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{{Short description|Television station in Los Angeles}}
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{{About|a television station that has formerly used the call sign KRCA|the television station that currently uses that call sign|KRCA}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KNBC
| logo = KNBC 2023.svg
| logo_upright = .8
| image = Knbcstudiobldg.JPG
| image_upright = 1
| caption = Current studio building shared by KNBC and [[KVEA]]
| branding = NBC 4 Los Angeles; ''NBC 4 News''
| digital = 36 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 4
| translators = ''see {{section link||Translators}}''
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''4.1:''' [[NBC]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| owner = [[NBC Owned Television Stations]]
| licensee = NBC Telemundo License [[LLC]]
| location = [[Los Angeles]], California
| country = United States
| founded = 1947<ref>{{cite web|title=Six Los Angeles video grants; Don Lee delayed |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/46-OCR/1946-12-23-BC-OCR-Page-0090.pdf |periodical=Broadcasting – Telecasting |page=90 |date=December 23, 1946 }}</ref>
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1949|01|16|p=y}}
| callsign_meaning = National Broadcasting Company
| sister_stations = [[KVEA]]
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KNBH (1949–1954)|KRCA (1954–1962)|KNBC-TV (1986–1995)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 4 ([[VHF]], 1949–2009)}}
| erp = 665 [[kW]]
| haat = {{convert|991|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 47906
| coordinates = {{coord|34|13|32|N|118|3|55|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://nbclosangeles.com}}
}}

'''KNBC''' (channel 4) is a [[television station]] in [[Los Angeles]], California, United States. It is the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship station]] of the [[NBC]] television network, [[owned and operated]] through its [[NBC Owned Television Stations]] division. Under common ownership with [[Corona, California|Corona]]-licensed [[Telemundo]] outlet [[KVEA]] (channel 52), the two stations share studio facilities at the Brokaw News Center in the northwest corner of the [[Universal Studios Hollywood]] lot off [[Lankershim Boulevard]] in [[Universal City, California|Universal City]]; KNBC's transmitter is located on [[Mount Wilson (California)|Mount Wilson]].

==History==
Channel 4 first went on the air as KNBH (standing for "NBC [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]") on January 16, 1949.<ref>{{cite web|title=KNBH (TV); new NBC outlet is sixth TV station in L.A. |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/49-OCR/1949-01-17-BC-OCR-Page-0034.pdf |periodical=Broadcasting – Telecasting |page=34 |date=January 17, 1949 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=KNBH/NBC advertisement |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/49-OCR/1949-01-10-BC-OCR-Page-0037.pdf |periodical=Broadcasting – Telecasting |page=37 |date=January 10, 1949 }}</ref> It was the second-to-last [[VHF]] station in Los Angeles to debut, and the last of NBC's five original [[owned-and-operated station]]s to sign on. Unlike the other four, KNBH was the only NBC-owned television station that did not benefit from having a sister radio station. Though the [[NBC Radio Network]] had long been affiliated with [[KFI]] in Los Angeles, that relationship did not extend into television when [[KFI-TV]] (channel 9, now [[KCAL-TV]]) signed on in August 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=L.A.'s 'Mt. Millions' |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/48-OCR/1948-12-27-BC-OCR-Page-0076.pdf |periodical=Broadcasting – Telecasting |page=76 |date=December 27, 1948 }}</ref> When KNBH signed on, it marked the debut of NBC programs on the West Coast. Channel 4 originally broadcast from the NBC Radio City Studios on [[Sunset Boulevard]] and [[Vine Street]] in Hollywood.

The station changed its callsign to KRCA (for NBC's then-parent company, the [[Radio Corporation of America]]) on October 18, 1954.<ref>{{cite web|title=RCA replaces NBC in O&O calls |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/54-OCR/1954-10-04-BC-OCR-Page-0078.pdf |periodical=Broadcasting – Telecasting |page=78 |date=October 4, 1954 }}</ref> The call letters were changed again on November 11, 1962, when NBC moved the KNBC identity from its San Francisco radio station (which became [[KNBR (AM)|KNBR]]) and applied it to channel 4 in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC call changes |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/62-OCR/1962-07-23-BC-OCR-Page-0053.pdf |periodical=Broadcasting |page=53 |date=July 23, 1962 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=KNBC to L.A. |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/62-OCR/1962-11-12-BC-OCR-Page-0064.pdf |periodical=Broadcasting |page=72 |date=November 12, 1962 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=KNBC (TV) advertisement |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/62-OCR/1962-11-12-BC-OCR-Page-0057.pdf |periodical=Broadcasting |page=65 |date=November 12, 1962 }}</ref> That call letter change coincided with the station's physical relocation from NBC Radio City to the network's color broadcast studio facility in suburban [[Burbank, California|Burbank]]. [[NBC Color City]], as it was then known, had been in operation since March 1955, and was at least four to five times larger than Radio City, and could easily accommodate KNBC's locally produced studio programming. NBC Radio's West Coast operations eventually followed channel 4 to Burbank not too long after.

===KNBC===
The station officially modified its callsign to KNBC-TV in August 1986,<ref>{{cite web|title=For the Record–Call letters–Grants–Existing TV's |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/86-OCR/BC-1986-08-18-OCR-Page-0076.pdf |periodical=Broadcasting |page=78 |date=August 18, 1986 }}</ref> shortly after NBC and RCA were purchased by [[General Electric]]; the -TV suffix was dropped effective September 6, 1995.<ref>{{cite web |title=KNBC Facility Data |url=https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=KNBC |website=fccdata.org}}</ref>

On October 11, 2007, NBCUniversal announced that it would put its Burbank studios up for sale and construct a new, all-digital facility near the [[Universal Studios Hollywood]] backlot in [[Universal City, California|Universal City]], to merge all of NBCUniversal's West Coast operations (including KNBC, KVEA and [[NBC News]]' Los Angeles bureau) into one area. The studio opened on February 1, 2014.<ref name="UniversalStudios">{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS100977845920120105| agency=Reuters | title=NBCU Reveals New West Coast HQ Plans After Scuttling Earlier Project | date=January 5, 2012}}</ref>  Shortly thereafter, NBCUniversal named the new broadcast center in honor of former KNBC and NBC News anchor/reporter [[Tom Brokaw]], christened the Brokaw News Center.<ref name="BrokawNewsCenter">{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-tom-brokaw-nbcuniversal-20140429-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times | title=Tom Brokaw gets his name on NBC facility; newsman fighting cancer | date=April 28, 2014}}</ref>

In fall 2007 with the rollout of digital broadcasting, the station began airing a 24/7 newschannel News Raw on the .2 subchannel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Romano |first1=Allison |title=Local Stations Multiply |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/112773-Local_Stations_Multiply.php |access-date=May 13, 2020 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=March 10, 2008 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Whitney|first=Daisy|title=NBC Goes 'Nonstop' on Subchannel|url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/03/nbc_goes_nonstop_on_subchannel.php |newspaper=tvweek.com |date=March 2009 |access-date=July 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713081459/http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/03/nbc_goes_nonstop_on_subchannel.php|archive-date=July 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

KNBC ended regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 4, on June 12, 2009, as part of the [[Digital television transition in the United States|federally mandated transition from analog to digital television]].<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{cite web |title=Attachment I DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |website=FCC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013}}</ref> The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition [[UHF]] channel 36,<ref name="FCCForm387">[http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101309339&formid=387&fac_num=47906 CDBS Print]. Fjallfoss.fcc.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2012.</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 4. Since the station qualified for the [[Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act|nightlight clause]] in the [[DTV Delay Act]],<ref name="FCC Nightlight">{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-291375A1.pdf|title=UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=June 12, 2009|access-date=June 4, 2012}}</ref> it was required to keep its analog signal on for two weeks from June 12 to 26, 2009 to inform viewers of the digital television transition, consisting of a loop of digital transition [[public service announcement]]s, while the digital channel was used for normal programming.

On January 1, 2014, [[Universal Sports]] transitioned into a cable- and satellite-exclusive service, causing its affiliates (such as KNBC) to replace the network and remove the channel from their digital signals entirely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/01/universal-sports-didnt-disappear-it-just-seems-that-way.html|title=Universal Sports channel didn't disappear, it just seems that way|last=Flint|first=Joe|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 4, 2012|access-date=July 28, 2016}}</ref>

===NBC California Nonstop===
{{See also|Cozi TV}}
[[File:NBC CA Nonstop Logo.png|right|thumb|150px|Logo for NBC California Nonstop.]]
KNBC operated NBC California Nonstop, a collaboration between KNBC and two other NBC-owned stations in California ([[KNSD]] in [[San Diego]] and [[KNTV]] in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]) which launched on May 3, 2011, and replaced programming from [[NBC Plus]] on the second [[digital subchannels]] of all three stations. In the case of KNBC, it was the second news-oriented digital channel operated by the station, as digital channel 4.2 featured a rolling news format under the name NewsRaw (which moved from digital channel 4.4 upon Weather Plus' shutdown on December 1, 2008), before the launch of California Nonstop.<ref name=bc1>{{cite news|title=Station Ownership in the Top 25 Markets|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/file/2450-Station_Ownership_Top_25_Markets.pdf?force=true|access-date=July 28, 2012|newspaper=broadcastingcable.com|date=January 24, 2009|page=3|format=PDF}}</ref> Each station produced a local newscast at 7 p.m. that was tailored to their respective market. For the Los Angeles feed of the channel, Colleen Williams anchored the hour-long ''Nonstop News LA''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 2, 201|first=Mark|last=Lacter |title=NBC to launch news and information channel for California|url=http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2011/05/nbc_to_launch_news_a.php|access-date=November 13, 2021|website=LA Biz Observed|language=en}}</ref> NBC California Nonstop ended on December 20, 2012, when Cozi TV was launched.

==Programming==
===Sports programming===
The station has had a long history of carrying Los Angeles sports teams via [[NBC Sports]]. The station aired select [[Dodgers]] games from their arrival in Los Angeles in [[1958 Los Angeles Dodgers season|1958]] until [[1989 Los Angeles Dodgers season|1989]] (and games featuring the [[California Angels]] from their establishment in [[1961 Los Angeles Angels season|1961]] to [[1989 California Angels season|1989]]) via [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC's Major League Baseball broadcast contract]]; this included the Dodgers' [[World Series]] victories in [[1959 World Series|1959]], [[1963 World Series|1963]], [[1965 World Series|1965]] and [[1988 World Series|1988]]. Channel 4 was the station of record for the [[NFL]]'s [[Las Vegas Raiders|Raiders]] during [[History of the Los Angeles Raiders|their tenure in Los Angeles]] from [[1982 Los Angeles Raiders season|1982]] to [[1994 Los Angeles Raiders season|1994]], and also airs any [[Lakers]] and [[Los Angeles Clippers|Clippers]] games that are part of the ''[[NBA on NBC]]'' from 1990 to 2002 and starting again in 2025. This included the Lakers championships in [[2000 NBA Finals|2000]], [[2001 NBA Finals|2001]] and [[2002 NBA Finals|2002]] and the team's appearance in [[1991 NBA Finals|1991]]. Additionally, it served as the home station for the [[Rose Bowl Game]] in [[Pasadena]] from its first telecast in [[1952 Rose Bowl|1952]] until [[1988 Rose Bowl|1988]].

KNBC also provided local coverage of [[Super Bowl VII]], which was hosted at [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] (and was the first Super Bowl televised in the host city), as well as Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XI|XI]], [[Super Bowl XVII|XVII]], and [[Super Bowl XXVII|XXVII]], which were hosted at the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]. Furthermore, the station provided local coverage of [[Super Bowl LVI]], which was held at [[SoFi Stadium]] in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]] and won by the [[Los Angeles Rams|Rams]]. The [[first Super Bowl]], which was also held at the Coliseum and broadcast on both NBC and [[NFL on CBS|CBS]], did not air on KNBC or KNXT (channel 2, now [[KCBS-TV]]), due to the [[National Football League television blackout policies|NFL's blackout policy of the time]], which did not allow home telecasts of games regardless of whether they were sold out, including playoffs and the league championship game, and that policy extended to the host cities for the first six Super Bowls—Los Angeles, Miami ([[Super Bowl II|II]], [[Super Bowl III|III]], [[Super Bowl V|V]]), and [[New Orleans]] ([[Super Bowl IV|IV]] and [[Super Bowl VI|VI]]). The [[American Football League]], before its merger with the NFL starting with the [[1970 NFL season|1970 season]], also had a similar home blackout policy to the NFL's, and starting with the [[1973 NFL season|1973 season]], home games were allowed to be televised in the local market, so long as the game sold out 72 hours in advance (the blackout rules were lifted completely in 2015). This allowed KNBC to televise any [[Los Angeles Rams]] inter-conference home games via [[NFL on NBC|NBC's AFC Sunday afternoon package]] if the game was sold out in advance; the first such game was the final home game of the [[1973 Los Angeles Rams season|1973 season]], as the Rams hosted the [[1973 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]] at the Coliseum on December 16.

Until 2021, the station aired select games involving the [[Los Angeles Kings]] and [[Anaheim Ducks]] via [[NHL on NBC|NBC]]'s broadcast contract with the [[NHL]], including [[Stanley Cup Finals]] victories in [[2007 Stanley Cup Finals|2007]] for the Ducks, and [[2012 Stanley Cup Finals|2012]] and [[2014 Stanley Cup Finals|2014]] for the Kings. Today, KNBC carries any Rams and/or [[Los Angeles Chargers|Chargers]] games that are chosen for ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football]]'' (the station previously aired any Rams home inter-conference games from 1973 to [[1994 Los Angeles Rams season|1994]] when NBC had the [[American Football Conference|AFC]] broadcast package), including the Rams' victory in Super Bowl LVI (notably as the second NFL team to play in and win a Super Bowl at its home stadium, although the Rams were designated as the visiting team). It will also be the home station when Los Angeles hosts the [[2028 Summer Olympics]] and will share the Universal Studios lot with international broadcasters covering the Games.

Since [[2024 UCLA Bruins football team|20]][[2024 USC Trojans football team|24]], the station aired select college football games involving the [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA Bruins]] and [[USC Trojans football|USC Trojans]] as part of ''[[College Football on NBC Sports|Big Ten Saturday Night]]''.

===News operation===
As of 2022, KNBC broadcasts 44 hours, 25 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 7 hours, 35 minutes each weekday, three hours on Saturdays, and {{frac|3|1|2}} hours on Sundays). The station's newscasts have historically more of a "serious" tone covering issues (such as politics, government, education, and the economy) than other Los Angeles area newscasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-22-ca-15912-story.html|title=For Marlow, Local News Is Still Worth Taking Seriously|first=Steve|last=Weinstein|date=October 22, 1987|access-date=October 2, 2016|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In 2010, the [[Norman Lear Center]] at the [[University of Southern California]] found KNBC to have the least coverage of crime and the second-highest coverage of local government and sports and weather, compared to other Los Angeles stations. As part of a 2012 investment by parent company Comcast, KNBC's newscasts added 18 employees and produced more enterprise reporting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20120123/knbcchannel-4-gets-makeover-but-will-it-fly|title=KNBC/Channel 4 gets makeover, but will it fly?|website=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|date=January 23, 2012|access-date=October 2, 2016}}</ref> The station runs a special hour-long newscast on Sunday nights during the NFL season where ''NBC Sunday Night Football'' telecasts preempt the 6&nbsp;p.m. newscast. On election nights, KNBC runs a special extended edition of its 11&nbsp;p.m. newscast to show early election results.

[[File:NBC Studios.jpg|thumb|left|NBC Studios in [[Burbank, California]], 1978.]]
In April 1968. channel 4 revamped its news programs into the ''KNBC News Service'' (stylized on the air as ''KNBC Newservice'') which, when combined with the ''[[Huntley-Brinkley Report]]'', comprised the first {{frac|2|1|2}}-hour-long block of early-evening local and national news on a major-market television station in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=KNBC(TV) expands evening news service to 2 1/2 hours |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/68-OCR/1968-05-13-BC-OCR-Page-0074.pdf |periodical=Broadcasting |page=74 |date=May 13, 1968 }}</ref> The ''KNBC Newservice'' lasted until March 1976, when the newscasts adopted the ''NewsCenter 4'' title. NBC made similar changes to newscasts in other markets around the same time, and channel 4 shared the ''NewsCenter'' branding with sister stations [[WNBC-TV]] in New York City, [[WRC-TV]] in Washington, D.C., and [[WMAQ-TV]] in Chicago. KNBC's newscasts were the last to drop the ''NewsCenter'' moniker, rebranding to ''News 4 LA'' in July 1982 as the station also launched a new hour-long newscast at 4&nbsp;pm. The branding changed once more to ''Channel 4 News'' in August 1985. In October 1984, the station cut back its 6 p.m. newscast by 30 minutes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Margulies |first=Lee |title=First cutback in years: KNBC trims local news by 30 minutes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-first-cutback-in-y/176836996/ |access-date=July 16, 2025 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 17, 1984 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=VI–9 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> While KNBC became known on-air as ''NBC 4'' in 1995, the ''Channel 4 News'' branding was so well established in Southern California that the title was retained for 26 years until 2011, when it became ''NBC 4 News''.

For most of the last 50 years, KNBC has waged a spirited battle with [[KABC-TV]] for the top-rated local newscast in Southern California, becoming a three-way race with KCBS-TV's ratings resurgence in 2006. Throughout the late 1980s and into the early 2000s, KNBC's newscasts were the most-watched in the region, beating out every other station viewership-wise, which coincided with NBC's overall ratings at the time. Channel 4's 11&nbsp;p.m. newscast currently sits in the first place (adults 25–54) and has been for nine months straight; most of the station's other newscasts, including its once-popular morning news program, ''[[Today in L.A.]]'', the area's first local morning newscast (which debuted in 1986), now is battling for second place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://franklinavenue.blogspot.com/2014/05/may-sweeps-la-tv-ratings-good-month-for.html|title=Franklin Avenue: May Sweeps L.A. TV Ratings: Good Month for KABC, KCAL, KTLA|last=Mike|date=May 23, 2014|access-date=October 2, 2016}}</ref>

For many years, KNBC produced a late afternoon newscast at 4&nbsp;pm, which was dropped in 2002, in favor of ''[[Dr. Phil (talk show)|Dr. Phil]]'' (that program moved to KCBS-TV in 2004, and was replaced by ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' through the end of the show's run in 2022). The station also had an hour-long 11&nbsp;a.m. newscast, which later was trimmed to a half-hour before ultimately being canceled at the start of the [[2010 Winter Olympics]]. The station revived its midday newscast as a half-hour program at noon in early 2012, which expanded to one hour that September. KNBC became the fifth station in the Los Angeles market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in [[high-definition television|high definition]] on July 14, 2008 (Spanish-language sister station KVEA and former sister [[KSCN-TV|KWHY-TV]] also converted their newscasts to HD at the same time). On December&nbsp;6, 2011, KNBC entered into a partnership with [[public radio]] station [[KPCC (radio station)|KPCC]] as part of a larger effort by NBCUniversal to partner with non-profit news organizations following its acquisition by [[Comcast]].<ref name=lat-knbckpcc>{{cite news|title=Quick Takes: NBC, nonprofits to team|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-quick-20111206,0,7267633.story|access-date=December 10, 2011|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 6, 2011}}</ref>

In 2006, KNBC launched a local news channel on digital channel 4.4 called ''News Raw'', that provided hourly news updates, additional information on breaking news stories, and previewed news stories scheduled to air on the main channel's newscasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knbc-has-raw-deal-put-144192 |first1=Cynthia |last1=Littleton |title=KNBC has Raw deal to put more news on air|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=November 27, 2006|access-date=October 2, 2016}}</ref> After Universal Sports was launched in 2008, ''News Raw'' became a part-time channel, and was later dropped when KNBC expanded Universal Sports programming on the former subchannel to 24 hours a day. Mekahlo Medina, the host of ''News Raw'', has received national attention for his integration of social media into local newscasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newszou.com/how-knbcs-mekahlo-medina-integrates-social-media-into-tv-news-everyday/|title=How KNBC's Mekahlo Medina Integrates Social Media Into TV News Everyday|date=March 21, 2014 |first1=Meg |last1=McLeod |website=NewsZou |access-date=October 2, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323060324/http://newszou.com/how-knbcs-mekahlo-medina-integrates-social-media-into-tv-news-everyday/|archive-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Universal Studios Gate 3 Lankershim 2015-04-19.jpg|thumb|The Brokaw News Center, new location at the Universal lot, 2015]]
In summer 2016, changes were brought to KNBC's daytime lineup which led to the restoration of the 4&nbsp;p.m. newscast, allowing the station to complete with KCBS-TV and its sister independent station KCAL-TV (which moved its 4 p.m. newscast from KCBS-TV in 2002) and KABC-TV (which began airing its 4 p.m. newscast into the period in September 1980).<ref>{{cite news|title=4 NBC Stations to Launch Afternoon Newscast|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/4-nbc-stations-to-launch-afternoon-newscast/161020|date=January 4, 2016 |first1=Kevin |last1=Eck |website=Adweek |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230328171622/https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/4-nbc-stations-to-launch-afternoon-newscast/ |archive-date= March 28, 2023 }}</ref> On July&nbsp;24, 2016, KNBC became the tenth (and final) NBC-owned station and the third (and final) owned station in the West Coast to use its "Look N" graphics that is first implemented by the NBC O&Os in the East Coast in summer of that year; also its mic flags were updated, the color scheme was now blue with a white 4 instead of its white with a blue 4 color scheme; before this, KNBC along with sister stations KNTV and KNSD revamped their websites on July&nbsp;1, 2016. In July 2016, KNBC entered into a partnership agreement with [[Cumulus Media]]—owned [[KABC radio]] to carry the simulcasts of the first half-hour of ''Today in L.A.'' morning newscasts and the station's 6&nbsp;p.m. weeknight newscasts; additionally, some of the station's on-air talent occasionally appeared as guests on KABC's programs.

On July 31, 2017, KNBC began its expansion of ''Today in L.A.'' morning newscast, an extra half-hour was added to begin its start time to 4&nbsp;am; additionally, became the second station in Los Angeles and Southern California to expand it to the time period, following [[KTLA]] who began expanding [[KTLA Morning News|its morning newscast]] to their time period in 2012.

On January 2, 2019, it was announced that the station's hour-long midday newscast will be cutting to a half-hour along with its in-state sister stations KNTV and KNSD in favor of the brand new lifestyle show ''California Live'' beginning January 7.

On June 7, 2021, KNBC premiered a new 30-minute 7 p.m. newscast.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2021 |title=WNBC, KNBC Add 7 PM Newscasts |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/knbc-adds-evening-newscast/231771/ |first1=Kevin |last1=Eck |website=Adweek |url-access=registration |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930064653/https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/knbc-adds-evening-newscast/231771/ |archive-date= September 30, 2022 }}</ref>

In January 2022, KNBC announced that they will plan to launch a new streaming channel for NBCUniversal's streaming service [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]], under the name of "NBC LA News"; this comes following the announcement they would have a simultaneous rollout of streaming news channels starting with its sister stations in Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia and Boston launching on January 20; the said channel was launched on March 17, 2022.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Peacock to Launch 24/7 Local News Channels from NBC Owned Television Stations|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2022/01/20/peacock-to-launch-24-7-local-news-channels-from-nbc-owned-television-stations-23312/20220120peacock01/|publisher=[[NBC Owned Television Stations]]/[[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]]|date=January 20, 2022|accessdate=January 20, 2022|via=The Futon Critic|quote=News channels from NBC 4 New York (WNBC) and NBC 4 Los Angeles (KNBC) will be available to stream for free in the months ahead. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240205234229/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2022/01/20/peacock-to-launch-24-7-local-news-channels-from-nbc-owned-television-stations-23312/20220120peacock01/ |archive-date= February 5, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/nbc-new-york-news-nbc-los-angeles-news-go-live-on-peacock |first1=Michael |last1=Malone |magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|publisher=Nexttv |title=NBC New York News, NBC Los Angeles News Go Live On Peacock|date=March 17, 2022|access-date=March 17, 2022}}</ref>

On September 12, 2022, KNBC premiered a new 30-minute 3 p.m. newscast, followed by the live East Coast edition of ''[[NBC Nightly News]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2022 |title=KNBC Adding News to Replace Ellen, Airing Network Newscast at 3:30 |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/knbc-adding-news-to-replace-ellen-airing-network-newscast-at-330/242334/ |first1=Kevin |last1=Eck |website=Adweek |url-access=registration |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611021412/https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/knbc-adding-news-to-replace-ellen-airing-network-newscast-at-330/242334/ |archive-date= June 11, 2023 }}</ref>

====News team====
KNBC has had a very stable news team over the years: weeknight anchor [[Colleen Williams]] (who also occasionally reports for [[MSNBC]] and NBC News) and sports anchor [[Fred Roggin]] (also has the nickname "The Dean of L.A. Sports" and serves as a commentator for [[Olympics on NBC|NBC's Olympics coverage]]) have each been at the station at least thirty years or more. Former chief weathercaster [[Fritz Coleman]] (who like Roggin, has also occasionally appeared on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', and once hosted a late-night variety show for KNBC called ''It's Fritz'' from 1989 to the early 1990s) worked at the station from 1982 until his June 2020 retirement. Former anchor [[Paul Moyer]] worked two stints at channel&nbsp;4; first from 1972 to 1979 (when he began a 13-year run at rival KABC-TV) and from July 1992 until his April 2009 retirement. Like Moyer, anchor [[Chuck Henry]] was also a mainstay at KABC-TV, before making the move to channel 4 in January 1994. [[Kelly Lange]], [[Stu Nahan]], [[John Schubeck]], [[Tritia Toyota]], [[Jess Marlow]], [[David Sheehan]], [[John Beard (news anchor)|John Beard]] and [[Nick Clooney]] are other notables who have worked on KNBC's newscasts in the past. Another KNBC alum of note is consumer reporter [[David Horowitz (consumer advocate)|David Horowitz]], whose long-running syndicated series, ''Fight Back!'', began on channel 4 and was produced and distributed by NBC and [[Westinghouse Broadcasting|Group W]]. In 1987 during an afternoon newscast, a gun-wielding mental patient gained access to NBC Studios and took Horowitz hostage live on-air. With the gun pressed to his side, Horowitz calmly read the gunman's statements on camera. The man, identified as Gary Stollman, was caught with a toy gun and was arrested by local police. It led Horowitz to start a successful campaign to ban "look-alike" toy guns in several states, including California and New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fightback.com/about/history/history.html |title=Fight Back!™ History |website=Fight Back! |access-date=March 14, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326112342/http://www.fightback.com/about/history/history.html |archive-date=March 26, 2008 }}</ref>

Tom Brokaw began his NBC career as an anchor and reporter at KNBC in 1966, staying until he went over to national work for NBC News in 1973. Other notables who have worked at KNBC early in their careers prior to joining the network include [[Bryant Gumbel]], [[Ross Porter (sportscaster)|Ross Porter]], [[Pat Sajak]], [[Kent Shocknek]], [[Bob Abernethy]], [[Keith Morrison]] and [[Tom Snyder]].

=====Notable current on-air staff=====
'''Anchors'''
* [[Carolyn Johnson]]
* [[Robert Kovacik]]
* [[Kathy Vara]]
* [[Colleen Williams]]

'''Reporters'''
* [[Joel Grover]] – investigative reporter
* [[Conan Nolan]] – chief political reporter

=====Notable former on-air staff=====
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* [[Bob Abernethy]]
* [[Andy Adler]]
* [[Jim Avila]]
* [[John Beard (news anchor)|John Beard]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnbeard.com/bio.html|title=Bio|access-date=July 5, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Ross Becker]]
* [[Victor Bozeman]] – staff announcer
* [[Tom Brokaw]]
* [[Jim Brown]]
* [[Nick Clooney]]
* [[Fritz Coleman]]
* [[Sonya Crawford]]
* [[David Cruz (journalist)|David Cruz]]
* [[Linda Douglass]]
* [[Crystal Egger]]
* [[David Garcia (journalist)|David Garcia]]
* [[Garrett Glaser]]
* [[Bryant Gumbel]]
* [[Daniella Guzman]]
* [[Chick Hearn]] – longtime Lakers announcer who worked previously as a sports anchor when station was known as KRCA
* [[Chuck Henry]]
* Dr. Bruce Hensel
* [[David Horowitz (consumer advocate)|David Horowitz]]
* [[Desiree Horton]]
* [[Rafer Johnson]] – former Olympic track star who worked briefly as sports anchor
* [[Whit Johnson]]
* [[Kyung Lah]]
* [[Alycia Lane]]
* [[Kelly Lange]] – longtime news anchor
* [[Elita Loresca]]
* [[Jess Marlow]] – anchor (1966–1980, 1986–1997)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-29-et-quick29-story.html|title=Jess Marlow to retire and leave L.A.|last=Margulies|first=Lee|date=April 29, 2003|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 12, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Byron Miranda]]
* [[Robert W. Morgan]]
* [[Keith Morrison]]
* [[Paul Moyer]]
* [[Stu Nahan]]
* [[Kevin O'Connell (American TV personality)|Kevin O'Connell]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wgrz.com/life/community/persona.aspx?U=63f20688c0f74d548029151bd30cab32&plckUserId=63f20688c0f74d548029151bd30cab32&plckPersonaPage=PersonaProfile|title=Kevin O'Connell Basic Information|access-date=July 5, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Warren Olney (journalist)|Warren Olney]]
* [[Jack Perkins (reporter)|Jack Perkins]]
* [[Ross Porter (American broadcaster)|Ross Porter]]
* [[Francis Gary Powers]]
* [[Jacob Rascon]]
* [[Donald Rickles]] – staff announcer
* [[Fred Roggin]] – sports director and anchor<ref>{{Cite web|last=Villarreal|first=Pristine|date=December 4, 2023|title=A big announcement to make: You may have heard someone new is coming to NBC Palm Springs...and now we can reveal who it is!|url=https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2023/12/04/a-big-announcement-to-make-you-may-have-heard-someone-new-is-coming-to-nbc-palm-springs-and-now-we-can-reveal-who-it-is/|access-date=December 30, 2023|work=[[KMIR-TV|NBC Palm Springs (KMIR-TV)]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bohannan|first=Larry|date=December 26, 2022|title=Fred Roggin trading Los Angeles sports for a new kind of newscast in the desert|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/2023/12/26/fred-roggin-trading-los-angeles-sports-for-new-kind-of-newscast-at-nbc-palm-springs/71660419007/|access-date=December 30, 2023|work=[[The Desert Sun]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Michele Ruiz]]
* [[Pat Sajak]]
* [[Tracie Savage]]
* [[John Schubeck]]
* [[Bill Seward]]
* [[David Sheehan]]
* [[Kent Shocknek]]
* [[Tom Snyder]]
* [[Steve Somers]]
* [[Don Stanley (announcer)|Don Stanley]] – staff announcer
* [[Peggy Taylor]] – staff announcer
* [[Wendy Tokuda]]
* [[Tritia Toyota]]
* [[Danny Villanueva]]
{{Div col end}}
{{inc-tv|date=October 2021}}

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KNBC<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KNBC#station|title=Digital TV Market Listing for KNBC |website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=October 2, 2016}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 4.1
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=4| [[16:9]] || NBC4-LA || [[NBC]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 4.2
| rowspan=3|[[480i]] || COZI-TV || [[Cozi TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 4.3
| CRIMES || [[NBC True CRMZ]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 4.4
| Oxygen || [[Oxygen (TV network)|Oxygen]]
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-top: 2px solid #003399;"
! scope = "row" | [[KCOP-TV|13.3]]
| 480i || 16:9 || MOVIES! || [[Movies!]] ([[KCOP-TV]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/491563-Fox_O_Os_Weigel_Launch_Movies_Digi_Net.php|title=Fox O&Os, Weigel Launch Movies! Digi-Net|last=Malone|first=Michael|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=January 28, 2013|access-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://moviestvnetwork.com/where-to-watch.php |title=Movies! TV Network: Where to Watch |publisher=Moviestvnetwork.com |access-date=July 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722143040/http://moviestvnetwork.com/where-to-watch.php |archive-date=July 22, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=Movies!&sort=state |title=Stations for Network – Movies! |publisher=Rabbitears.info |access-date=July 12, 2013}}</ref>
|}
{{legend|#DFEBF6|Broadcast on behalf of another station}}

===Translators===
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|14139|3=K23PB-D}}''' [[Lucerne Valley]]
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|14697|3=K25QB-D}}''' Lucerne Valley
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|14157|3=K34EU-D}}''' [[Morongo Valley]]
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|28594|3=K25PL-D}}''' [[Ridgecrest, California|Ridgecrest]]
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|43809|3=K15FC-D}}''' [[Twentynine Palms]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|KNBC}}
* {{Official website|https://www.nbclosangeles.com/}}

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