WNBC

Not to be confused with KNBC.

This page only shows primary logo variants. For other related logos and images, see: News Other

Contents
1928-1941	1941–1946	1946–1951	1951–1954	1954–1960	1960–1964
1964–1972	1972–1976	1976–1979	1979–1980	1980–1986	1986–1990
1990–1992	1992–1995	1995–2007	2006–2007	2007–2008	2008–present

W2XBS

1928-1941 (experimental phase)

WNBT

1941–1946

WNBC-TV originally signed on as WNBT-TV Channel 1 on July 1, 1941. WNBT was officially the first TV station in the United States, although they and WCBW (now WCBS-TV) were supposed to sign on at the same time. WCBW was delayed by one hour by technical issues. The WNBT call letters meant NBC Televison.

1946–1951

In 1946, WNBT was reassigned to Channel 4.

1951–1954

WRCA-TV

1954–1960

In 1954 WNBT became WRCA-TV. The call letters WRCA stood for Radio Corporation of America, NBC's parent company at the time.

WNBC (-TV)

1960–1964

On May 22, 1960, RCA transferred the WNBC-TV callsign from a fellow NBC station serving New Britain, Connecticut (which subsequently became WHNB; it is now WVIT) to its New York City flagship station (though the call letters meant New Britain, Connecticut, not National Broadcasting Company).

1964–1972

1972–1976

1976–1980

Designer:  NBC

Typography:  Helvetica

Launched:  Unknown

These logos were shared with sister stations KNBC in Los Angeles and WRC-TV in Washington, D.C.

1976–1979

1979–1980

1980–1990

1980–1986

Briefly during 1980, this logo was preceded by an "Octagon 4" and a "zig-zag" 4 that looked somewhat like a cross between the 4 seen here and the logo used by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ABC affiliate WTAE-TV (with the vertical line ending at the top part of the '4').

1986–1990

While the same 1980 "4" logo was kept by WNBC, NBC updated its peacock on May 12, 1986.

1990–1992

1992–present

1992–1995

This logo's "4" has been used by the station itself and WRC-TV ever since. The same "4" was used on sister stations WTVJ in Miami–Fort Lauderdale, NBC's West Coast flagship station KNBC in Los Angeles and former NBC-owned station KCNC-TV in Denver; the two stations ceased using it in 1995 (when WTVJ switched its channel position with WCIX (now known as WFOR-TV), 1998 and 2003, respectively. The "-TV" suffix was omitted after NBC sold its AM radio station of the same callsign (now WFAN) in 1988. The template was used by the rest of NBC O&O stations up until 1995.

1995–2007

This logo also served as a template and was used for some of NBC's owned and operated television stations and for MSNBC. The West Coast sister station KNBC in Los Angeles used it a year earlier.

2006–2007

2007–2008

A combined version with the previous logo, used on "We're 4 New York" promo.

2008–present