This is the Networks section of
The Broadcast Archive

Maintained by:
Barry Mishkind - The Eclectic Engineer

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Network Broadcasting Overview - A short summary on many different networks.

A history of the west coast networks - By John Schneider

• NBC - The National Broadcasting Company. (Curiously, the names that Sarnoff suggested for a broadcast operation in his "Radio Music Box" memo were the American Broadcasting Company and the Public Service Broadcasting Company.) NBC is now a mostly defunct division of Westwood One, the brand name being used mainly on some morning newscasts.
  • NBC Historical Facts
  • NBC. A History by James Snyder

ABC - The American Broadcasting Company. This was the spinoff from NBC Blue, when the FCC forced NBC to split in the 1940s. When Edward Noble (Lifesavers company) bought it, he also bought the name American Broadcasting Company from George Storer. Now a division of Disney.

CBS - The Columbia Broadcasting System. Now owned by Viacom. 

• MBS - The Mutual Broadcasting System
  • The Mutual Broadcasting System. Now a non-functional division of Westwood One.
  • The Mutual Broadcasting System. A history by James Snyder