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2013 Event - The U.S. TV network NBC announces Jay Leno, host of 'The Tonight Show' will leave in the spring of 2014, and be replaced by comedian Jimmy Fallon

2011 Event - A $28 billion merger between Comcast and NBC Universal is approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission

1999 Death - Jane Crowley, censor, NBC censor for The Tonight Show, dies at 73

1998 Event - Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC, commercials are $2 million each

1997 Death - Brandon Tartikoff, TV executive (NBC), dies at 48

1997 Event - NBC TV shows "Schindler's List," completely uncensored, 65 million watch

1996 Death - John Chancellor, news anchor (VOA, NBC), dies at 68

1995 Death - John Cameron Swayze, news anchor (NBC), dies at 89

1995 Event - Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV

1994 Death - Peter Hacker, U.S. journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69

1993 Event - NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million

1993 Event - 274th and final "Cheers" on NBC

1993 Event - NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman

1993 Event - General Motors sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires

1993 Event - Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV

1993 Event - David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS

1993 Event - NBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman

1992 Event - NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May, 1993

1992 Event - Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test

1992 Event - "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC and PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah

1992 Event - NBC's "Saturday Today" premieres

1992 Event - "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC

1991 Event - NBC announces Jay Leno will replace Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992

1990 Event - NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days

1990 Event - Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles

1990 Event - Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC)

1989 Event - Jane Pauley says goodbye to NBC's "Today" show

1989 Event - FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC and CBS for 1st time, America's Most Wanted

1988 Event - NBC signs lease to stay in New York City, 33 more years

1988 Event - NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics

1988 Event - NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee)

1987 Event - NBC technicians accept pact, end 118 day strike

1986 Event - NBC's Ahmad Rashad marriage proposal is accepted by Phylicia Ayers-Allen during halftime of Det Lions-New York Jets football game

1986 Event - Cher called David Letterman an asshole on Late Night on NBC

1985 Event - General Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC

1984 Event - NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine

1984 Event - Soap Opera "Santa Barbara" premieres on NBC TV

1984 Death - Gordon Jenkins, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73

1984 Event - Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network

1984 Event - "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV

1983 Death - Jessica Savage, Margate New Jersey, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36

1983 Event - "Friday Night Videos" premieres on NBC TV

1983 Event - "A-Team" with Mr. T premieres on NBC

1982 Event - NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features

1982 Event - "Taxi," last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall

1982 Event - "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC

1982 Event - "Fame" premieres on NBC TV

1982 Event - Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show"

1981 Event - 1st live radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC)

1981 Event - Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC

1981 Event - 2nd City TV's (SCTV) network premier (NBC)

1981 Event - SCTV Network 90, sequel to Second City Television debut on NBC

1981 Event - "Brady Brides," debuts on NBC TV

1980 Event - NBC broadcasts New York Jets' 24-17 win over Dolphins without audio

1980 Event - Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC

1979 Event - "Real People" premieres on NBC TV

1979 Event - "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC

1978 Event - 1st broadcast of "Diff'rent strokes" on NBC TV

1978 Event - Last broadcast of "Columbo" on NBC TV

1977 Event - NBC News and Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio

1976 Event - NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, premieres

1976 Event - "Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)

1976 Event - NBC replaces the peacock logo

1975 Event - NBC News and Information Service, a 24 hour news service, premieres on radio

1975 Event - NBC paid $5M for rights to show 'Gone with the Wind' one time

1974 Death - Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62

1974 Event - NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)

1973 Birthday - Carson Daly, born in Santa Monica, California, television host, 'Last Call with Carson Daly' on NBC, a late-night talk show

1973 Event - NBC presents 440th and final showing of "Bonanza"

1972 Event - "M*A*S*H," premieres on NBC TV

1972 Event - Republican convention (Miami Beach, Florida) renominates Vice President Agnew but not unanimous - 1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley

1972 Event - "Emergency" with Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV

1972 Event - "Sanford and Son" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV

1972 Death - Al Goodman, Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81

1971 Event - KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins

1971 Event - WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

1970 Birthday - Oded Fehr, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, actor, television, appeared in NBC series, UC: Undercover, films include, 'The Mummy', 'The Mummy Returns'

1970 Event - WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, Georgia (NBC) 1st broadcast

1970 Birthday - Jay Mohr, born in Verona, New Jersey, actor, stand-up comedian, executive producer, NBC's Last Comic Standing reality television program

1970 Event - Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report"

1970 Event - KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, Montana (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1970 Event - KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, Arizona (NBC) 1st broadcast

1970 Event - WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting

1969 Event - WKYH (now WYMT) TV channel 57 in Hazard, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting

1969 Event - WJMN TV channel 3 in Escanaba, MI (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1969 Event - KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, Montana (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1969 Event - Last episode of Star Trek airs on NBC (Turnabout Intruder)

1969 Event - KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1968 Event - WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting

1968 Event - NBC cuts to show "Heidi," misses Raider's rally to beat Jets, 43-32

1968 Event - WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (NBC) 1st broadcast

1968 Event - KMIR TV channel 36 in Palm Springs, California (NBC) begins broadcastng

1968 Event - KCFW TV channel 9 in Kalispell, Montana (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1968 Event - WHTV (now WTZH) TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (NBC/CBS) 1st broadcast

1968 Event - NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return

1968 Event - "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC

1968 Event - Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV

1968 Event - "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV

1967 Event - KTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting

1967 Event - WRET TV channel 36 in Charlotte, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1967 Event - "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)

1966 Event - 1st entire lineup televised in color (NBC)

1966 Event - WAEO (now WJFW) TV channel 12 in Rhinelander, WI (NBC) begins

1966 Event - WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, New Hampshire (NBC) begins broadcasting

1966 Event - WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, New Jersey (NBC) 1st broadcast

1965 Event - KCST TV channel 39 in San Diego, California (NBC) begins broadcasting

1965 Event - KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting

1965 Event - KHFI (now KBVO) TV channel 42 in Austin, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting

1964 Event - WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin

1964 Event - WTSJ TV channel 18 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (NBC) begins broadcasting

1964 Event - WKEF TV channel 22 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting

1964 Birthday - Joe Magrane, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics

1964 Event - NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million

1963 Event - CBS and NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes

1963 Event - NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926,000

1963 Event - "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC

1962 Event - "Match Game" debuts on NBC with host Gene Rayburn

1962 Event - WCIV TV channel 4 in Charleston, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting

1962 Event - KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting

1962 Birthday - Hannah Storm, sports journalist, CNN, NBC

1962 Birthday - Star Jones, attorney/TV hostess, NBC, Inside Edition

1962 Event - KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting

1961 Event - KHAW TV channel 11 in Hilo, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting

1961 Event - KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast

1961 Event - Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"

1961 Event - Bobby Darin is youngest performer to headline a TV special on NBC

1961 Event - "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premieres on NBC TV

1961 Event - KIFI TV channel 8 in Idaho Falls, Idaho (NBC) begins broadcasting

1960 Event - KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast

1959 Event - KOMC (now KSNK) TV channel 8 in McCook - Oberlin, NB (NBC) begins

1959 Event - KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, California (NBC) 1st broadcast

1959 Event - KNDO TV channel 23 in Yakima, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1959 Event - KTHI TV channel 11 in Fargo-Grand Forks, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting

1959 Event - WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1959 Event - NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during ankee-Red Sox game

1959 Event - WTOM TV channel 4 in Cheboygan, Michigan (NBC) begins broadcasting

1959 Event - WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1959 Event - WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast

1958 Event - KCMT TV channel 7 in Alexandria, MN (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - "Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS and NBC)

1958 Event - KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, California (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, Montana (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - "Jackpot Bowling" premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host

1958 Event - KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - KXGN TV channel 5 in Glendive, Montana (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - WICZ TV channel 40 in Binghamton, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - WOWL TV channel 15 in Florence, AL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, Texas (NBC) 1st broadcast

1957 Event - WAVY TV channel 10 in Portsmouth-Norfolk, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - WHC (now WPXI) TV channel 11 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NBC) 1st broadcast

1957 Event - WTLV TV channel 12 in Jacksonville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - WPSD TV channel 6 in Paducah, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins

1957 Event - KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X": "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until X-Files)

1957 Event - KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting

1957 Event - "Tonight! America After Dark" premieres, with Jack Lescoulie and Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (between Steve Allen and Jack Paar)

1957 Death - Arturo Toscanini, Italian U.S. conductor (NBC), dies in New York City at 89

1957 Death - Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies

1957 Event - "Blondie" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS)

1956 Event - KGW TV channel 8 in Portland, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - "The Price Is Right" debuts on NBC

1956 Event - Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, NBC News, team up

1956 Event - WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins

1956 Event - WSYE (now WETM) TV chan 18 in Elmira-Corning, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast

1956 Event - KREY TV channel 10 in Montrose, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - KOTI TV channel 2 in Klamath Falls, OR (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - WDAM TV channel 7 in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, Florida (NBC) 1st broadcast

1956 Event - KRIS TV channel 6 in Corpus Christi, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV

1956 Event - WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - KWAB TV channel 4 in Big Spring, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - WITN TV channel 7 in Washington, North Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, California (NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - KARD (now KSNW) TV channel 3 in Wichita, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - KTRE TV channel 9 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup)

1955 Event - KSTF TV channel 10 in Scottsbluff-Gering, NB (CBS/NBC) begins

1955 Event - WHIS (now WVVA) TV channel 6 in Bluefield, WV (NBC) 1st broadcast

1955 Event - WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - "Mr Peepers" (TV Comedy) starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC

1955 Event - "Mickey Rooney Show," TV comedy last airs on NBC

1955 Event - KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, Idaho (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - WFRV TV channel 5 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 Event - KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast

1955 Event - WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (NBC) begins

1955 Event - KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast

1955 Event - 1st "Bob Cummings Show" premieres on NBC (later on CBS)

1954 Event - WSFA TV channel 12 in Montgomery, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WEAU TV channel 13 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WPTZ TV channel 5 in Plattsburgh, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Birthday - Stone Phillips, news host, NBC Dateline

1954 Event - KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast

1954 Event - KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - KALB TV channel 5 in Alexandria, LA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - Tonight Show premieres on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later)

1954 Event - WPBN TV channel 7 in Traverse City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WLBZ TV channel 2 in Bangor, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - KXJB TV channel 4 in Valley City (Fargo) (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WLUK TV channel 11 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, Florida (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Birthday - Al Roker, Queens, New York, weatherman, NBC, Today

1954 Event - WGR TV (now WGRZ) TV channel 2 in Buffalo, New York (NBC) begins

1954 Event - WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (NBC/SFN) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, Georgia (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, Montana (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 Event - WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast

1954 Event - WNEM TV channel 5 in Bay City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WFBC (now WYFF) TV channel 4 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (NBC) begins

1953 Event - WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver, CO (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, Florida (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft. Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast

1953 Event - WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft. Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KTVQ TV channel 2 in Billings, Montana (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KCEN TV channel 6 in Temple-Waco, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KIEM TV channel 3 in Eureka, California (NBC/CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WTVK TV channel 26 in Knoxville, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WTAP TV channel 15 in Parkersburg-Marietta, WV (NBC) begins

1953 Event - KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, Tennessee (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - "Bob and Ray Show," TV Variety; last air on NBC

1953 Event - "Juvenile Jury," TV Childrens, last airs on NBC, moved to CBS

1953 Event - KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, California (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KVOA TV channel 4 in Tucson, Arizona (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KSBW TV channel 8 in Salinas-Monterey, California (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, California (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WFIE TV channel 14 in Evansville, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins

1953 Event - WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins

1953 Event - KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast

1953 Event - KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, Idaho (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, New Mexico (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast

1953 Event - KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, California (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, Arizona (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WWLP TV channel 22 in Springfield, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WFMJ TV channel 21 in Youngstown, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - J. Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show

1953 Event - WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - J. Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show"

1953 Event - WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, Pennsylvania (NBC) 1st broadcast

1952 Event - KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1952 Event - KHON TV channel 2 in Honolulu, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting

1952 Event - WSLS TV channel 10 in Roanoke, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting

1952 Event - "RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV

1952 Event - "Dragnet" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV

1951 Event - NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network

1951 Event - Bob and Ray show premieres on NBC radio

1951 Event - Gene Rayburn and Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio

1951 Event - Ernie Kovacs Show, TV Variety debut on NBC

1951 Event - "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV

1950 Birthday - Jane Pauley, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, newscaster, Today, NBC Weekend

1950 Event - WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting

1950 Event - "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)

1950 Event - "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV

1950 Event - "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen

1950 Event - WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting

1950 Event - "Robert Montgomery Presents" dramatic anthology premieres on NBC TV

1949 Event - WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, Texas (NBC) 1st broadcast

1949 Event - WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, California (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast

1949 Event - WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast

1949 Event - WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WJAC TV channel 6 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - KMTV TV channel 3 in Omaha, NB (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - "Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 and 1967

1949 Event - "Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV

1949 Event - "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC)

1949 Event - WROC TV channel 8 in Rochester, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast

1949 Event - Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC

1949 Event - WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, Florida (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - 1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago)

1949 Event - KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, California (NBC) 1st broadcast

1949 Birthday - Brandon Tartikoff, TV executive, NBC

1949 Event - "Colgate Theater" dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV

1949 Event - KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - WDSU TV channel 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana (NBC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie" debuted on NBC

1948 Event - KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (NBC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas (NBC) begins

1948 Event - WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting

1948 Event - WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - "Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC TV

1948 Event - 20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC

1948 Event - 1st newsreel telecast, "20th Century Fox-Movietone News" shown on NBC

1948 Event - WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting

1948 Event - "Nature of Things" science show premieres on NBC prime time

1948 Birthday - Jessica Savitch, Kennet Sq, Pennsylvania, news anchor, NBC

1948 Event - Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)

1947 Event - 1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC

1947 Event - "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC

1947 Event - WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting

1947 Birthday - Chris Wallace, born in Chicago, Illinois, newscaster, NBC Weekend News

1947 Event - WRC TV channel 4 in Washington D.C. (NBC) begins broadcasting

1947 Event - "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC

1947 Event - WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting

1947 Event - KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St. Louis, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting

1946 Birthday - Connie Chung, Washington D.C., news ancher, NBC, CBS

1946 Birthday - Connie Chung, TV news anchor, NBC, CBS

1946 Event - 1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres

1946 Event - 1st variety show on TV "NBC's Hour Glass," premieres

1944 Birthday - Linda Ellerbee, born in Bryan, Texas, newscaster, Weekend, NBC Overnight

1944 Event - Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio

1944 Event - "War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC TV (New York City only)

1941 Event - KYW TV channel 3 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting

1941 Event - Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee and Molly debuts on NBC

1941 Event - 1st coml TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) and WCBW (CBS), New York City

1941 Event - WNBT TV (W2XBS, Now WNBC) channel 4 in New York City (NBC) begins broadcasting

1941 Birthday - Micki Grant, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, singer, soprano, actress, writer, composer, appeared on NBC's Another World, became first African-American cast member of a daytime soap opera

1940 Birthday - Nick Buoniconti, NFL linebacker for the Miami Dolphins/sportscaster, NBC

1940 Birthday - Tom Brokaw, born in Yankton, South Dakota, news anchor, NBC Nightly News 1982-

1939 Birthday - Garrick Utley, born in Chicago, Illinois, newscaster, 1st Tuesday, NBC Weekend

1939 Birthday - Cassie Mackin, newswoman, NBC TV

1939 Event - NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of New York World's Fair

1938 Event - 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC

1938 Event - Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network

1938 Event - NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony

1937 Event - Mae West performs Adam and Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio

1937 Event - Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio

1937 Event - NBC and RCA sends 1st mobile-TV vans onto the streets of NY

1937 Event - NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio

1937 Birthday - Fred Silverman, broadcasting executive, ABC/NBC/CBS

1937 Event - 1st broadcast of Soap Opera "Guiding Light" on NBC radio

1936 Birthday - Lloyd Dobbins, born in Newport News, Virginia, newscaster, NBC News Overnight

1935 Birthday - John Palmer, Kingsport Tennessee, news anchor, NBC Weekend News

1935 Event - Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network

1933 Birthday - Jack Perkins, born in Cleveland, Ohio, newscaster, Prime Time Sunday, NBC Magazine

1933 Event - Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35 year run on NBC

1932 Event - Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)

1932 Birthday - John Hart, born in Denver, Colorado, newsman, CBS News Retrospective, NBC News

1931 Event - W2XB TV channel 1 in New York City, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting

1931 Birthday - Robert MacNeil, Montreal, news anchor, NBC Weekend News, 1965-67

1930 Event - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio

1930 Birthday - Marvin Kalb, born in New York City, educator/newscaster, CBS/NBC, Meet the Press

1930 Birthday - Lorin Maazel, born in Neuilly, France, conductor, NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941

1929 Event - Rudy Vallee's Fleishmann Hour begins broadcasting on NBC radio

1929 Birthday - Douglas Kiker, NBC newsman, 1970 Peabody Award

1928 Event - NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network

1928 Birthday - Byron "Yankees" Janis, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pianist, NBC Symphony Orchestra

1928 Event - "Amos and Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)

1928 Birthday - Roger Mudd, Washington D.C., news ancher, CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News

1928 Birthday - Sander Vanocur, born in Cleveland, Ohio, news anchor, NBC Weekend News

1927 Birthday - Vin[ce] Scully, sportscaster, NBC Baseball Game of the Week

1927 Birthday - Robert Abernethy, born in Geneva, Switzerland, Newscaster, NBC News Encore

1927 Birthday - John William Chancellor, born in Chicago, Illinois, news anchor, NBC, VOA

1927 Birthday - Nancy Dickerson, journalist, NBC

1926 Event - 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC)

1926 Event - NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) forms

1924 Birthday - Floyd Kalber, born in Omaha, Nebraska, newscaster, NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973

1921 Birthday - Harper MacKay, born in Boston, Massachusetts, orchestra leader, NBC Follies

1921 Birthday - Frank McGee, born in Monroe, Louisiana, news anchor, NBC Evening News

1921 Event - Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St. New York City

1920 Birthday - David Brinkley, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, NBC news anchor, Huntley-Brinkley

1920 Birthday - Nan Merriman, U.S./Netherlands singer, Arturo Toscanini NBC Orchestra

1920 Event - Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio

1915 Birthday - Earl Wild, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, composer/pianist, Caesar's Hour, NBC Symph 1942

1911 Birthday - Chet Huntley, Cardwell Mont, newscaster, NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report

1911 Birthday - Robert McCormick, Danville, Kentucky, NBC newscaster, Current Opinion

1910 Birthday - Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove, Missouri, orchestra leader, NBC Comedy Hour

1908 Birthday - Pauline Frederick, journalist/correspondent, UN, NBC TV

1907 Birthday - Richard Harkness, Artesian, South Dakota, newscaster, Story of the Week, NBC

1890 Birthday - Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orchestra leader, NBC Comedy Hour

1890 Birthday - Erich Kleiber, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, NBC Symphony 1945-46

1867 Birthday - Arturo Toscanini, born in Parma, Italy, temperamental conductor, NBC













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