NBC Red
NBC Red Network was a commercial radio - Network of the National Broadcasting Company (after 1942: NBC Radio Network ) in the United States . It was founded in 1926 alongside the NBC Blue Network. They were the first two nationwide media networks in the United States. Main competitors in the early years were the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) founded in 1927 and the Mutual Broadcasting System (Mutual) founded in 1934 .
In 1943, NBC was asked to give up one of its networks for antitrust reasons. The group then sold its NBC Blue Network, which resulted in the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). After the split, NBC Red continued to operate as the NBC Radio Network . In 1987 NBC sold the network to Westwood One , which kept the NBC name and some programming content until 2014. The NBC Radio News has been distributed by iHeartMedia since 2016 .
history
In 1934, the competitor complained Mutual Broadcasting with the supervisory authority FCC that the two networks NBC and CBS would control the national radio market in many parts. Five years later, the regulatory agency found that NBC dominated large parts of the American radio landscape in terms of offering, affiliates and radio advertising. It ordered Radio Corporation of America (RCA) to divest itself, NBC Red, or NBC Blue .
After a confrontation in front of the US Supreme Court has been lost, RCA sold the "Blue Network" for $ 8 million to the American Broadcasting System, which from the Life Savers magnate Edward J. Noble had been re-established.
Stations
18 stations across the United States were connected to NBC Red.
- WTAM Cleveland
- WWJ Detroit
- WSAI Cincinnati
- KSD St. Louis
- WCCO Minneapolis
Individual evidence
- ↑ Our History . In: NBCUniversal . ( nbcuniversal.com [accessed October 20, 2017]).
- ^ Timeline: The History of NBC. Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Timeline: The History of NBC. Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
- ^ NBC Network History. Retrieved November 21, 2017 .