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-NBC 11-
Offices: San Jose, California
NBC acquired KNTV in spring 2002 for $230 million and has been building
the station, a former independent serving Monterey-Salinas, into its Bay
Area outlet. The station juggles news coverage across the market and balances
the public-affairs initiatives it sponsors. NBC 11 is the NBC affiliate
for the Bay Area market. The NBC Owned Stations are leaders in their markets
because of their aggressive promotion strategy, solid news reputation and
proactive community outreach.
Offices: Jacksonville, Florida
WTLV was the first television station in the country designed for color
broadcasting. Other highlights: The station donated money, manpower, tower
space and transmitting facilities to enable Jacksonville’s only educational
station, now a PBS station, to become a reality. It provided full coverage
of the USA’s fledgling space program at Cape Canaveral for all three national
networks, and became NBC’s exclusive station for space coverage. In 1993,
WTLV became the official station of the NFL’s newest franchise, the Jacksonville
Jaguars.
Offices: Richmond, Virginia
What would become NBC 12 signed on the air on Sunday, April 29, 1956. At
the time it was WRVA-TV and it was a CBS affiliate. Over the years that
followed, the station was affiliated with CBS, ABC and finally NBC. NBC12
is central Virginia's leading television station. Year after year, NBC12
offers comprehensive, timely, accurate news coverage that hundreds of thousands
of viewers rely on. They are the NBC affiliate for the the Richmond market.
Offices: Birmingham, Alabama
In May 1949 channel 13 became the first television station for Birmingham,
and the state of Alabama. Beginning as an ABC and CBS affiliate it slowly
moved over to become an NBC affiliate. In 1980 is was sold to Times Mirror
Broadcasting where the station was renamed WVTM and took the call sign NBC
13. Today, WVTM-TV, NBC 13, broadcasts more than 35 hours of local news
programming every week. -NBC 24-
Offices: Toledo, Ohio
Barrington has acquired WNWO as part of the acquisition from Raycom in August
of 2006. WNWO is a full power UHF station that began broadcasting in 1966
as the flagship of the Overmeyer Network. It became an independent in 1967,
was affiliated with ABC in 1970 through 1995, when it became an NBC affiliate.
WNWO provides balanced news coverage from the region, the nation and the
world.
Offices: Green Bay, Wisconsin
NBC 26 is the newest television station of the Journal Broadcast Group.
The station serves the Green Bay/Appleton broadcast market in Northeastern
Wisconsin. WGBA continues to add to its local news offerings. The station
seeks to build interesting programs that inform viewers across the region.
In addition to local news, NBC 26 offers some of the best daytime and prime
time programming available on broadcast television.
Offices: West Hartford, Connecticut
WVIT is an NBC owned and operated television station. As such they posses
an aggressive promotion strategy, a solid news reputation and perform proactive
community outreach. They seek to attract upscale, educated and ethnically
diverse customers. They also boast one of the most experienced and talented
staffs in the Hartford area.
Offices: New York, New York
NewsChannel 4 signed on the air as WNBT on July 1, 1941, at 1:29 p.m. This
historic event was the beginning of commercial television in the United
States. For the first six months, WNBT remained the country's only commercial
television station. In October of 1948, WNBT's operations were integrated
with those of WNBC Radio. WNBC became the NBC flagship television station,
responsible for programming its own local time. WNBC-TV became WNBC with
the network's sale of NBC Radio. 
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