The National Broadcasting Company, or NBC, is an American television and radio network that was founded by the Radio Corporation of America as the first national radio network in the United States. It operated two radio networks, called the Red and the Blue, and in 1942 the government required it to sell the Blue network, which became ABC. NBC moved into television in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and it was a pioneer in colour broadcasting. Its peacock logo was introduced to promote colour programming. The network is headquartered in New York, at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, and is now part of NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast.
Before and after
- 28 April 1926Birth of Harper Lee
- 1 June 1926Birth of Marilyn Monroe
- 3 June 1926Birth of Allen Ginsberg
- 10 June 1926Death of Antoni Gaudí
- 19 June 1926Founding of NBC
- 13 August 1926Birth of Fidel Castro
- 17 August 1926Birth of Jiang Zemin
- 19 September 1926Construction of Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
- 15 October 1926Birth of Michel Foucault
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- 7 September 1923Founding of Interpol
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- 22 March 1928Founding of Muslim Brotherhood
- 5 September 1944Founding of Benelux
The era
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