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NBC Los Angeles

U.S. center-left (mainstream network-owned local TV news)

Owned byOwned by NBC Owned Television Stations, a division of NBCUniversal, which is a subsidiary of Comcast. KNBC is an NBC owned-and-operated station.
FundingMainly local and national advertising, plus retransmission-consent fees paid by cable and satellite distributors. It also receives financial support from the NBCUniversal and Comcast corporate parent.
On the administrationmixed

Background

KNBC began as an NBC-owned station in Los Angeles. It was long a flagship of NBC's owned-station group. General Electric controlled NBC until 2004, when NBC merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment to form NBC Universal. Comcast bought a controlling stake in 2011 and took full ownership by buying out GE's remaining share in 2013. The station operates under the NBC Owned Television Stations division and runs the nbclosangeles.com website, branded NBC4 Los Angeles. Its programming mixes local newscasts, weather, and traffic with national NBC News content. It is not known for a strong ideological editorial line. Like other mainstream network outlets, it is often described as center-left by critics on the right, while its newsroom follows conventional standards of balance. In 2026 it has covered the Trump administration's events and rhetoric as they touch the Los Angeles area, including a presidential visit and fundraiser and Trump's remark about Iran 'taking out' Los Angeles, which local officials criticized. This is a general characterization based on limited search results, not a systematic content analysis.

Sources

  1. KNBC (fandom wiki)
  2. NBC Owned Television Stations (Wikipedia)
  3. History of NBC (Wikipedia)
  4. NBC4 Los Angeles
  5. Trump is coming to Los Angeles Tuesday. Here's what to know
  6. 'Let them take out Los Angeles': President Trump defends ongoing war with Iran

Profile compiled 2026-10-18; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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