Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
NBC Chronology
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1921 | Westinghouse owned and operated WJZ radio in Newark from 1921 - 1923. |
| 1922 | WEAF radio, owned and operated by AT&T, was founded in New York. |
| 1923 | RCA, a subsidiary of Westinghouse, operated WJZ radio from 1923-46 in New York. |
| 1926 | RCA announced the formation of the National Broadcasting Company on September 13, 1926 upon the RCA purchase of WEAF radio from AT&T. |
| November 1, 1926 | NBC established with both a Blue and a Red network. |
| 1926 | NBC began radio broadcasting on November 15, 1926. |
| 1926 | NBC formed the Red and Blue radio networks, with WEAF as the flagship station of the Red network and WJZ as the flagship station of the Blue. |
| 1928 | The first permanent coast-to-coast network in the United States was established by NBC on December 23, 1928. |
| 1928 | NBC received its first television station construction permit. |
| 1936-1939 | NBC investigated the possibility of separating Red and Blue Networks (See NBC folder numbers 301-304) |
| 1939 | NBC televised the opening ceremonies of the New York World’s Fair. |
| May 2 1941 | Chain Broadcasting Report stated "no license shall be issued to a standard broadcast [AM] station affiliated with a network organization which maintains more than one network.” (Quoted in Sterling and Kitross, Stay Tuned , p.191.) |
| October 30, 1941 | Both NBC and CBS filed suit against the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its new regulations. |
| January 1942 | The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust suit against NBC and CBS (Sterling and Kitross, Stay Tuned , p. 236) |
| January 9, 1942 | RCA president David Sarnoff announced that the Blue Network had been separated from the Red Network and subsequently was wholly owned by RCA. |
| May 10, 1943 | The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the FCC right to regulations outlined in the Chain Broadcasting Report . |
| July 10, 1943 | Edward J. Noble, the owner of the American Broadcasting Company, purchases the Blue Network for $8 million. |
| October 12, 1943 | The FCC approved the sale of the Blue Network to Noble. |
| June 14, 1945 | The Blue Network was changed to the American Broadcasting Company. |
| August 1946 | The FCC authorized CBS to change the name of WABC to WCBS. |
| 1946 | NBC changed the name of WEAF to WNBC. |