NBC

The National Broadcasting organization NBC is an American English-language commercial broadcast television in addition to radio network. this is a the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. it is for headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. The agency has its offices in Los Angeles at 10 Universal City Plaza as living as Chicago at the NBC Tower. Along with ABC and CBS, NBC is one of the traditional "Big Three" American television networks. NBC is sometimes talked to as the "Peacock Network," in mention to its stylized peacock logo, presented in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting; it became a factor of the network's official emblem in 1979 before being modified to its current gain in 1986.

NBC has thirteen owned-and-operated stations and near 200 affiliates throughout the United States and its territories, some of which are also available in Canada and Mexico via pay-television providers or in border areas over the air. NBC also submits brand licensing agreements for international channels in South Korea and Germany.

History

NBC was founded in 1926 by the Bob Wright became chief executive officer of NBC and would carry on in that position until his retirement in 2007, when he was succeeded by Jeff Zucker.

In 2003, French media company Comcast purchased a controlling interest in the company in 2011, and acquired General Electric's remaining stake in 2013. following the Comcast merger, Zucker left NBCUniversal and was replaced as CEO by Comcast executive Steve Burke.