WNBT New York NBC station ID

[@mjbaz1]

Most viewers in the WNBC viewing area will not remember that WNBT originally broadcast on the long defunct Channel 1. I have seen several TV sets from the mid-forties that had ch.1-13 on the tuner. When the VHF band was changed in 1948, Channel 1 was eliminated and WNBT moved to Ch.4. WABD- DuMont broadcasting- was moved to Ch.5.

[@keithelster8858]

It was more complicated than that, but that was the final result. In 1940, the FCC allocated 18 channels, of only the first seven were to be assigned at first due to existing (prewar) technology. FM was assigned 42-50 MHz, where the 1937 Channel 1 had been. In NYC, WNBT was given Channel 1 (50-56 MHz), WCBW got Channel 2 (60-66 MHz, the current Ch. 3), and WABD got Channel 4 (78-84 MHz). Philly's WPTZ, Schenectady's WRGB, and Chicago's WBKB got Ch. 3 (66-72 MHZ, the current Ch. 4). The TVs of the day, what few there were, only had tuners that covered the first 7 channels (50-108 MHz, and I believe most used radio dials at that time, like pre-'70s UHF tuners), and nobody was using anything higher than Ch. 4. That, of course, changed after the war. Once the war ended, some channels were reassigned to new frequency blocks (1, 2, 5, 6, 7-13), some blocks got new numbers (3, 4), and some (14-18) were dropped. Channel 1 was assigned to "community" stations only at 44-50 MHz, so WNBT moved to postwar Channel 4. WPTZ Philly moved with Channel 3, while WRGB Schenectady and WBKB Chicago stayed on their current frequency assignment, which became Channel 4. WCBW had to move to the new Channel 2, and WABD had to retune their transmitter down 2 MHz for the new Channel 5. The current Channels 7-13 were opened up for broadcasting, thanks to wartime technical advances. The wartime Channels 6 and 7 were reassigned to FM. Channel 1 was eliminated in 1948. Only one CP was ever assigned to it: KARO Riverside CA, which never went on the air. Clear as mud, right? :-D

[@MrTechHistory]

Channel 1, WNBT-TV signed-off in February, 1946 as did - WCBW (channel 3) while WABD remained on channel 5. WNBT and WCBW then moved to their newly assigned channels and that would take a few months with retuning etc. Yes, in 1948 channel 1 was officially removed - but the change came before that.

[@altfactor]

I suspect the first part of this filmed network/station ID was shown on all three (!) NBC Television stations at the time, but the other two (WRGB Schenectady and WPTZ Philadelphia) were supposed to cut away from the network right after the three chimes for local station identification. There were probably several times that either WRGB or WPTZ accidentally broadcast a WNBT station identification.

[@gsnfan]

Signed on this very day 75 years ago.

[@backyardigansandlilflexer]

0:11: FiFa World Cup 1943 WNBT New York

[@jeremyminecraft3130]

This was 77 years ago.

[@jeykies3745]

Nope, almost 80

[@notnok5595]

WNBT: Now WNBC 4. WABD: Now WNYW 5, a Fox owned-and-operated station; duopoly with WWOR-TV 9 (my9).

[@moboutmen]

How great a time this must've been.

[@manny96p]

That NBC ID kind of scares me, however, it is also very cool.

[@josephphillips3403]

What's that weird buzzing in the background? Is it in the actual logo or a audio error?

[@LaptopLarry330]

+Joseph Phillips It is not an audio error. It was supposed to be an audio simulation of surging electrical power in a pulsing pattern, much like a radio signal from a transmitting tower. Only this was a TELEVISION transmitting tower, sending out a signal from near the top of the Empire State Building, which was the tallest building in the world at that time during the "Experimental Era" of electronic television broadcasting between 1939 and 1947. The animated simulation shows a lot of lightning bolts emanating from the television transmitter, giving the impression to the early viewer, that NBC was putting out a very powerful signal that could be reached throughout the Greater New York City Area, and even far enough out to reach receiving antennas to relay television signals to their Schenectady, New York TV station, so that early TV programming could be seen as far away as Central New York, and the state capital in Albany, New York.

[@igp899]

i thought its some kind of orchestra

[@friesareyummy]

@@igp899 Same lmao

[@chantingmammal]

@@friesareyummy it came from a film made by the military, it is called tomorrow television

[@jadsi]

@@chantingmammalthanks! I just discovered that today

[@Isabella-fp2lx]

What year?

[@chimaamanambu6067]

Now WNBC 4

[@josefinarivera8361]

WNBT vs WNET

[@kkburnside1755]

Good song

[@idelsagil9129]

0:04

[@gustavocabanas3848]

That is 76 years old

[@jeykies3745]

80.

[@MasonTheOneLooneyDude]

@@jeykies3745 liar

[@jeykies3745]

@@MasonTheOneLooneyDude Its 80

[@iamasloth456]

NBC 1944 WNBT New york

[@ronmedrano9549]

In 1944

[@grooping]

woh

[@skylinegts1000]

0:10 jsaisisi

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