Formed in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America, the National Broadcasting Company became the first and oldest major broadcast network in the United States, building a national radio chain from RCA's existing stations and then leading the move into television in the following decades.
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The two oldest of the American Big Three broadcast networks, rivals across radio and then television from the 1920s onward.
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RCA founded NBC in 1926.
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NBC was formed in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) as the first and oldest major broadcast network in the United States.
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The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television network, serving as the flagship property of NBC Entertainment, a division of NBCUniversal, which is a subsidiary of Comcast.
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In 1926, the company founded the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), the first nationwide radio network.
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