NBC Radio

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NBC Radio was a major American radio network that broadcast national news, entertainment, and sports programming throughout much of the 20th century.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf broadcast network ⓘ
radio network ⓘ
broadcastMedium AM radio ⓘ
FM radio ⓘ
component NBC Blue Network ⓘ
NBC Red Network ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declinePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
distributedBy Westwood One ⓘ
endedNationalOperations 1987 ⓘ
formatChange Monitor service in 1955 ⓘ
foundedBy David Sarnoff ⓘ
Radio Corporation of America ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
entertainment ⓘ
music ⓘ
news ⓘ
sports ⓘ
headquartersLocation 30 Rockefeller Plaza ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
historicalEra Golden Age of Radio ⓘ
inception 1926 ⓘ
industry radio broadcasting ⓘ
language English ⓘ
networkType commercial radio network ⓘ
notablePerson David Sarnoff ⓘ
William S. Paley (competitor at CBS) ⓘ
linked to: William S. Paley
notableProgram Fibber McGee and Molly ⓘ
Hindenburg disaster coverage ⓘ
Monitor ⓘ
NBC Nightly News (radio newscasts) ⓘ
linked to: NBC Nightly News

The Big Show ⓘ
The Chase and Sanborn Hour ⓘ
The Jack Benny Program ⓘ
The NBC Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
operatedBy National Broadcasting Company ⓘ
ownedBy Comcast ⓘ
NBCUniversal ⓘ
RCA ⓘ
parentOrganization NBC ⓘ
RCA ⓘ
peakPeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
regulator Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
serviceArea United States ⓘ
sold NBC Blue Network ⓘ
soldTo Edward J. Noble ⓘ
spunOff ABC Radio ⓘ
linked to: ABC Radio Network
spunOffTo American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
successor Westwood One ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1975 World Series → radioNetwork → NBC Radio ⓘ
Meredith Willson → employer → NBC Radio ⓘ
1956 NFL Championship Game → radioNetwork → NBC Radio ⓘ
subject linked to: NFL Championship Game 1956
WQCD → associatedWith → NBC-owned radio properties ⓘ
linked to: NBC Radio
Mutual Broadcasting System → competitiveWith → NBC Radio Network ⓘ
subject linked to: Mutual
linked to: NBC Radio
Guiding Light → radioNetwork → NBC Radio ⓘ
David Brinkley → employer → NBC Radio ⓘ
1964 All-Star Game → radioNetwork → NBC Radio ⓘ
Benny Goodman Orchestra → broadcastOn → NBC radio ⓘ
linked to: NBC Radio
1973 World Series → radioNetwork → NBC Radio ⓘ
1973 All-Star Game → radioNetwork → NBC Radio ⓘ
Kate Smith → employer → NBC Radio ⓘ
Graham McNamee → employer → WEAF (New York radio station) ⓘ
linked to: NBC Radio
1950 Academy Awards → network → NBC Radio ⓘ
Parley Baer → employer → NBC Radio ⓘ
13th Academy Awards → network → NBC Radio ⓘ
12th Academy Awards → broadcastOn → NBC Radio ⓘ
The Bob Hope Show → originalNetwork → NBC Radio Network ⓘ
linked to: NBC Radio
MBS → competitor → NBC Radio Network ⓘ
linked to: NBC Radio
Queen for a Day → originalNetwork → NBC Radio ⓘ
Margaret Anderson → originalNetwork → NBC (radio) ⓘ
linked to: NBC Radio
NBC Symphony Orchestra → broadcastOn → NBC Radio ⓘ
The Bell Telephone Hour → originalNetwork → NBC Radio ⓘ
subject linked to: "The Bell Telephone Hour"
Mutual Network → competitor → NBC Radio Network ⓘ
linked to: NBC Radio