KNBC

KNBC
Channels
BrandingNBC 4 Southern California, NBC 4 News
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KVEA
History
Founded1947[1]
First air date
January 16, 1949 (75 years ago) (1949-01-16)
Former call signs
  • KNBH (1949–1954)
  • KRCA (1954–1962)
  • KNBC-TV (1986–1995)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 4 (VHF, 1949–2009)
Call sign meaning
National Broadcasting Company
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID47906
ERP665 kW
HAAT991 m (3,251 ft)
Transmitter coordinates34°13′32″N 118°3′55″W / 34.22556°N 118.06528°W / 34.22556; -118.06528
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitenbclosangeles.com

KNBC (channel 4) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Corona-licensed Telemundo outlet KVEA (channel 52). The two stations share studios at the Brokaw News Center in the northwest corner of the Universal Studios Hollywood lot off Lankershim Boulevard in Universal City; KNBC's transmitter is located on Mount Wilson.

  1. ^ "Six Los Angeles video grants; Don Lee delayed" (PDF). Broadcasting – Telecasting. December 23, 1946. p. 90.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KNBC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.