plus
4. NBC Weather Plus is a 24-hour commercially-sponsored weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the 4 / 28. 4 WNBC 4. 4

Analog-to-digital conversion

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009 [4], WNBC will remain on its current pre-transition channel number, 28. [5] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display WNBC's virtual channel as 4. The Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP is the protocol used in the ATSC and DVB digital television systems for carrying Metadata In Telecommunications, a logical channel number (LCN also known as virtual channel in North America, is a channel designation which differs

News operation

Over its history, WNBC-TV has enjoyed success with its news department, in terms of ratings and critical acclaim. During the 1960s, channel 4 battled with WCBS-TV for the top-rated news department in the New York market. WCBS-TV, channel 2 is the flagship station of the CBS television network located in New York City. They also remained a strong player even during the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the NBC-TV network was at its nadir in the ratings. WNBC's hallmark over the years has been strong coverage of breaking stories and a straight news product that feaures entertainment elements as well as information. Prime examples of this are Live at Five and Today in New York, which provide a mix of news, features and interviews. Live at Five was WNBC 's 5 pm weekday newscast broadcasting from NBC Studio 6B at 30 Rockefeller Center. Today in New York is WNBC-TV 's pre- Today newscast also post- Today on weekends

WNBC's news team is one of the most stable in the country; many of its personalities have been at the station for 20 years or more. Chuck Scarborough has been the station's main anchor since 1974. Charles "Chuck" Scarborough (born November 4, 1943) is an American veteran television news anchor Since 1980, he has been teamed with Sue Simmons at 11:00 p. Susan "Sue" Simmons (born May 27, 1943) has been the lead female news anchor at WNBC television in New York City since m. , and the two have been together longer than any anchor team in New York history. Len Berman has been the station's sports director and lead sports anchor since 1985, and senior correspondent Gabe Pressman has been at the station since 1956, except for a seven-year stint (from 1972 to 1979) at WNEW-TV (now WNYW). Len Berman (Born June 14, 1947 in New York City) is the weekday evening sports anchor on WNBC-TV. Gabe Pressman (born February 14, 1924) is the senior correspondent for WNBC-TV.

WNBC-TV was the first major-market station in the country to have success with a 5:00 p. m. newscast, adding that program to its Sixth Hour show at 6:00 p. m. in 1974 and renaming all its local newscasts NewsCenter 4. NewsCenter ( NotiCentro in Spanish) is the name given to a number of local-news operations at American Television stations Three of NBC's other owned-and-operated stations (in Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles) also adopted the NewsCenter name. WMAQ-TV, channel 5 is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, located in Chicago Illinois. WRC-TV, channel 4 is the NBC owned and operated Television station in Washington D KNBC, channel 4 is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network and the westcoast flagship station of NBC licensed to Los Angeles The moniker remained until October 1980, when they were renamed News 4 New York. Shortly before then the 5 o'clock slot was renamed Live at Five, and the hour was reformatted from a straight news program into a mix of news and celebrity interviews. Live at Five eventually became the most successful local program in New York, a feat that resulted in landing the show's cast on the cover of New York magazine. New York is a weekly magazine concerned with the life culture politics and style of New York City.

For most of the time from 1980 to 1990, it used various themes written by Jim McAllister. His theme for News 4 New York was based on a synthesized version of the NBC chimes, with a graphics package featuring a lightning bolt striking its logo from 1980 to 1990, a fancy die-cut "4". The NBC chimes of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC Radio network in the United States were the first ever audio Trademark (and the first A thunderbolt is a traditional expression for a discharge of Lightning or a symbolic representation thereof In 1992, the station began calling itself 4 New York and the campaign song, written by Edd Kalehoff, was quickly adopted as the theme for the newscast. The theme was briefly brought back after the September 11, 2001 attacks. In 1995, after the station rebranded itself as NBC 4 and its newscasts as Newschannel 4, Kalehoff wrote a new theme called "NBC Stations" featuring the NBC chimes, the chime sequence is G-E-C. It remained in use for eight years, along with a graphics package using a simple red line for lower thirds. While very popular, it made the station look somewhat dated at the turn of the century.

The 2003 graphics package was created by Emmy Award winner Randy Pyburn of Pyburn Films. Randy Pyburn is President of Pyburn Films (pyburncom an Emmy award-winning Television and Film production company in New York City that specializes in original content and long-form programming Randy Pyburn is President of Pyburn Films (pyburncom an Emmy award-winning Television and Film production company in New York City that specializes in original content and long-form programming Pyburn has produced several promos for the station and the now-defunct Jane's New York specials hosted by former WNBC reporter Jane Hanson. Jane Hanson (born 1955 was host of the Emmy Award winning Jane's New York on WNBC-TV in New York. The graphics package was also branded on other NBC stations. The music was written by Rampage Music and features a brassy version of the NBC chimes, and lower thirds feature a shimmering peacock. The term peafowl refers to Gallinaceous Birds classified within the genera Rheinardia Argusianus Afropavoand Pavo Other NBC-owned stations are in the process of standardizing around similar graphics packages used by Pyburn although the current 2006 look was designed and executed out of house by Element, based in New York.

Many WNBC personalities have appeared, and have also moved onto the NBC network, including: Scarborough, Berman, Marv Albert, Jim Hartz, Tom Snyder, Al Roker, Matt Lauer, Tony Guida, Maurice DuBois, and Janice Huff. Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941) is an American television and radio Sportscaster, honored for his work Jim Hartz (born 1940 was an American Television personality during the mid- and late-1970s Tom Snyder ( May 12, 1936 - July 29, 2007) was an American television personality, News anchor and Albert Lincoln "Al" Roker Jr (born August 20 1954 is an American television broadcaster best known as the weather anchor for NBC 's Today Matthew Todd Lauer ( December 30, 1957) is an American television personality best known as the host of NBC 's The Today Show Maurice DuBois is co-anchor of CBS2 News This Morning with Kate Sullivan on WCBS-TV, CBS Janice Huff (born September 1, 1960) is a meteorologist for WNBC in New York City. In the past, Albert, Snyder, Roker, Lauer, Brokaw, Scarborough, Guida and DuBois have worked on channel 4 and at the network at the same time while Huff and Berman do currently.

One popular monthly feature is Berman's "Spanning the World," a reel of odd and interesting sports highlights from the past month, including a recorded introduction and closing by legendary NBC staff announcer Don Pardo. Dominick George "Don" Pardo (born February 22, 1918) is an American radio and television Announcer. This segment also airs on NBC's The Today Show on a monthly basis. Today, also referred to as The Today Show, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on NBC.

When Sue Simmons joined the station in early 1980, she was paired with Chuck Scarborough on both the 6:00 and 11:00 newscasts. However, for most of the time until 2005, WNBC-TV's weeknight anchor rotation had Simmons and another male anchor (including Jack Cafferty, Matt Lauer, and briefly Scarborough) at 5:00; Scarborough and various anchors (John Hambrick, Pat Harper, and Michele Marsh among them) at 6:00; and Scarborough and Simmons together at 11:00. Jack Cafferty (born December 14 1942 in Chicago Illinois) is a CNN commentator and occasional host of specials John Hambrick (born February 12, 1940, Mabank Texas) is a seven time Emmy Award - winning newscaster reporter actor and voice over Patricia "Pat" Harper ( 1935 -died April 3, 1994) was an American Television news anchor and Reporter Michele Marsh (born March 9, 1954) is a former New York Television anchorwoman from Connecticut That changed in 2005 as Live at Five anchor Jim Rosenfield jumped back to WCBS-TV, where he had once been noon and 5 p. Jim Rosenfield (born 1958) is an American local television news anchor. m. anchor and took on the role as lead anchor for their 5:00 and 11:00 newscasts. Former reporter Perri Peltz returned to WNBC to co-anchor Live at Five with Simmons, making New York the one of the few large markets with two female anchors on an evening newscast. Perri Peltz (born 1960) rejoined WNBC in 2005 after a nine year absence to co-anchor Live at Five with Sue Simmons.

Though a notable event, it was short-lived as Simmons and Peltz were both displaced from Live at Five due to changes in the station's early evening news line-up that went into effect on March 12, 2007: David Ushery and Lynda Baquero became co-anchors of a truncated, 30-minute long Live at Five broadcast, followed by Peltz with a 30-minute soft news program, News 4 You. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. David Ushery (born June 5, 1967 in Bloomfield CT) is currently co-anchor of the weekday edition of Lynda Baquero (neè La Vergne (born 1967 was co-anchor of News 4 New York at 6 with David Ushery on WNBC-TV in New York. Simmons was moved to co-anchor at 6:00 with Scarborough.

The early Autumn of 2007 brought additional changes to WNBC's early-evening lineup. On September 10, the station moved the newsmagazine series Extra to 5:00 p. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Extra is an entertainment Television news program covering events and celebrities which debuted on September 5, 1994 in syndication m. , and cancelled Live at Five. News 4 You remained at 5:30, but was replaced on October 15 with a traditional newscast, anchored by Sue Simmons and Michael Gargiulo. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the The 6:00 newscast is now anchored by Ushery and Baquero, and New York Nightly News, a new half-hour newscast with Chuck Scarborough as sole anchor, debuted at 7:00 p. m. . Unfortunately, these changes didn't result to an increase in WNBC's ratings in the November 2007 sweeps period. The most shocking of WNBC's ratings decrease is their 11 p. m. newscast as it fell to third place, behind WCBS and WABC. [6] WNBC altered their 5:00-6:00 p. m. hour on January 2, 2008, swapping the half-hour news at 5:30 with Extra. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Currently WNBC cooperates with radio station WINS during its morning newscasts to provide additional coverage of traffic in the New York City area through Shadow Traffic. WINS (1010 kHz known on-air as "Ten-Ten WINS", is a radio station in New York City, owned by CBS Radio. Shadow Broadcast Services is a traffic reporting service owned by Westwood One.

Looking ahead

On May 7, 2008, NBC Universal announced plans for a major restructuring of WNBC-TV's news department. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The centerpiece of the restructuring would be the creation of a 24-hour all-news channel, which would operate on WNBC's fourth digital subchannel (4. 4). Channel 4's current news operations are to be revamped and melded into the all-news channel, which will serve as a "content center" for the station's various local distribution platforms. Preliminary plans also call for WNBC to de-emphasize the use of its call letters on its website, and perhaps on-air as well.

The digital news channel is targeted for launch in November 2008. If WNBC is successful, NBC Universal will use this model as a template for a possible future expansion to its other television stations. [7] [8]

Current personalities

Anchors
Weather
Sports
Reporters
 

Notable alumni

 
  • Jane Hanson
  • Reggie Harris
  • Pat Harper
  • Jim Hartz
  • Pat Hernon
  • Magee Hickey
  • Chauncey Howell
  • Carol Jenkins
  • John Johnson
  • Deb Kaufman
  • Katie Kelly
  • Matt Lauer
  • Pia Lindstrom
  • Lynda Lopez
  • Felipe Luciano
  • Dave Marash
  • Sal Marchiano
  • Dr. Chris Cimino is the Meteorologist on WNBC 's Today in New York, Weekend Today Saturday meteorologist and substitute meteorologist for NBC Joseph Cioffi is a native New Yorker born on January 27 1960 in East Harlem NY grew up in the Bronx attending SS Philip and James School and a graduate of Cardinal Spellman HS Janice Huff (born September 1, 1960) is a meteorologist for WNBC in New York City. John Marshall is the weekend evening meteorologist for WNBC. He joined WNBC in July 1998 from WYOU where he worked as a meteorologist for two years Meteorologist SallyAnn Mosey joined WNBC and NBC on May 13, 2006. Bruce Beck is the Friday Saturday and Sunday Sports anchor at WNBC-TV. Len Berman (Born June 14, 1947 in New York City) is the weekday evening sports anchor on WNBC-TV. Jonas Schwartz is a sports reporter and weekend sports anchor for WNBC. Lynda Baquero (neè La Vergne (born 1967 was co-anchor of News 4 New York at 6 with David Ushery on WNBC-TV in New York. Greg Cergol is WNBC 's Long Island correspondent and serves as a substitute anchor Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches Roseanne Colletti is a consumer reporter for WNBC (NBC 4 in New York City. Jay Warren DeDapper (born June 7, 1962) in Los Angeles to Jay Warren DeDapper Sr Westchester County is a primarily Suburban county located in the U Catherine "Cat" Kaye Greenleaf (born March 13, 1972) serves as features reporter for WNBC, providing human-interest reports for the station's Jeffrey Lyons (born November 5, 1944) is the Television and film critic for WNBC in New York City. John Noel, originally John Noel Linnen, is a British Executive producer and theatrical agent Gabe Pressman (born February 14, 1924) is the senior correspondent for WNBC-TV. Brian Thompson has been New Jersey Bureau Reporter for WNBC since 1998 New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Asa Aarons, co-creator of "Just Ask Asa!", is an Emmy award -winning consumer reporter and Photojournalist. Herbert Jon Antoine Jr ( April 21, 1923 &ndash January 12, 1983) known professionally as Tex Antoine, was an American Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941) is an American television and radio Sportscaster, honored for his work Bill Boggs (born William Boggs III on July 11, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American Television Jack Cafferty (born December 14 1942 in Chicago Illinois) is a CNN commentator and occasional host of specials Ti-Hua Chang ( September 6, 1950 -) is an award-winning Chinese American broadcast Journalist based in New York. Linda Church has been the morning weather anchor for the WPIX (New York CW11 formerly WB11 Morning News since its debut in June 2000 David Díaz may refer to David Díaz (boxer (born 1976 Mexican American boxer David Díaz (illustrator (born 1960 American illustrator Maurice DuBois is co-anchor of CBS2 News This Morning with Kate Sullivan on WCBS-TV, CBS Rick Leventhal (born December 1, 1959) has been a New York -based correspondent for Fox News Channel since June 1997 Fred Facey (1930 &ndash April 13 2003) was an American Radio and Television Announcer. Dr Franklyn Field (born 1923 is a television personality and Meteorologist who has been on TV in New York City for decades Ira Joe Fisher (born October 31, 1947 in Salamanca New York) was the weather reporter for CBS 's The Saturday Early Show, a position Dawn Fratangelo is a reporter based in New York City and reports for NBC, including Dateline, Today, Nightly Elizabeth Mary Furness, better known as Betty Furness ( January 3, 1916 &ndash April 2, 1994) was an American actress Martin "Marty" Glickman ( August 14, 1917 - January 3, 2001) was a Jewish American Track and field Dr Max Gomez is a native of Havana Cuba and was the medical correspondent/senior health editor for NBC flagship television station WNBC in New Roger Grimsby ( September 23, 1928 &ndash June 23, 1995) was an American news anchor and Actor. Tony Guida (born November 5, 1941) is a New York -based local television and radio personality Emmy winning reporter Pablo Guzmán is a reporter fror WCBS-TV in New York. 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  1. ^ DRTV Research - Backchannelmedia Research Software
  2. ^ NBC History - About Us News Story - WNBC | New York
  3. ^ WNBC News 4 New York tease and Open. This is a list of early television stations of the 1920s and 1930s that were among the first in the world
  4. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
  5. ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101232921&formid=387&fac_num=47535
  6. ^ Richard Huff (2007-10-09). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. "News 4 You" no longer on WNBC. New York Daily News. The Daily News of New York City is the fifth most-widely circulated daily Newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 703137 Retrieved on 2008-05-08. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen
  7. ^ Richard Huff (2008-05-08). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen WNBC launching 24/7 news channel. New York Daily News. Retrieved on 2008-05-08. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen
  8. ^ Bill Carter (2008-05-08). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen NBC to Start News Channel in New York. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-05-08. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen

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