NBC (disambiguation)

NBC is an American broadcast network.

NBC can also stand for:

Broadcast television networks

• Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
• Nagasaki Broadcasting Company, Japan
• Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
• National Broadcasting Corporation (Saint Vincent), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• National Broadcasting Corporation (Papua New Guinea)
• Nation Broadcasting Corporation, a Philippine broadcast company.
• Newfoundland Broadcasting Company, a former name of CJON-TV

Defunct radio networks

• The NBC Red Network, the primary radio network of the National Broadcasting Company, later renamed the NBC Radio Network, sold off in 1986 and absorbed into various assets in 2004.
• The NBC Blue Network, the secondary radio network of the National Broadcasting Company, spun off in 1943 as the Blue Network, renamed the American Broadcasting Company in 1945, currently Citadel Media and ABC News Radio.

People

• Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkish director

Organizations

• Nabisco, formerly National Biscuit Company and now a unit of Kraft Foods
• National Ballet of Canada
• National Bank of Canada
• National Baseball Congress, an organization of US leagues
• National Bank of Commerce (Kansas City), a former Kansas City, Missouri-based bank, now part of Commerce Bancshares
• National Bank of Commerce (Memphis), taken over by SunTrust Banks in 2005
• National Bank of Commerce (Birmingham), taken over by Alabama National BanCorporation in 2005, taken over by RBC Bank in 2008
• National Bank of Commerce (Mississippi), now called Cadence Bank
• National Bank of Commerce, Superior, Wisconsin, whose parent company is Natcom Bancshares
• National Bank of Commerce, Lincoln, Nebraska, part of First Commerce Bancshares, taken over by Wells Fargo Bank in 2000
• National Bank of Commerce (Tanzania)
• National Bedding Company, a mattress manufacturer
• National Billiard Council, today the Billiard Congress of America
• National Bus Company (UK), operator of nationalised bus fleets in the UK, 1968–89
• National Bus Company of Australia
• National Business Center, US Department of the Interior
• National Baptist Convention (disambiguation), various meanings
• Naval Base Coronado, US Navy installation
• Neotropical Bird Club
• Nippon Bass Club, a bass fishing club in Japan

Education

• Nazarene Bible College, a bible college in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Warfare

Since the Cold War, the acronym NBC can stand for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical warfare, with the usage in the following:

• NBC warfare/weapons - Weapon of mass destruction
• NBC protection system - usually found in building (eg. air-raid shelters/fallout shelters and bunkers), ship, aircraft and vehicle
• NBC suit - NBC personal protection suit

The term NBC has since been superseded by a new acronym CBRN, which stands for Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear.

Miscellaneous

• Next Byte Codes
• Natural Born Chaos
• The Nightmare Before Christmas, a film
• Neal Blaisdell Center, Concert hall in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Nahr al-Bared Camp, Palestinian refugee camp, north Lebanon
• non-breaking change, used for minor contributions which will not break the entire system
• MPEG-2 NBC (MPEG-2 Advanced Audio Coding), an audio compression format, Non-Backwards Compatible with MPEG-1 audio
• Norwegian butter crisis