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1
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Name at least 10 of the channels that are owned or joint ventured by NBC Universal?

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NBCNBC Sports NetworkGolf ChannelComcast SportsNet GroupSyfyChillerClooE!HallmarkUSA NetworkUniversal HDBravoEsquire NetworkOxygenSproutTVOneTelemundomun2CNBCCNBC WorldMSNBCThe Weather Channel

2
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Name the joint venture channels that NBC Universal is affiliated with?

A

Esquire and TvOne

3
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The world’s largest mass media group?

A

NBCUniversal

4
Q

Who redesigned the NBC Universal logo?

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Wolff Olins

5
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Where is NBCUniversal headquartered?

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Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhatten, NY

6
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What is the current name of the building where NBC is housed and what will it be named in the future?

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GE Building & Comcast Building

7
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NBC is sometimes referred to as?

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The Peacock Network

8
Q

The oldest major broadcast network in the United States?

A

NBC

9
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In 1943, NBC was forced by the FCC to sell both it’s networks. What were the two networks named?

A

NBC Blue Network and NBC Red Network

10
Q

NBC Blue Network was sold of to who and later renamed what?

A

Life Savers magnate Edward J. Noble and later renamed American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

11
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What is the note sequence for the famous three-note NBC chime?

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G, E, C

12
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In 1939, NBC was the first broadcaster to televise the president to the public, who was he?

A

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

13
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Establishing many “firsts” in the history of television, NBC was the first to take cameras to these professional sporting events?

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NFL and MLB in the New York City area (1939)

14
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What was the first NBC Television “network” program broadcast?

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“Meet The Wife” in 1940

15
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The first official, paid television advertisement that broadcast, seen just before the start of a Brooklyn Dodgers baseball telecast on WNBT?

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Bulova Watches commercial

16
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The first transcontinental telecasts took place when?

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September 1951

17
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In the summer of 1954, NBC broadcast this first program to air all episodes in color?

A

The Marriage

18
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Was the first color television station in the nation (airing at least six hours of color broadcasts a day)?

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WMAQ-TV Chicago

19
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What was the first color television broadcast of a college football game?

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The 1962 Rose Bowl

20
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What was the first soap opera to premiere in color?

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Days of Our Lives

21
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An advertising slogan that was used to brand its prime time blocks during the 1990s, and most often applied to the network’s Thursday night lineup?

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Must See TV

22
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Enjoyed great success in the ’90s due in large part to the Chicago Bulls’ run of six championships with superstar Michael Jordan?

A

NBA on NBC

23
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The first full-length prime-time television shows to play On-Demand content on mobile phones?

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The Office & Heroes

24
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Which NBC show after 20 seasons, tied it with Gunsmoke for the record for longest-running scripted drama?

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Law & Order