NBC

National Broadcasting Company
Type	Broadcast television network (1939–present); Radio network (1926–1993, 2012–2014, 2016–present); Sports radio network (2012–present)
Branding	NBC
Country	United States
Availability	National
Founded	June 19, 1926; 91 years ago; by Radio Corporation of America (RCA)
Slogan	Here on NBC; Share the Moment
Headquarters	30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City (Network HQ, East Coast studios and WNBC); NBC Tower, Chicago (Midwest studios and WMAQ-TV); 10 Universal City Plaza, Los Angeles (West Coast studios and KNBC); Stamford, Connecticut (NBC Sports)
Owner	NBCUniversal; (Comcast)
Key people	Bob Greenblatt (Chairman, NBC Entertainment)
Launch date	Radio: November 15, 1926; 91 years ago; Television: April 30, 1939; 78 years ago
Picture format	1080i (HDTV); 480i (SDTV); (Experimentally broadcasting at 1080p through NBC affiliate WRAL-TV)
Affiliates	Lists:; By state or Details
Official website	nbc.com
Language	English

The NBC logo on a building.

NBC, whose letters stand for National Broadcasting Company, is an American television network that started in 1926 as a radio station. (Its first television progams aired in 1944.) It is owned by movie studio Universal Studios and appliance company General Electric. General Electric has sold 51% of the company to Comcast.^[1] NBC owns and operates the cable news channels Consumer News and Business Channel(CNBC) and Microsoft NBC channel (MSNBC).

It is called "the Peacock Network" because of the title animal in its logo.

The network is famous for its three-note chimes, the "Must See TV" phrase and NBC Sunday Night Football, which is the most watched TV series after American Idol.^[2]