NBC owns and operates 13 television stations in major U.S. television markets, under licenses from the Federal Communications Commission. Together, these stations cover nearly 28 percent of the nation's viewing households, and annually generate more than $1 billion in revenue from advertising sales. Individually managed and staffed, these stations broadcast NBC network programs and present substantial amounts of locally produced news, sports, and public affairs programming.

• WNBC (NBC4 New York)
• KNBC (NBC4 Los Angeles)
• WMAQ (NBC5 Chicago)
• WCAU (NBC10 Philadelphia)
• KXAS (NBC5 Dallas/Fort Worth)
• WRC (NBC4 Washington)
• WTVJ (NBC6 Miami)
• KNSD (NBC7/39 San Diego)
• WVIT (NBC30 Hartford)
• WNCN (NBC17 Raleigh)
• WCMH (NBC4 Columbus)
• WVTM (NBC13 Birmingham)
• WJAR (NBC10 Providence)

The NBC Television Network's strength derives from combining NBC's strong national identity and programming with the local identity and programming of its affiliates in communities across America. Although NBC has expanded into new businesses during recent years, the sale of advertising time remains NBC's primary source of revenue, enabling NBC to provide programming to the public free of charge.

Affiliated television stations are an integral part of NBC's overall broadcast service. The NBC Television Network broadcasts approximately 5,000 hours of TV programming each year, transmitting to more than 200 affiliated stations across the United States. These independently owned affiliates then broadcast the NBC signal to an estimated 99 percent of all homes in the United States with television sets. In addition to airing NBC's national programming, affiliates serve their communities by producing news, sports, and public affairs programming that addresses local needs.

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