Editorial Reviews - Nbc Universal Television Stations From the Publisher Chapters: Nbc Owned-And-Operated Television Stations, Telemundo Owned-And-Operated Television Stations, Wnbc, Kntv, Wtvj, Wcau, Knbc, Wmaq-Tv, Kxas-Tv, Wrc-Tv, Knsd, Wkaq-Tv, Kvea, Wvit, Wscv, Wsns-Tv, Kxtx-Tv, Kwhy-Tv, Khrr, Wwdp, Wnju, Ktaz, New York Nonstop, Kvda, Ksts, Ktmd, Knso, Wneu, Kejt-Lp, Kblr, Kden-Tv. Excerpt: KNBC , channel 4, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network , licensed to Los Angeles , California . Its studios and offices are located within the NBC Studios complex in Burbank , California and its transmitter is based on Mount Wilson . In the few areas of the western United States where viewers cannot receive NBC programs over-the-air, KNBC is available on satellite to subscribers of DirecTV .KNBC is one of three NBC Universal -owned television stations in Los Angeles; the other two are Telemundo outlet KVEA (channel 52) and Spanish-language independent KWHY-TV (channel 22).History Channel 4 first went on the air on January 16, 1949, as KNBH (for NB C H ollywood ollywood ). It was the second-to-last of Los Angeles' VHF stations to debut, and the last of the five original NBC-owned stations to sign on. Unlike the other four, KNBH was the only NBC-owned television station which did not benefit from having a sister station on radio. NBC Radio was affiliated with KFI in Los Angeles, and that relationship extended into television in August 1948 when KFI-TV (channel 9, now KCAL-TV ) was launched as an NBC television affiliate. When KNBH signed on, KFI-TV was forced to relinquish its rights to NBC programming, though KFI radio retained its relationship with the network.The station changed its call letters KRCA-TV (for NBC's then-parent company, the R adio C orporation of A merica adio C orporation of A merica ) in 1954. The call sign was c... Synopsis Chapters: Nbc Owned-And-Operated Television Stations, Telemundo Owned-And-Opera