WNBC

WNBC
Channels
BrandingNBC 4 New York; News 4 New York
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WNJU
History
FoundedJuly 1, 1928 (1928-07-01) (as experimental station W2XBS)
First air date
July 1, 1941 (1941-07-01)
Former call signs
  • WNBT (1941–1954)
  • WRCA-TV (1954–1960)
  • WNBC-TV (1960–1992)
Former channel numbers
  • Analog: 1 (VHF, 1938–1946), 4 (VHF, 1946–2009)
  • Digital: 28 (UHF, 1998–2018), 36 (UHF, 2018–2019)
  • Translator: 57 W57AB
Call sign meaning
National Broadcasting Company
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID47535
ERP575 kW
HAAT496 m (1,627 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°42′46.8″N 74°0′47.3″W / 40.713000°N 74.013139°W / 40.713000; -74.013139
Translator(s)WKAQ-TV 2 San Juan, PR
Links
Public license information
Websitenbcnewyork.com

WNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City. It is the flagship station of the NBC television network, owned and operated through its NBC Owned Television Stations division. Under common ownership with Linden, New Jersey–licensed Telemundo outlet WNJU (channel 47), the two stations share studios and offices at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, co-located with NBC's corporate headquarters, and broadcast from the same transmitter at One World Trade Center; WNJU's facilities in Fort Lee, New Jersey, also serve as WNBC's New Jersey news bureau.

WNBC holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating commercial television station in the United States.