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12 unusual facts about WNBC


Andrew Glassman

Andrew Glassman started his career as an Emmy Award- winning investigative broadcast journalist during which he appeared on-air at NBC News, CNBC, MSNBC, WCAU, and WNBC.

Gene Weltfish

The FBI investigated Weltfish's activities noting her political engagement in the Congress of American Women, her signatures on civil rights petitions, and her appearance on the radio station WNBC.

Kathryn Eisman

Kathryn started her career as lifestyle reporter at WNBC's morning news show, Today in New York as a reporter/producer.

Lauren Scala

She currently serves as the traffic reporter on WNBC's Today in New York and as a features reporter/host for the station's daily lifestyle show "New York Live." From 2010 until 2012, Lauren has been the host of WNBC's Live Interactive Trivia Game on the Saturday edition of Today in New York' during the 9am broadcast.

Lou Nova

He went on to defeat Max Baer in the first televised heavyweight prizefight June 1, 1939, on WNBT-TV in New York.

Mariann Aalda

In addition to acting, Aalda co-hosted the lifestyle show, Designs for Living on the USA Network and was a reporter for Now!, an entertainment news show for WNBC.

Non-Stop New York

:For the NBC-owned digital subchannel "New York Nonstop", see WNBC.

Perri Peltz

Peltz's previous stint at WNBC was from 1987 to 1996 where she co-anchored Weekend Today in New York with Ken Taylor and Weekend editions of News 4 New York at 6 and 11 with Ralph Penza.

Republican National Convention

It was carried by an early version of the NBC Television Network, and consisted of flagship W2XBS (now WNBC) in New York City, W3XE (now KYW-TV) in Philadelphia and W2XB (now WRGB) in Schenectady/Albany.

Robert Bazell

In 1976, he began his long career in broadcast journalism by joining WNBC in New York as a reporter before moving to NBC News.

The Millionaire's Wife

The book was included in an NBC New York story in October 2013 about a juror in the trial of defendant Manuel Martinez.

WNBT

WNBC, a television station (channel 4) licensed to New York, New York, United States, which formerly used the call sign WNBT from 1941 to 1954.


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1993–94 Houston Rockets season

During Game 5 (June 17, 1994) most NBC affiliates (with the noted exception being WNBC-TV out of New York) split the coverage of the game between NFL Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson's slow speed freeway chase with the LAPD.

Bill McCord

In his later years with the network, up to his retirement in 1980, McCord's announcing work largely consisted of sub-announcing on NBC Nightly News and the one-minute NBC News Updates (as a frequent fill-in for regular announcer Bill Hanrahan), as well as occasional booth announcing duties for the local flagship station, WNBC-TV.

Cape May Times

The Cape May Times was created in 2001 by Jane Kashlak, a former WNBC investigative producer and five-time New York Emmy Award winner.

Chuck Scarborough

Since 1974 Scarborough has been the lead male news anchor at WNBC-TV, the New York City flagship station of the NBC Television Network, and has also appeared on NBC News.

He appeared in The Adjustment Bureau, reporting a story for WNBC on the film's protagonist, David Norris (Matt Damon), and in two episodes of the NBC sitcom Veronica's Closet.

Frank Cipolla

In July 1986 he was hired as the afternoon news anchor for the Soupy Sales Radio Show on WNBC.

Jay DeDapper

In 2007 Jay and colleague Melissa Russo helped create the first local political video podcast Politics to Go for WNBC-TV.

Jersey's Talking

Leonard worked previously for CBS Sports’ The NFL Today, NBC Sports, ABC Talk Radio, WNBC-AM, WABC-AM, WNEW-TV’s Midday Live and Sports Extra, and CNBC.

Joe Crummey

Earlier in his career, Crummey was a disc jockey at New York's WNBC and WAPP (where he briefly partnered on-air with Mark McEwen) in the 1980s, before moving to talk radio at stations such as KFI and KABC in Los Angeles, and KFYI in Phoenix.

Kyle Rote

Following his playing career, Rote served as the Giants backfield coach and was sports broadcaster for WNEW radio, NBC, and WNBC New York.

Lloyd Robertson

Robertson has outlasted Kirck, the late Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Bob Schieffer, Tom Brokaw, and the late Peter Jennings to become the longest-serving network news anchor in television history; he is also one of the longest-serving news anchors on English-language North American television (network or local) along with KTRK-TV (Houston)'s Dave Ward, WNBC (New York)'s Chuck Scarborough and KING-TV (Seattle)'s Jean Enersen.

Miguel Marquez

His earlier journalistic positions have included stints with WNBC-TV in New York City (1998–1999) and KSAZ-TV in Phoenix, Arizona (1999–2002).

News 4 New York

The editoral and supervision was successfully overseen and refinded by Ron Kershaw, News Director for WNBC.

NY Wired

The show was hosted by WNBC weather forecaster Janice Huff during its first season, when the show was televised on that station.

Pat Harper

After Harper's run on WNBC ended in April 1991, she retired from the news business and moved to Capileira, Spain.

Paul Batista

Since 1991, Batista has regularly appeared as a guest commentator on legal subjects on Court TV, CNN, HLN and WNBC.

Ray Forrest

Forrest hosted New York City's earliest and one of the most distinctive children's TV variety series called Children's Theater, which was seen on Saturday mornings on New York's WNBT/WRCA TV Channel 4 (even before it became WNBC) from 1949 to June 1961.

Richard Pildes

During the 2000 Presidential election controversy, he had an exclusive media contract with NBC and appeared frequently on NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, MSNBC, and WNBC-TV.

This Week in Science

Through this fellowship she worked as a television news producer at WNBC News in New York City working with noted health and science reporter Dr. Max Gomez.

WVGN-LD

The station simulcasts the 6:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m., and 11:00 p.m. ET editions of WNBC's News 4 New York broadcasts.