WNBC, NBC flagship television station in Manhattan, New York, US
WNBC is a television station on channel 4 in Manhattan, New York, broadcasting daily news, entertainment shows, and live events. The programs reach all five boroughs of New York City plus parts of New Jersey and Connecticut through a transmitter at the Empire State Building.
The station started in 1928 under the experimental name W2XBS and received its commercial license as WNBT in 1941. Later it changed to the call sign WNBC and became a central part of New York television.
The station broadcasts the large Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade each year, when giant balloon figures float through Manhattan and millions of people watch. At Christmas it also shows the ceremony when the tree at Rockefeller Center is lit up and thousands celebrate on site.
The digital signals cover all five boroughs of New York plus neighboring areas in New Jersey and Connecticut, so most households in the region can receive the station. Anyone with an antenna or a cable package usually finds the station on channel 4.
Chuck Scarborough and Sue Simmons formed the longest anchor partnership in New York television across multiple decades. The two became familiar faces for many viewers during evening news and shaped the local news scene.
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