Not to be confused with KNBC.
This page only shows primary logo variants. For other related logos and images, see:
|
W2XBS
1928–1941 (experimental phase)
WNBC traces back on July 1, 1928 when the station was experimental as W2XBS founded by the Radio Corporation of America, two years after the foundation of NBC (as a radio network) which both were owned by General Electric at the time; The second experimental TV station after WRGB launched in Schenectady, New York, five months earlier.
Before 1933, W2XBS transmitted as the mechanical television scanning system, which turned into the all-electronic CRT system two years later, licensed as a "field test" converter from WEAF radio studio for television use from Rockefeller Center. Afterwards, when W2XBS began semi-regular broadcasting on Channel 1 (44–50 MHz) in 1938, the TV station was tested at the opening of the World's Fair publicly, scored numerous "firsts" telecasts from April 30, 1939 until August 1940, when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put on hold, as "Channel 1" was reassigned to 50–56 MHz as a minor adjustment for two months. And when W2XBS brought back, it was televised by the FDR's Presidential speech at Madison Square Garden.
WNBT
1941–1946
On June 24, 1941, W2XBS was received an commercial authorization to broadcast seven days later, with the changed call letters to WNBT, making officially the first TV station in the United States, starting with the "W" callsign in the east of the Mississippi river. Although WNBT 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 Television.
1946–1951
In the spring of 1946, WNBT changed its frequency to VHF Channel 4 after channel 1 was removed from use for television broadcasting two years later. Previously, the New York's Channel 4 was transmitted by W2XVT (later WABD) from 1938 to 1945 before switched to Channel 5.
1951–1954
On May 12, 1951, WNBT launched a new design.
WRCA-TV
1954–1960
On October 18, 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). 2 years later, its sister channel in Los Angeles, KRCA-TV changed its name to KNBC on November 11, 1962. Since then, both sister NBC TV stations share call letters with the last three letters. In this case, this station starts with "W".
1964–1972
1972–1974
1974–1980
1974–1976
The Numeral "4" in Helvetica was shared later with sister stations KNBC in Los Angeles in and WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. in 1976.
1976–1979
1979–1980
1980–1990
1980–1986
|
Typography:
|
ITC Serif Gothic Extra Bold
|
|
|
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
Alternate logo with the cursive "New York" script, used on the "We're 4 New York" promo; starting in 1993 until November 1995, print promotional materials for the station's syndicated programming and the station's sponsored events will also using this logo.
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.
When WNBC revives its "We're 4 New York" ad campaign on the weekend of May 5, 2007, the 2006 logo was combined to include the traditional cursive "New York" script that is similar to the 1992 one, a year later on March 31, 2008, the "HD" mark in the logo was later removed due to the restoration of the "4 New York" station branding.
2008–present
The "New York" typeface was changed from its traditional cursive script to All-Caps written in Media Gothic font. Meanwhile, the "4 New York" station branding, along with the "NBC 4" station branding (which has been in use since 1995) was combined to become "NBC 4 New York" starting in 2010.
External links
|
Part of Comcast
NBCUniversal Studios Group:
Filmed Entertainment:
Universal Pictures | Universal 1440 Entertainment | Universal Animation Studios | United International Pictures7 | DreamWorks Animation | Focus Features | Focus World | Illumination (Labs | Studios Paris) | Makeready | MSNBC Films | NBC Sports Films | 21NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan | OTL Releasing | Working Title Films
Universal Studio Group:
Big Idea Entertainment | Bravo Originals | DreamWorks Animation Television | DreamWorks Classics | Harvey Comics | Harvey Entertainment | LXTV | NBC News Studios | NBCUniversal International Studios | NBCUniversal Syndication Studios | Syfy Originals | Universal Content Productions | Universal Kids Original | Universal Television | Universal Television Alternative Studios | Working Title Television
NBCUniversal Media Group:
US television networks:
NBC | Bravo | E! | NBC LX Home | New England Cable News | Oxygen | Syfy | Universal Kids | USA Network
Streaming:
Peacock (Peacock Kids | Peacock Jr)
NBC Sports Group:
Golf Channel | NBC Olympics | NBC Sports | NBC Sports Digital | NHL Network | SportsEngine | Telemundo Deportes | Regional Networks (Bay Area | Boston | California | Chicago | Philadelphia | SportsNet New York)
NBCU Telemundo Enterprises:
Telemundo | Universo | Telemundo Global Studios
NBCUniversal Local
NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations:
NBC O&Os: KNBC | KNSD | KNTV | KXAS-TV | WBTS-CD | WCAU | WMAQ-TV | WNBC | WRC-TV | WTVJ | WVIT
Cozi TV O&Os: K15CU-D | KRTN-LD | KUPT
Movies! affiliate: KUPT-LD
Telemundo O&Os: KASA-TV/KTEL-CD/KTEL-TV | KBLR | KCSO-LD | KDEN-TV | KEJT-CD | KTAZ/KHRR | KNSO | KSTS | KTDO | KTLM | KTMD | KTMW | KUAN-LD | KULX-CD | KVDA | KVEA | KXTX-TV | WDMR-CD | WKAQ-TV | WNEU | WNJU | WRDM-CD | WRIW-CD | WRMD-CD | WRTD-CD | WSCV | WSNS-TV | WTMO-CD | WWSI | WWDT-CD | WYCN-LD | WZDC-CD | WZTD-LD
Other properties: Cozi TV | TeleXitos
Further list: List Of NBC O&O
NBCUniversal News Group:
CNBC (World) | NBC News (NBC News Now | NBC News Radio25) | NBCNews.com | MSNBC
NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct-To-Consumer:
13th Street Universal (Calle 13 Universal | 13ème Rue Universal | 13 Ulica) | Bravo (New Zealand22 | 7Bravo23) | CNBC (Africa | Arabia | Asia | Australia | Europe | India 14 (CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz and CNBC Bajar) | Indonesia15 | Latin America | Pakistan) | Diva | DreamWorks (Spain | Latin America) | E! (Canada | France | Latin America) | Golf Channel (Latin America11 | Indonesia15 ) | Movies 24 | Movies 24+ | Studio Universal (Latin America | Africa) | Syfy | Telemundo Internacional | Universal TV (Latin America | Africa | Australia | Germany) | USA | Universal+ | Latin America | (Premiere | Cinema | Crime | Comedy | Reality)
Other assets:
AdSmart | Amblin Partners12 | Back Lot Music | DreamWorks Experience | DreamWorks New Media | Fandango (70%) (Flixster | Movieclips | Movies.com | Rotten Tomatoes) | Green is Universal | Hayu16 | Movies Anywhere | NBCi | NBC On Demand | NBCU Academy | NBCUniversal Content Studio | NBCUniversal International Distribution | NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises | PictureBox Films | RTI Producciones (40%) | Underground Producciones | Universal All-Access | Universal Products & Experiences | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Studio Distribution Services9) | Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment10 | Vudu18
Defunct/Former:
A&M Films | Alan Enterprises | Associated Film Distribution6 | AwesomenessTV (Awesomeness Films | Big Frame) 2 | The Baseball Network17 | Bullwinkle Studios (75%) | Canal de Noticias NBC | Castle Films | Chapman Entertainment | Chiller | Chiller Films | CIC Video7 | Cinema International Corporation7 | Cloo | Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast | Comcast Network | Comcast Sports Southwest | Craftsy | DailyCandy | Diva TV | Diva Universal (Italy) | DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment | E! (Asia | Australia & New Zealand | Italy | Russia) | Entertainment Rights | Esquire Network2 | Exercise TV | Fearnet1 | Felix the Cat Productions | FilmDistrict | Filmation | FlixMix | G4 | Golden Books Family Entertainment | Golden Step Ahead | GoldenVision | Good Machine | Gramercy Pictures | Hallmark Channel (International) | High Top Releasing | Hulu | International Pictures | Interscope Communications | Island Pictures | ITC Entertainment Group5 | ITC Home Video5 | ITC Film Distributors5 | iVillage | Kayro-UTV Productions | KidsCo4 | LaserDisc | MCA | MCA TV | MCA Family Entertainment | MCA Television Entertainment | MCA DiscoVision | MoonBoy Animation | MountainWest Sports Network | MSNBC Canada | Multimedia Entertainment | Multimedia Motion Pictures | NBC Enterprises | NBC Films | NBC Home Video | NBC International | NBC Nonstop | NBC Plus | NBC Radio Network24 | NBCSN | NBC Sports Northwest | NBC Studios | NBC Sports Washington | NBC Universal Television Studio | Olympic Channel13 | October Films | PBJ1 | Pacific Data Images | Peacock Productions | Pearl Studio | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | PolyGram Television | PolyGram Video | Propaganda Films | Qubo8 19 | Qubo Channel8 19 | Rankin Bass Animated Entertainment | Rondo Robe | Revue Studios | Seagram's | Seeso | Studio Universal (Italy) | Tomorrow Entertainment | Total Television | Trans-Lux Television | UPA | Universal Cartoons | Universal Channel (Hungary | Japan | Philippines | Poland | Romania | Russia) | Universal Eight | Universal Focus | Universal HD | Universal Media Studios | Universal Network Television | Universal Pay Television | Universal Pictures Debut Network | Universal Sports3 | Universal Studios Family Productions | Universal Television Entertainment | Universal TV (UK & Ireland) | Universal Worldwide Television | USA Cartoon Express | USA Films | USA Home Entertainment | USA Network Originals | Studios USA | Walter Lantz Productions | The Weather Channel | Wet 'n Wild Orlando
Notes
1Co-owned with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation.
2Co-owned with Hearst Corporation.
3Owns a minority share, InterMedia Partners owns a majority share.
4Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
5NBCUniversal acquired some of ITC's assets when Universal Pictures merged with PolyGram, but ITV plc still owns ITC's films and shows.
6NBCUniversal has some of AFD's assets, but Vivendi now owns EMI's films and ITV plc owns ITC's films.
7Co-owned with Paramount Pictures.
8Joint venture with Ion Media Networks, DreamWorks Classics, Corus Entertainment and Scholastic.
9Joint venture with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
10Joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
11Owned by Discovery Networks Latin America under brand license
12Co-owned with Participant, Entertainment One, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, and Alibaba Group.
13Co-owned with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
14Co-owned with TV18.
15Co-owned with Trans Corp.
16Co-owned with The Walt Disney Company.
17Co-owned with Major League Baseball.
18Previously owned by Walmart.
19Sold its stake to Ion Media.
20Joint venture with Pioneer Corporation.
21Co-owned with Dentsu.
22Co-owned with Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand.
23Co-owned with Seven West Media.
24GE sold to Westwood One.
25In partnership with IHeartMedia, Inc.
|
|
Owned Television Stations:
KNBC (Los Angeles, CA) | KNSD (San Diego, CA) | KNTV (San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA) | KXAS (Dallas–Fort Worth, TX) | WBTS (Boston, MA) | WCAU (Philadelphia, PA) | WMAQ (Chicago, IL) | WNBC (New York City, NY) | WRC-TV (Washington, D.C.) | WTVJ (Miami–Ft. Lauderdale, FL) | WVIT (New Britain-Hartford-New Haven, CT) | WKAQ-DT3 (San Juan, PR)
Affiliates
WVTM | WRGX / WTVY-DT4 | WAFF | WPMI | WSFA | KTUU | KTVF | KATH / KSCT | KPNX / KNAZ | KVOA | KYMA | KTVE | KNWA / KFTA-DT2 | KAIT-DT2 | KARK | KGET | KNVN | KIEM | KSEE | KMIR | KCRA | KSBW | KSBY | KUSA | KKCO | KOAA | WRDE / WBOC-LD3 / WSJZ-LD4 | WESH | WBBH | WNBW | WTLV | WJHG | WTWC | WFLA | WPTV | WALB | WXIA | WAGT | WLTZ | WMGT | WSAV | KHNL / KHBC / KOGG | KTVB / KTFT | KPVI | WAND | WEEK | WGEM | WREX | WFIE | WPTA-DT2 | WTHR | WPBI-LD2 | WNDU | WTWO | KWQC | WHO | KYOU-DT2 | KTIV | KWWL | KSNT | KSNW / KSNG / KSNC / KSNL / KSNK | WNKY | WLEX | WAVE | WPSD | KALB | WVLA | KPLC | KLAF / KADN-DT2 | WDSU | WWPI | WCSH | WLBZ | WBAL | WWLP / WFXQ | WDIV | WOOD | WLUC | WILX | WEYI | WPBN / WTOM | KARE | KTTC | KMNF | WNBD | WXXV-DT2 | WLBT | WDAM | WGBC-DT2 | WTVA | KOMU | KSNF | KSHB | KNPG | KSDK | KYTV | KULR / KYUS | KXGN-DT2 | KTVH / KTGF | KECI / KCFW / KTVM | KNOP | WOWT | KNEP | KSNB | KSNV | KRNV | KOB / KOBR / KOBF | WNYT | WBGH-CD / WIVT-DT2 | WGRZ | WETM | WPTZ | WHEC | WSTM | WKTV | WVNC | WCNC | WRAL | WITN | WECT | WXII | KVLY | KFYR / KQCD / KMOT / KUMV | WLWT | WKYC | WCMH | WDTN | WLIO | WTOV | WNWO | WFMJ | WHIZ | KTEN | KFOR | KJRH | KTVZ | KMTR / KMCB / KTCW | KOTI / KOBI | KGW | WICU | WJAC | WGAL | WPXI | WBRE | WJAR | WCBD | WIS | WYFF | WMBF | KNBN | KDLT / KDLV | WRCB | WNBJ | WBIR | WMC | WSMV | KRBC | KAMR | KXAN | KBMT-DT2 | KVEO | KRIS | KTSM | KPRC | KETK | KGNS | KCBD | KWES | KSAN | WOAI | KCEN / KAGS | KTAL | KMOL | KFDX | KSL | WCYB | WVIR / WVIR-CD | WSVW | WAVY | WWBT | WSLS | KING | KHQ | KNDO / KNDU | WVVA | WBOY | WSAZ | WTAP | WEAU | WGBA | WMTV | WTMJ | WJFW | KBJR / KRII | KCWY / KCHY | KVZK | KUAM | WVGN | PJA
Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area.
|