Talk:NBC/Archive 1

"NBC Universal Television"??

Who calls the National Broadcasting Company "NBC Universal Television"? This is not the name that Americans know it as. If anything, NBC should redirect to the National Broadcasting Company article, like it USED TO, and make all these less-known NBC thingies into NBC (disambiguation). Mike H 05:28, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)

A recent announcement that this logo would be used again suggests an "NBC Snake" remake may be used when the network would enter fully at the HDTV era.

When was this announced? I can't verify this on the Internet. Can someone provide a link to the announcement?

NBC Pictures

I wanted to cut up the logo montage to place individual logos with each description. However, there are ungodly gaps in the text, which look awful. I think a friend of mine was using Mozilla Firefox or something of the like, and he said it looked fine. IE doesn't make it look pretty. Can someone help? Mike H 05:20, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)

Page move

(from WP:RM - page not moved)

NBC → National Broadcasting Company

• Please help me with move. National Broadcasting Company is the official name of NBC Universal's US broadcast subsidiary. Edwin 22:15, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Agree. --Whosyourjudas (talk) 23:17, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Undecided. I'm inclined to agree with you, but I need better reasons to jump aboard. I don't see the need when the redirect as it currently is suffices...as is the case also with Columbia Broadcasting System redirecting to CBS, and British Broadcasting Corporation redirecting to BBC. The only one I've found, of the major American networks that breaks this mold is ABC which goes to a dsambig that lists American Broadcasting Company (FOX isn't an acronym, so they don't count). PBS and NPR redirect to the long form, but they're different anyway. Give me something more, and I'll change my vote, but I haven't been won over. —ExplorerCDT 07:47, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Explorer, why are PBS and NPR different?? You say "they're different" like the reason is totally obvious. I have no idea what reason you have in mind. 99,999 times out of 100,000, when someone says "PBS", they mean Public Broadcasting Service, same for NPR. I see no difference. Revolver 21:25, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

The most likely reason, according to Bkonrad, is that the full name National Broadcasting Company is no longer official, but that Public Broadcasting Service still is. Georgia guy 23:53, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

• • Disagree. Explorer up there gave some good reasons to leave it alone. SECProto 19:16, Dec 11, 2004 (UTC)
    • The name should be the official name, also NBC could refer to the 'National Bowling Congress' or the 'Newfoundland Barbering Commission', National Broadcasting Company is clear, and doesn't leave many other options as to its identity. Edwin 21:00, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
      • I guess you could make NBC a disambiguation page, but I'd say about 99,999 people out of 100,000 will be looking for the National Broadcasting Company, not the Newfoundland Barbering Commission or the National Bowling Congress. But, I guess this is trying to be all-encompassing, so an admin can go ahead and change it, but i'm not changing my vote :P SECProto 03:40, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)
  • Oppose - isn't the National Broadcasting Company likely to be by far the most likely intended article? There is an NBC (disambiguation) article so I would leave this where it is. -- ALoan (Talk) 22:07, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Abbreviation is overwhelmingly more common, and other expansions are nowhere near as widely known. [[User:Smyth|– Smyth]] 19:57, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Georgia Tech vs. who?

...someone at NBC in New York heard the WSB version of the notes during a networked broadcast of a Georgia Tech football game and asked permission to use it on the national network.'

Who was Georgia Tech's opponent? This line makes it seem like they were the only team playing. If we don't know who the opponent was, perhaps we should remove the mention of Georgia Tech? Beginning 03:43, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)

• Agree.--Firsfron 01:39, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I've replaced it with a more general "collegiate football" reference until we determine the opponent. Beginning 03:45, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)

Looks good to me.--Firsfron 01:23, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

You aren't going to find an opponent. The story is a myth.

College football games simply did not have the popularity to warrant a national network radio broadcast in 1927. While researching my own NBC chimes history page The NBC Chimes Museum I discovered that during the time period this intrusion of the WSB chimes over the NBC network is alleged to have happened, Georgia Tech was the owner of WSB's biggest competitor, station WGST. WGST was the exclusive home of Georgia Tech football and radio broadcasts from the time Georgia Tech took it over in 1923 until they sold the station in the 1980s. --Shoshani 03:19, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

List of Affiliates in Intro

It owns and operates stations serving the Chicago; Philadelphia; Los Angeles; Miami; New York City; Washington, D.C.; San Jose; Dallas/Fort Worth; San Diego; Hartford, Connecticut; Raleigh; Columbus, Ohio; Birmingham, Alabama; and Providence, Rhode Island markets.

Is this really necessary, given the List of NBC affiliates article we already have? An incomplete list of affiliates really doesn't belong in the intro, in my humble opinion. I'll be bold for now, and remove it.

Danthemankhan 03:57, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)

NBCi

The page NBCi redirects to NBC, but the article doesn't even mention the network's failed internet venture, NBCi. -T2X 06:17, July 11, 2005 (UTC)

logo section too long

The logo section takes up almost 30% of the article. This is way out of proportion to its importance. Why not a separate article? Revolver 21:47, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Done; at National Broadcasting Company logos. Georgia guy 18:40, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

ABC in lead?

Should ABC really be mentioned prominently in the lead of this article? -Scm83x 02:32, 9 December 2005 (UTC)no way! this article is for nbc and nbc only

NBC News and the BBC?

I've never heard of any sort of agreement between NBC News and BBC News, as is mentioned in the NBC News section of this article. I think, but I'm far from certain (or authoritative), that the BBC actually teamed up with ABC News. (I've seen a BBC reporter on ABC's early-morning program, "World News Now.") Again, I'm far from certain and certainly not an authority on the subject. --Oddtoddnm 06:46, 10 June 2006 (UTC)