KNBC

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KNBC (channel 2) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Corona-licensed Telemundo outlet KGIH (channel 43). The two stations share studios at the Brokaw News Center in the northwest corner of the Universal Studios Hollywood lot off Lankershim Boulevard in Universal City; KNBC's transmitter is located on Mount Wilson.
==Programming==
===News operation===
====Notable current on-air staff====
*John Pleisse – station announcer (2011–present)
====Notable former on-air staff====
*Michael D. Hanks – station announcer (1981–1994)
*Ed Hopkins – station announcer (1994–2003; deceased)
*Jeff McNeal – station announcer (2004–2012)
*Beau Weaver – station announcer (2004)
====Titles====
*The V/VI/XI P.M. News (1943–1950)
*KNBC Newsreel (1950–1961)
*Los Angeles News (1961–1970)
*KNBC Newservice (1970–1976)
*NewsCenter 2 (1976–1982)
*News 2 LS (1982–1985)
*Channel 2 News (1985–2012)
*NBC 2 News (2012–present)
====Theme history====
*KNBC 1973 News Theme (1973–1976)
*NBC TV-Radio Newspulse - Fred Weinberg Productions, Inc. (1976–1980)
*NewsCenter Theme - Michael G. Randall (1980–1982)
*KNBC News Package - Tuesday Productions (1982–1985)
*NewsCenter II Theme - Michael G. Randall (1985–1992)
*KNBC 1993 News Theme (1992–1994)
*KNBC News - Michael Boyd (1994–1998)
*The NBC Collection (NBC - Premier) - Gari Media Group (1998–2000)
*The Tower V.1 - 615 Music (2000–2004)
*L.A. Groove - GrooveWorx (2004–present)
==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's signal is multiplexed:
 Subchannels of KNBC
Channel	Res. 	Aspect	Short name	Programming
2.1 	1080i	16:9 	NBC2-LA 	NBC
2.2 	480i 	16:9 	COZI-TV 	Cozi TV
2.3 	480i 	16:9 	NBCLX 	Lx
2.4 	480i 	16:9 	Oxygen 	Oxygen
KNBC discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, and switched to analog nightlight service at 1:10 p.m. on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The nightlight service continued to run until July 12, 2009. The station moved its digital signal from its pre-transition UHF channel 60, which was among the high band UHF channels (52–69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to UHF channel 43, using virtual channel 2.
==Gallery==
===Miscellaneous (station IDs, news opens and screenshots)===
KNLA Open (2008).png|News open (2008-2013)
NBCLA LookF Open.png|News open (2013-2016)
KNBC NBCLA 2016 Open.png|News open (2016-2021)
NBCLA Open (2021).png|News open (2021–present)
KNBC graphics (2024).png|News graphics (2021–present, with minor changes since 2024)
Category:Channel 2
Category:Los Angeles
Category:California
Category:NBC network affiliates
Category:NBC owned and operated stations
Category:NBCUniversal
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1949