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| National Broadcasting Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current Name | National Broadcasting Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Broadcasting Network | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | June 19, 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Key Figure(s) | Bob Greenblatt (Chairman) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent Company | NBCUniversal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subsidiaries | G4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National Broadcasting Company, or NBC for short, is a broadcasting network that previously aired Fantastic Four, Fred and Barney Meet the Thing, The Incredible Hulk, and Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. It is sometimes referred to as the Peacock Network due to its logo.
History[]
NBC was founded by Radio Corporation of America, and is the oldest broadcasting network in the United States. It was one of the "Big Three" stations along with ABC and CBS. It owned G4 up until that network's closing.