KNBC
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HAAT | 991 m (3,251 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 34°13′32″N 118°3′55″W / 34.22556°N 118.06528°W |
Translator(s) | see § Translators |
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Website | nbclosangeles |
KNBC (channel 4) is a
History
Channel 4 first went on the air as KNBH (standing for "NBC
The station changed its callsign to KRCA (for NBC's then-parent company, the
KNBC
The station officially modified its callsign to KNBC-TV in August 1986,[10] shortly after NBC and RCA were purchased by General Electric; the -TV suffix was dropped effective September 6, 1995.[11]
On October 11, 2007, NBCUniversal announced that it would put its Burbank studios up for sale and construct a new, all-digital facility near the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot in Universal City, to merge all of NBCUniversal's West Coast operations (including KNBC, KVEA and NBC News' Los Angeles bureau) into one area. The studio opened on February 1, 2014.[12] Shortly thereafter, NBCUniversal named the new broadcast center in honor of former KNBC and NBC News anchor/reporter Tom Brokaw, christened the Brokaw News Center.[13]
In fall 2007 with the rollout of digital broadcasting, the station began airing a 24/7 newschannel News Raw on the .2 subchannel.[14][15]
KNBC shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 4, on June 12, 2009, as part of the
On January 1, 2014, Universal Sports transitioned into a cable- and satellite-exclusive service, causing its affiliates (such as KNBC) to replace the network and remove the channel from their digital signals entirely.[19]
NBC California Nonstop
KNBC operated NBC California Nonstop, a collaboration between KNBC and two other NBC-owned stations in California (
Programming
Sports programming
The station has had a long history of carrying Los Angeles sports teams via
.KNBC also provided local coverage of
Until 2021, the station aired select games involving the
News operation
As of 2022, KNBC broadcasts 44 hours, 25 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 7 hours, 35 minutes each weekday, three hours on Saturdays, and 3+1⁄2 hours on Sundays). The station's newscasts have historically more of a "serious" tone covering issues (such as politics, government, education, and the economy) than other Los Angeles area newscasts.[22] In 2010, the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California found KNBC to have the least coverage of crime and the second-highest coverage of local government and sports and weather, compared to other Los Angeles stations. As part of a 2012 investment by parent company Comcast, KNBC's newscasts added 18 employees and produced more enterprise reporting.[23] The station runs a special hour-long newscast on Sunday nights during the NFL season where NBC Sunday Night Football telecasts preempt the 6 p.m. newscast. On election nights, KNBC runs a special extended edition of its 11 p.m. newscast to show early election results.
In April 1968. channel 4 revamped its news programs into the KNBC News Service (stylized on the air as KNBC Newservice) which, when combined with the in Chicago. KNBC's newscasts were the last to drop the NewsCenter moniker, rebranding to News 4 LA in July 1982 as the station also launched a new hour-long newscast at 4 pm. The branding changed once more to Channel 4 News in August 1985. While KNBC became known on-air as NBC 4 in 1995, the Channel 4 News branding was so well established in Southern California that the title was retained for 26 years until 2011, when it became NBC 4 News.
For most of the last 30 years, KNBC has waged a spirited battle with KABC-TV for the top-rated local newscast in Southern California, becoming a three-way race with KCBS-TV's ratings resurgence in 2006. Throughout the late 1980s and into the early 2000s, KNBC's newscasts were the most-watched in the region, beating out every other station viewership-wise, which coincided with NBC's overall ratings at the time. Channel 4's 11 p.m. newscast currently sits in the first place (adults 25–54) and has been for nine months straight; most of the station's other newscasts, including its once-popular morning news program, Today in L.A., the area's first local morning newscast (which debuted in 1986), now is battling for second place.[25]
For many years, KNBC produced a late afternoon newscast at 4 pm, which was dropped in 2002, in favor of
In 2006, KNBC launched a local news channel on digital channel 4.4 called News Raw, that provided hourly news updates, additional information on breaking news stories, and previewed news stories scheduled to air on the main channel's newscasts.[27] After Universal Sports was launched in 2008, News Raw became a part-time channel, and was later dropped when KNBC expanded Universal Sports programming on the former subchannel to 24 hours a day. Mekahlo Medina, the host of News Raw, has received national attention for his integration of social media into local newscasts.[28]
In summer 2016, changes were brought to KNBC's daytime lineup which led to the restoration of the 4 p.m. newscast, allowing the station to complete with KCBS-TV and its sister independent station KCAL-TV (which moved its 4 p.m. newscast from KCBS-TV in 2002) and KABC-TV (which began airing its 4 p.m. newscast into the period in September 1980).
On July 31, 2017, KNBC began its expansion of Today in L.A. morning newscast, an extra half-hour was added to begin its start time to 4 am; additionally, became the second station in Los Angeles and Southern California to expand it to the time period, following KTLA who began expanding its morning newscast to their time period in 2012.
On January 2, 2019, it was announced that the station's hour-long midday newscast will be cutting to a half-hour along with its in-state sister stations KNTV and KNSD in favor of the brand new lifestyle show California Live beginning January 7.
On June 7, 2021, KNBC premiered a new 30-minute 7 p.m. newscast.[30]
In January 2022, KNBC announced that they will plan to launch a new streaming channel for NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock, under the name of "NBC LA News"; this comes following the announcement they would have a simultaneous rollout of streaming news channels starting with its sister stations in Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia and Boston launching on January 20; the said channel was launched on March 17, 2022.[31][32]
On September 12, 2022, KNBC premiered a new 30-minute 3 p.m. newscast, followed by NBC Nightly News.[33]
News team
KNBC has had a very stable news team over the years: weeknight anchor
Tom Brokaw began his NBC career as an anchor and reporter at KNBC in 1966, staying until he went over to national work for NBC News in 1973. Other notables who have worked at KNBC early in their careers prior to joining the network include Bryant Gumbel, Ross Porter, Pat Sajak, Kent Shocknek, Bob Abernethy, Keith Morrison and Tom Snyder.
Notable current on-air staff
Anchors
Reporters
- Joel Grover – Investigative reporter
- Conan Nolan – Chief political reporter
Notable former on-air staff
- Bob Abernethy
- Andy Adler (now with WPIX)
- Jim Avila (now with ABC News)
- John Beard (moved to KTTV and later to WGRZ)[35]
- KAAL-TV in Austin, Minnesota; now CEO of TvNewsmentor.com)
- Victor Bozeman – staff announcer
- Tom Brokaw
- Jim Brown
- Nick Clooney
- Fritz Coleman
- Sonya Crawford
- Linda Douglass
- Crystal Egger
- David Garcia
- Garrett Glaser
- HBO Sports)
- Daniella Guzman (now with KPRC-TV in Houston)
- Chick Hearn – longtime Lakers announcer who worked previously as a sports anchor when station was known as KRCA
- Chuck Henry
- Dr. Bruce Hensel
- David Horowitz
- Desiree Horton
- Rafer Johnson – former Olympic track star who worked briefly as sports anchor
- Whit Johnson (now at ABC News)
- Kyung Lah (now with CNN)
- Alycia Lane
- Kelly Lange – longtime news anchor (later with KCBS-TV)
- Elita Loresca (now with KTRK-TV Houston)
- Jess Marlow – anchor, 1966–1980; 1986–1997[36]
- Byron Miranda (now with WPIX)
- Robert W. Morgan
- Keith Morrison (now with NBC News)
- Paul Moyer (retired)
- Stu Nahan (later with KTLA)
- Kevin O'Connell (retired)[37]
- Warren Olney
- Jack Perkins
- Ross Porter
- Francis Gary Powers
- Jacob Rascon (later with KPRC-TV; now with KTRK in Houston)
- Donald Rickles – staff announcer
- Michele Ruiz
- Pat Sajak (now host of Wheel of Fortune)
- Tracie Savage
- John Schubeck (later with KCBS-TV)
- Bill Seward (now at NBC Sports)
- David Sheehan
- Kent Shocknek (later with KCBS-TV/KCAL-TV)
- Tom Snyder
- Steve Somers (now at WFAN)
- Don Stanley – staff announcer
- Peggy Taylor – staff announcer
- Wendy Tokuda
- Tritia Toyota (later with KCBS-TV from 1985 to 1999)
- Danny Villanueva
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
---|---|---|---|---|
4.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
NBC4-LA | Main KNBC programming / NBC |
4.2 | 480i | COZI-TV | Cozi TV | |
4.3 | NBCLX | NBC LX Home | ||
4.4 | Oxygen | Oxygen | ||
13.3 | 480i | 16:9 | MOVIES! | Movies! (KCOP-DT3)[41][42][43] |
Translators
- K23PB-D Lucerne Valley
- K25QB-D Lucerne Valley
- K34EU-D Morongo Valley
- K25PL-D Ridgecrest
- K15FC-D Twentynine Palms
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News channels from NBC 4 New York (WNBC) and NBC 4 Los Angeles (KNBC) will be available to stream for free in the months ahead.
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